“Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow…” --Little Women

The CW Network recently announced the development of a 'hyper-stylized, gritty adaptation' of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women set in dystopian Philadelphia. Here are our suggestions for what that show could look like. In the year 2266, Contentment has become the most coveted -- and expensive -- resource in the United Colonies of Amerasia. As the March family toils away,…

Previously by Carly Lane. Growing up, I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t surrounded by birth. I’m rarely a latchkey kid who frequently comes home to an empty house at the end of a school day. My little sister and I make the trek home from the bus stop, let ourselves in, and ease our backpacks from our aching shoulders. Our mother greets us from wherever she was in the house, asks us about our…