Secretary never exploits or stereotypes BDSM for sport; never uses it as a sideshow; never markets it as a pathology to overcome. Read More
PositionContributing Editor
JoinedMay 27, 2017
Articles7
Kara Shroyer is a writer and editor who lives in Chicago, drinks tea, and falls asleep at parties. She is a former senior editor at Bright Wall/Dark Room, the previous managing editor of This Recording, and a former arts & culture contributor at Gapers Block.
A Christmas Story, children who dream of growing up, and adults who dream of being young again. Read More
Casablanca hinges and cracks opens on a quiet montage of two lovers wooing one another in Paris before the story even began. Read More
San Francisco Chronicle July 17, 1972 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — Frederick Larabee, founder of the Larabee Foundation, was among more than... Read More
Angels in America belongs in a psalter—not because of its spiritual rambling, but because of its poetry. Read More
I am five years old. Crisp white paper crinkles underneath me as I shift on the table. It is very... Read More
In the Coen brothers’ 1996 film Fargo, Jerry Lundegaard walks into a North Dakota bar in a cloud of discomfort and, we imagine, arctic air. Read More