Angel Cruz is a professional enthusiast, living and writing in Toronto. She has been blogging about books since May 2011–her favourite genres are magic realism, contemporary fiction, and historical fiction. You can also find her at Women Write About Comics, reviewing front/backlist books and manga, as well as critically examining Asian representation in both Western and Asian media. Her copy of The Portable Dorothy Parker is paged through more often than is probably healthy. Ice cream, Broadway musicals, and Arashi are her lifeblood. Blog: Angel Cruz Writes Twitter: @angelcwrites
I was not born a feminist. None of us were, and to claim otherwise would be to deny the systemic, ...
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I hate The Smiths. No, that’s not really accurate. I like The Smiths just fine as a band, and I think ...
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I’ve always been a quiet girl, more content to sit in a corner and observe the people around me than ...
While we at the Riot are taking this lovely summer week off to rest (translation: read by the pool/ocean/on our ...
During my third year of university, I discovered a LiveJournal community called Hogwarts is Home. Several of my friends had ...
This is a guest post from Angel Cruz. Angel is a 20-something professional enthusiast living and writing in Toronto. She has ...