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Stacks Archive
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Interview with a Vampire
Vampire Weekend burst onto the indie pop scene in 2008 with an afro-tinged caribbean-flavored eponymous album. Almost immediately its world... -
I Don’t Know What to do With my Breasts! And I Think I’ve Experienced Some Sexism
Although it would take a lot more life experience for the lesson to sink in, it was important to have... -
How to Be a Woman Week
So, here it is, The D&S How to Be a Woman Week, wherein we’ll be discussing our favorite parts of... -
Staff Stacks, Pt 1
What the writers of D&S are into now. -
Objects of Faith and Desire: A Seal Upon Thine Heart
In this series of posts I will explore ancient (and possibly modern) artifacts that relate to matters of faith and... -
Coming Soon to a Life Near You
Saturday was a terrible day. Nothing better than the bald statement, as they say. I was blue, so many shades... -
Our Favorite Mormons: “We Believe in Equal Rights”
This is a guest post by Mark B (aka, Mark Mighty And Strong) about an early Mormon feminist and her... -
Staff Stacks
What we’re into now. -
Our Favorite Mormons: Alice Louise Reynolds, Our Absent-Minded Professor
If you haven’t met her, I’d like to introduce you to Alice Louise Reynolds, a “founder” of The Lord’s University,... -
Return and Report: The Sense of an Ending
What was the line Adrian used to quote? ‘History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of... -
The Lovin’ Spoonful
I don’t want you to feel “Jealousy,” really, I don’t. Still, you might be a teensy bit covetous when you... -
The Hallelujah Chorus
Let’s just get the Shrek connection out of the way. The strange inclusion of the song “Hallelujah” in the enormously... -
My Emails with Andre
O Lord, how long shall thy hand be stayed from, and thine eye behold, the wrongs of thy people and... -
Staff Stacks
What the D&S writers are reading, watching, listening to, eating and browsing right now. -
Rogue Cinema: Enjoy the Silence
The Artist is a bold, artsy stroke hidden in a big-hearted familiar story, or maybe it’s the other way around?... -
All Hail, Pauline Kael
I first came across movie critic Pauline Kael’s work in an undergraduate English course in the early 1980s. John Trimble,... -
I Resolve …
Instead of putting my energies into losing weight — er, being healthy — or, you know, trying to be a... -
Christmas Music Hangover
Today, a special Christmas guest post from Colin. They say that the first step in recovery is admitting that you... -
Do Not Go Gentle Into Christmas Eve
I suspect every family has a list of Yuletide must-see TV such as “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “How The Grinch... -
In Defense of Coldplay
A few weeks ago, I was chatting with some of my students, seniors in a small, rural Texas high school,... -
November Staff Stacks
See what we’re into this month. -
Songs for Winter … and Summer
Something is wrong with me. I’m not going to even make a case that the way I listen to music... -
Return and Report: Chatterton Square
“She’s pretty, but it’s much more than that. What is it?” she asked in innocent inquiry. “I think it must... -
Brother Dog and Sister Cat
In certain Republican circles, when Rick Perry says he believes in capital punishment you hear wild applause, but when Jon... -
Heidi and Jared Talk About Beavis and Butthead
With Beavis and Butthead starting again this week, Heidi enlists Jared to discuss the original and the world needs more... -
October Staff Stacks
What the D&S writers are doing this month. -
Serious Concerns
I think I had, in some way, consigned poetry readings to the territory of performance art and local avant... -
Favorites: Fancy
It was hard to choose a favorite post for the Doves & Serpents one-year anniversary celebration this week. I thought... -
My Favorite Mormon Feminist Texts
Today’s Stacks comes to us from EmilyCC, today’s guest for The Exponent and Doves and Serpent Blog Swap. Every so... -
Screenplays as Literature
“Novelists, poets and playwrights make literature; screenwriters make changes.” So jokes Scott Burns in a recent column titled “From Script... -
A Chronology of Pop Culture Heroines
Part One, ages 6 to 18 -
Book Lover
I’m not afraid to admit it. I have a problem. I’m addicted to books. I thought I had kept it... -
I Feel Fine
This week, in video form: 1. Everything was going surpisingly well … 2. And then everything seemed to break —... -
Staff Stacks
Check out what the Doves and Serpents writers are into now! -
When We Lived in Uncle’s Hat
When We Lived in Uncle’s Hat explores what makes a home or a family — the family goes through many... -
Husband and Wife Book Club: The Road
Read The Road only if you can handle the bittersweetness of life. Read The Road only if you can bear... -
The Husband and Wife Summer Book Club
I’ve written in the past about how different our literary taste tends to be. We are reliable (and not always... -
But With Joy Wend Your Way
Few hymns seem to capture the Mormon spirit so completely or at ts best. The steady beginning building to the... -
Return and Report: The Murakami Edition
Four novels later, I find myself firmly in the critical admirers’ camp. -
Staff Stacks
What the writers of D&S are into right now. -
Rasputin Records
My husband and I both enjoy a really broad range of musical genres. As such, I’ve often wondered — how... -
The Evil One
Does reading make you a better person? -
Atticus Finch: Fatherhood Gold Standard
For years, I’ve cited To Kill a Mockingbird as my favorite book whenever asked. But I’ve read a lot of... -
Staff Stacks
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Dignified
It’s obvious that female writers and male writers are equals and “greatness” is highly subjective so we don’t have to... -
It’s Not You, It’s Me
I loved this recent segment from NPR’s All Songs Considered about the bands that contributors have broken up with over... -
Return and Report: A Visit From the Goon Squad
Welcome back to Return and Report, a segment on Stacks where I give brief reports on what I’ve been reading... -
All Girls Must Be Everything
Now if you’re not “hot,” you are expected to work on it until you are. -
SexRead
Since I pretty much like tackling any topic through reading, it should be no surprise that I like reading about... -
In the Gut
“It’s not about masculine or feminine. It’s about power, and passion, and weirdness”