DREAMWORLD GIRL BLOG
Pillow Talk: Ruminations on the Homoerotic Sleepover
In this deeply personal and relatable essay, new Blog Writer Leah (Bunny) Overstreet reflects on the idea of homoerotic sleepovers, how they have evolved over the years, and the intersection between bedrooms and queer girlhood.
Bigger and Better?
In this vulnerable personal essay staff Blog Writer Erin reflects on their experience growing up in small town Vermont, desperately wanting to get out, and the irony of being back post-graduation.
Books That Have Shaped Me
In this nostalgic essay Editorial Supervisor Sara Fergang takes us down memory lane and details a wide range of books that made her the person she is today.
The Queering of Nana
Nana, a Japanese manga and anime about two 20-year old girls who move to Tokyo at the same time to chase their dreams, is the most sapphic heterosexual piece of media ever, and you’re going to want to hear about it in this essay written by DWG founder, Daphne Bryant.
“U-Haul Lesbians” as a Product of the Patriarchy: An Examination of the Political Forces Behind Sapphic Intensity
In this essay, writer JJ Baysinger tackles the emotional politics of u-hauling: why do lesbians u-haul, and what are the social systems which have set us to merge souls after three dates?
Space Age Idols: What We Can Learn From Galaxy Quest (1999) About Fame, Fandom and Sci-Fi Womanhood
In this essay writer Honora Quinn touches on the nuance of a Galaxy Quest, a sci-fi comedy that grapples with our past and modern notions of fan identity, our relationships with fame and the famous, and what it can mean to be a woman existing in the science fiction world.