Monthly Archives: February 2020

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Posted on February 14, 2020 by mondomolly
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Cute Is A Four-Letter Word By Stella Pevsner

Posted on February 10, 2020 by mondomolly

You are about to witness… The Year of the Clara! I wasn’t very impressed by Stella Pevsner’s Call Me Heller, That’s My Name, a pretty generic coming of age story about a tomboy becoming a young lady in the roaring … Continue reading →

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Sticks And Stones By Lynn Hall

Posted on February 2, 2020 by mondomolly

One word was enough to destroy his life… “Bury your gays” is the trope in fiction which rules that gay characters die (frequently by their own hand) before the end of the story. Especially prevalent until the mid-20th century (when … Continue reading →

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