Previous studies have found a positive relationship between exposure to fiction and interpersonal sensitivity. However, it is unclear whether exposure to different genres of fiction may be differentially related to these outcomes for readers. The current study investigated the role of four fiction genres (i.e., Domestic Fiction, Romance, Science-Fiction/Fantasy, and Suspense/Thriller) in the re...

This paper explores different stories of sexual citizenship found in gay and lesbian rights struggles. It uses two recent cultural productions , Kissing Jessica Stein and Queer as Folk, to analyze the stories of sexual citizenship found in two Supreme Court decisions, M. v. H., and Little Sisters. The paper deploys these contrasting stories of sexual citizenship, of sameness and difference, ass...

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual on Mental Disorders (DSM) represents the current thinking on the symptomology of mental illness, from the perspective of the American Psychiatric Association. The most recent version, DSM-5, was published in May 2013 after nearly two decades of research and a highly politicized revision process.1 Intended primarily as an aid in the diagnosis and treatment o...

modern snake oil merchants and science fiction enthusiasts, humans have long dreamt of overcoming death, or at least putting it off for a few years. 1 Recent breakthroughs in the understanding of aging have led some to believe that aging can be dramatically slowed, and researchers, such as Cambridge-based Aubrey de Grey, are suggesting that it could be reversed or postponed indefinitely, allowi...

FEMINIST the work of Peggy McIntosh, is used THEORY, PARTICULARLY to examine the development of multicultural literature for children and youth in the middle years of the twentieth century. The work of four white women writers-Florence Crannell Means, Ann Nolan Clark, Marguerite de Angeli, and Lois Lenski-is used as an example of the fiction created by outsiders to introduce often invisible cul...

This paper examines the international nature of science fiction. The focus of this research is to determine whether science fiction is primarily English speaking and Western or global; being created and consumed by people in non-Western, non-English speaking countries? Science fiction's international presence was found in three ways, by network analysis, by examining a online retailer and with ...