Laurie Elizabeth Hilburn

Captain James Hook, edge still earning him more than a crown ever could. Out of all of his bastard children, Beatrice was the only one to bow and bide her time.

When barred from male-dominated spaces of fandom for popular media such as Star Trek and Lord of the Rings, women writers developed their own space to publish fanfiction and spun-off stories, developing the power of the self-insert known as Mary Sue to finally put women as the heroic leads

Discover the history and development of the nonprofit Feminist Press, founded by the "mother of women's studies" Florence Howe and flourishing today as an opportunity for the underrepresented to share their words