Discover the golden age of artist dolls from 1980–2000—a vibrant era when sculptors like Nancy Wiley and Lisa Lichtenfels redefined dolls as fine art. Explore how new materials, celebrity collectors, and galleries like CFM fueled a movement that still inspires today.

Modern romance has rewritten Jane Austen, trading social critique for fantasy. Learn how Austen’s sharp insights on power, gender, and survival were lost in the myth of “happily ever after.”

Explore the cultural power of dolls in Dolls Beyond Play by Erick DuPree—a groundbreaking study tracing dolls from ancient artifacts to modern collectibles. Blending history, psychology, and gender studies, this book reveals dolls as vital tools of identity, memory, and meaning.

A reflection on Pride, chosen family, and healing queer history. This essay explores Maya Angelou’s words, the roots of Pride as resistance, and what it means to become the parent you never had. A celebration of courage, grief, and rewriting the story with love.

Explore how Jane Austen's novels reveal the hidden politics of masculinity and marriage. Far from fairy tales, her stories expose the economic and social pressures shaping gender and courtship in Regency England.

The Dance That Holds the World" retells the sacred meeting of Patañjali and Vyāghrapāda in a living forest alive with longing, devotion, and Shiva’s ecstatic dance. A mythic tale of yoga’s roots, drawn from the teachings of Douglas Brooks, where clarity and surrender become one path.

A powerful personal essay on queer masculinity, anger, and healing. Erick DuPree explores male wounds, the hero’s journey, and why masculinity isn’t toxic by nature—but in need of community, kinship, and care. Reclaiming manhood starts with letting ourselves be angry.

A personal essay exploring fatherlessness, gender norms, and queer identity—unpacking what it means to be “man enough” in a world that punishes softness and fetishizes masculinity.

Explore the dark psychology of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights through the lens of masculinity, sadism, and BDSM. This essay unpacks why cruelty is mistaken for love—and how the Gothic bad boy became an enduring, dangerous erotic fantasy.

Explore the Byronic hero of Gothic fiction—tortured, magnetic, and dangerously masculine. This essay unpacks how stoicism, pain, and emotional repression became eroticized traits, revealing the dark roots of masculine fantasy, dominance, and the myth of redemptive love.

Unlock deeper calm and clarity through pratyahara. Discover how mindful sense withdrawal and conscious awareness can transform your yoga practice and daily life. Start your inner revolution! Explore!

Explore the Kali/Shri paradox, a dynamic interplay of chaos and order, embodying Shakti’s power to transform. Learn how Kali’s wildness and Shri’s grace guide us toward growth, balance, and inner harmony.

Adult men collecting dolls may seem unusual, but it's often a profound act of healing. How do dolls help men grieve, reclaim lost identities, and challenge rigid masculinity through care and memory.

Discover the rise, fall, and revival of the Art Doll Movement—from its 1970s origins to today's niche renaissance. Explore one-of-a-kind dolls as sculpture, identity, and storytelling, featuring icons like McKinley, Wiley, Bychkova, and celebrity collectors like Demi Moore.

Discover the radical side of Jane Austen in Helena Kelly’s provocative book. Jane Austen, the Secret Radical reveals how Austen’s novels critique war, slavery, patriarchy, and power—hidden beneath the surface of romance. A must-read for fans of feminist and political literary analysis.

Harold Bloom’s Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles is a powerful final meditation on poetry’s ability to confront death and despair. Through Shakespeare, Milton, and Stevens, Bloom argues that great literature empowers the reader’s mind to resist mortality with imagination and meaning.

A bold, personal review of The Leatherman’s Handbook: Golden Anniversary Edition by Larry Townsend. This foundational leather and BDSM classic remains vital for queer history, kink ethics, and radical consent. A must-read for leatherfolk and the kink-curious alike.

Explore the queer undertones in Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick and his passionate bond with Nathaniel Hawthorne. This essay unpacks homoerotic longing, emotional repression, and how Melville’s fiction encodes same-sex desire in the language of obsession and the sublime.

Much like ceremonial magic, where ritual tools such as swords embody the practitioner’s control over the mind and spirit, He-Man’s sword does more than grant him physical power — it bestows wisdom and responsibility.

Explore the legacy of artist and author Wendy Lawton, whose handcrafted porcelain dolls brought literature, faith, and history to life. From Little Women to Daughters of the Faith, Lawton’s timeless creations continue to inspire collectors around the world.