Tag: books

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  If they can be Queer, why can’t we?

  It’s at times like these that I want to remind us that we are all just flesh sacks propelled forward… Read more.

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  Little Women: Stage Adaptation Review

  I remember Little Women (1868) by Louisa May Alcott being one of the first books I had in my library… Read more.

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  Mated to a Monster: The Rise of Pair-bonding Stories in Romantasy

  So I’ve been told A Court of Thorns and Roses is a gateway to other more monstrous ‘fated mate’ stories… Read more.

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  Fairy Tales and the Power of Stories in ‘Mexican Gothic’

  What are the key differences between a fairy-tale and a Gothic novel, and how close are they to one another,… Read more.

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  Important Evelyn Hugo: Untold Stories of LGBTQ+ Women in Hollywood

  Upon reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo I felt so compelled to write more about the themes and just… Read more.

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  Unspoken Confessions in The Picture of Dorian Gray (Chapter One)

  Oscar Wilde’s clear yearning for queer confession and his subsequent self-censorship in the first chapter of The Picture of Dorian… Read more.

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  From Gothic to Dark Academia: An Education in Malice Analytical Review

  Upon reading the fiction, An Education in Malice (Gibson, 2024), I was inspired to seek out the material that helped… Read more.

• Can’t I just stay in the closet? Homophobia in Interview with the Vampire (Anne Rice)

  Upon reading the analysis of The Vampire Chronicles in Queer Gothic (Haggerty, 2006), I wanted to deep-dive into the attitudes… Read more.

• A Queer Reading of Lockwood, Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)

  I am compelled to consider whether our narrator in Wuthering Heights, Mr Lockwood, may be a queer, potentially aromantic individual… Read more.

• The Black Dog: Dog Imagery in Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)

  The urge to call this post ‘D’ya like dags?’ was palpable but I feel like that would be a little… Read more.