GAILIE RUTH'S BLOG

In looking over past works of literature, we might be able to identify the fanfiction-like practice of story variation --and find its value to both readers and new writers alike.

“Bridgerton” includes all these alien elements of courtly conduct, but these polite conventions are set against a harsh background more familiar to our modern-day sensibilities: scandals, gossip, rivalries, and backstabbing–all laid atop more silent warfare with the invisible powers of sexism, racism, and imperialism. In our urge to escape...