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How the madcap comedy The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt reflects our world

March 9, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

These females are strong as hell.

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Bethany Taylor, Doomsday Cults, Ellie Kemper, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Tina Fey

Be a Doll and Don’t Ride with Hitler: An American Girl Story

February 16, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

looking back at the history lessons of American Girl.

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: American Girl, Bethany Taylor, Dolls

Of Kittens and Bullies in Bram Stoker’s Dracula

February 12, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Bram Stoker did not write a manual for opposing bullies. But it does provide strategies for opposing violent systems.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Bethany Taylor, Bullying, Dracula, The Stake Reading Club

Arthur Weasley, Climate Champion

October 31, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

The Father to the Wizarding World also has lessons for our own greatest challenge.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Arthur Weasley, Bethany Taylor, Books, Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling

Looking for love in all the wrong plays: Romeo and Juliet vs. Much Ado About Nothing

September 17, 2025 by thestakemag 1 Comment

A helpful guide to looking for love in the 21st century, care of William Shakespeare

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Bethany Taylor, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet

How to Read Moby-Dick

August 15, 2025 by thestakemag 39 Comments

It isn’t scientific, it isn’t accurate, it isn’t historical. It is hysterical.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Bethany Taylor, Books, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Whales

The Permanent, Empathetic Cringe of rewatching My So Called Life

July 24, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Bethany recently returned to Liberty Hig,h and found a bunch of kids and confused parents stuck on a 20 year-old emotional rollercoaster

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Bethany Taylor, My So Called Life, Television

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