Leah Blaine, Author at Reactor

Leah Blaine, Author at Reactor

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Leah Blaine

Leah Blaine is a Chicago writer with several plays produced in the Chicago area, as well as poems in Asimov’s Science Fiction and various independent presses.

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Harmony Cobel in Severance: "Sweet Vitriol"

Featured Essays

Severance

Severance and the Overlooked Women of STEM

By Leah Blaine

March 24, 2025

Deborah Van Valkenburgh as Mercy and Michael Beck as Swan in The Warriors

Featured Essays

The Warriors

An Ode to the Women of The Warriors

By Leah Blaine

November 21, 2024

Detail from a woodcut depicting two witches and a beast with a chain and collar attached to its neck.

Books

Poetry

5 Witchy Poems for Spooky Season

By Leah Blaine

October 15, 2024

A scene from Star Wars: The Acolyte; Mother Aniseya (Jodie Turner-Smith) and Koril (Margarita Levieva) stand with the rest of the coven.

Column

Close Reads

A Gentle Request for More Witches in Star Wars

By Leah Blaine

August 8, 2024

Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) and the dragon Caraxes in a scene from House of the Dragon

Books

Poetry

Five Tragic and Powerful Poems About Dragons

By Leah Blaine

July 26, 2024

Books

Close Reads

Chaos Under the Corset: When Romance Covers Hide Revolution

By Leah Blaine

May 9, 2024

Medusa from the Disney+ adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Featured Essays

His Mother’s Monster: Percy Jackson’s Nuanced Take on Medusa

By Leah Blaine

February 22, 2024

“There is an art to smiling in a way that others will believe. It is always important to include the eyes; otherwise, people will know you hate them.”

N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

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