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Nonfiction by the Wolfmaster
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Rabbits with Eyeliner:
Gender and Prosocial Education in LEGO Sets
August 29, 2024
Why is LEGO telling us to pick up garbage? And who is LEGO telling to pick up garbage?
Typebar Magazine #3
Nostalgia Ends Here:
The 2000s Sucked, Actually
May 29, 2024
The nostalgia cycle is poised to whitewash the 2000s as an era of zany fashions and rainbow electronics. But for those of us who came of age in the Bush years, the experience was a bit different.
Typebar Magazine #2
Science Fiction and the Death of the Sun
March 24, 2024
Why was early science fiction so grim? Because they thought the sun was about to die. I chart a journey through 100 years of astronomical theories and literature from H.G. Wells to T.S. Eliot to show how the former influenced the latter.
Typebar Magazine #1
Rough Edges
January 24, 2023
In the age of Instagram, our games, hobbies, and experiences are meticulously packaged to be polished and professional. But when we add polish, are we losing the heart that made it all worthwhile in the first place?
Blood Knife
Banning 'Maus' Is Just the Latest Case of Sanitizing History for Kids' Comfort
February 10, 2022
On the phenomenon of "pajamafication." Coauthored with A.R. Vishny.
The Washington Post
Banning Books Like 'Maus' Is Part of Sanitizing History
February 9, 2022
We aren't protecting children by hiding the truth about history. Coauthored with A.R. Vishny.
Teen Vogue
Gideon, Harrow, and the Value of Problematic Relationships in Fiction
December 1, 2020
Real people's relationships aren't perfect. Fictional ones shouldn't be either.
Tor.com
Fiction Writing versus Physical Laws
January 28, 2016
Tips on violating the laws of nature for fun and profit.
Science in Sci-Fi
Explosions in Science Fiction
November 26, 2014
Things that go boom. Cowritten with Jordan Boye.
Science in Sci-Fi
Chemical Fallacies in Fiction
September 25, 2014
Bringing some chemistry knowledge to your fantasy and science fiction. Cowritten with Jordan Boye.
Science in Sci-Fi