Danika Ellis

Danika spends most of her time talking about queer women books at the Lesbrary. Blog: The Lesbrary Twitter: @DanikaEllis

5 Reasons Straight Women Should Read Lesbian Books

Queer women’s literature is my passion in life, and not just because two of my primary identifying characteristics are “giant ...

What Counts as Reading?

Anyone who has done the Goodreads reading challenge has probably asked themselves at some point, “What counts as a book?” ...

Being A Feminist In the Kids’ Section

While we at the Riot are taking this lovely summer week off to rest (translation: read by the pool/ocean/on our ...

My Books Will Outlive Me: Reflections From a Used Bookstore Employee

Books as have a lifetime that (ideally) stretches out longer than any one reader. I am just one caretaker in that chain.

My Time as a Harry Potter House Counselor

I sometimes worry about how much of my memory and brain power is irrevocably tied up in Harry Potter house ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read In May

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, and much, ...

Kids Need Queer Books: On the Challenging of LGBTQ Books in Schools

A North Carolina teacher read King & King to his third grade class and now it’s a news story. There ...

Imagining a Fandom Edition of an Annotated Harry Potter

I was one of the kids to grow up on Harry Potter. I eagerly awaited the first movie adaptation and ...

My Bookish Holidays

This is a guest post from Danika Ellis. Danika spends most of her time talking about queer women books on tumblr ...

Being A Feminist In the Kids’ Section

This is a guest post from Danika Ellis. Danika spends most of her time talking about queer women books on tumblr ...