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Reproductive Pairing: Books, Podcasts, and Taboos

By Elle Klock @elleklock

December 18, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Reproductive Pairing: Books, Podcasts, and Taboos

It’s helpful to have a fictional way to explore the potential fallout that faces us when our government makes decisions about our bodies. These novels offer context and shine a beam of empathy into a situation that has become highly politicized. Ravenous for more information, I took a dive into digital conversations surrounding health, reproductive rights, and motherhood.

Filed Under: Digital Tagged With: abortion, Alabama, birth control, dystopia, healthcare, Illinois, listening, literature, Missouri, motherhoood, myths, Oregon, Orwellian, podcasts, Red Clocks, reproductive, Roe v. Wade, sci-fi, science fiction, sexual health, speculative fiction, taboo, underground, women's rights

Designs of the Future and Beyond: 2018 Sci-Fi Book Cover Trends

By Megan Crayne Beall @megancraynepoet

April 10, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Designs of the Future and Beyond: 2018 Sci-Fi Book Cover Trends

I refuse to believe we can’t move past the paperback designs of the past with their jumble of chunky fonts, strange color palettes, and, dare I say, unappealing illustrations of aliens.

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: aliens, book, book cover, book covers, book design, book recommendations, books, Design, design trends, dystopian, fantasy, fiction, futuristic, new weird, novel, read, Reading, sci-fi, science fiction, sff, space, trend, trends

Gendered Book Covers and Why Boys Read Less than Girls

By Sydnee Chesley

February 1, 2019 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Gendered Book Covers and Why Boys Read Less than Girls

In 2016, Scholastic conducted a survey on over two thousand US children ages six to seventeen and found that when it came to reading, boys generally do not like it as much as girls do.

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: book covers, children, Design, fantasy, gender stereotypes, High School, homelessness, Ooligan, Scholastic, sci-fi, sexism, Sleeping in My Jeans, The Raven Boys, Warcross, YA, young adult

Science Fiction is Fighting the Fight

By Cade Hoover

November 30, 2016 by Digital Content Leave a Comment

Science Fiction is Fighting the Fight

With the end of the summer came Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 2–9) hosted by the National Alliance of Mental Illness. I knew that May was Mental Health Awareness Month, but I was pleased to hear another week was nationally devoted to breaking the stigma against mental illnesses. One in four people are affected by […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: #HoldOnToTheLight, depression, Gail Z. Martin, mental health, mental illness, sci-fi, science fiction

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