Fantasy has long been associated with journeys, prophecies, and battles that decide the fate of worlds. Yet some of the most powerful fantasy novels are not concerned with saving kingdoms at all. They ...

A double bind is a predicament in which a person receives conflicting messages from a single source that allow no appropriate response to be made. Does conflict itself send conflicting messages? Is ...

Sheila was raised to be a "good girl." To her, that meant always being kind, helpful, and forgiving. For example, even when she was exhausted, she'd make daily dutiful calls or visits to ailing ...