Category: Essay
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My FantasyCon 2026 schedule and a bunch of recs
Event: FantasyCon, Event: Once Upon A Tyne, Movie Recommendation, Theme: Body Horror & Transformation, Theme: Books & Literature, Theme: Conventions & Literary Events, Theme: Fantasy Movies & Books, Theme: Gender Exploration & Nonconformity, Theme: Gothic Horror, Theme: Gothic Romance, Theme: Horrors & Thrillers, Theme: Men Who Love Men | Homosexuality, Theme: Science Fiction Movies & Books
Less than 9 days to go! Hello, all! Wonderful to meet lots of new people and have fun in Newcastle this past weekend for Once Upon A Tyne – it was a lovely little book festival. It was definitely a slightly different audience than I usually experience: obviously the literary convention circuit, WorldCon, EasterCon, BristolCon,…
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Daniel Kahn’s Der Zinger fun Noyt from Word Beggar (2021): Yiddish Lyrics & Vocabulary
Something a bit different – just some lyrics in transliteration and in Yiddish side by side, I’m going to be doing a series of these throughout Daniel Kahn’s discography and possibly a few other Yiddish artists as part of an aid with my Yiddish studies. Even if you have no interest in Yiddish, you might…
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Where I Would Recommend Starting Star Trek as a Newbie
It depends on how much you enjoy and gel with older media. I grew up on The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, then went back and watched the original, as well as seeing the 2009 film went it came out. I personally think that one of those three is the best place to start…
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Goths For Breakfast 2026: Charity Teach-a-Thon to feed hungry kids!
Event: Romancing the Gothic, Theme: Books & Literature, Theme: Clothing & Tailoring, Theme: Conventions & Literary Events, Theme: Film & Cinema, Theme: Gothic Horror, Theme: Gothic Romance, Theme: Guillermo del Toro, Theme: Horrors & Thrillers, Theme: Television & Entertainment, Theme: Uniforms & CostumesIt’s that wonderful time of year again – Romancing the Gothic, run by the inimitable Doctor Sam Hirst, is raising money for Magic Breakfast, a UK-based charity that provides free breakfasts for hungry school kids across England and Scotland. I am privileged to be a part of the incredible line-up for tomorrow, where you can…
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Some Favourite Jewish Movie Recs
I’ve been having a great deal of fun watching The Pitt recently, it’s been wonderful watching a show that’s so joyful and complex not just in its Jewish characters and storylines, but also in its complex approach to ethics and philosophy within a medical workplace. I definitely understand what they mean about intending it as…
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My Transphobic Uncle Threatened to Kill Me This Weekend
Blog post. I wish this shit was fiction. As you may have seen on my socials, I was visiting my grandfather in Greece and was meant to fly back home tonight, but my uncle flipped his lid, started screaming at me, tried to fight me in the kitchen, blurted out half an hour’s worth of…
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My Favourite Films of 2025
My top watches of the year! 2025 was a really good year for me flicks-wise, and it’s been a great year for film in general — a lot more of my favourites are new releases than usual, and a fair few of them I actually watched in the cinema. I watched 120 films in 2025 — a few were rewatches — and…
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Gregory House, Disabled Bastard, in House MD Season 1
Theme: Ableism, Theme: Alcoholism & Drug Use & Addiction, Theme: Autism & ADHD, Theme: Character Study, Theme: Chronic Pain, Theme: Close Reading & Analysis, Theme: Disability, Theme: House MD, Theme: Identity & Personality, Theme: Mobility Aids & Assistive Devices, Theme: Self-Esteem Issues, Theme: Shame & Self-Loathing, Theme: Television & Entertainment
Starting with E1: Everybody Lies. Analysing House MD S1’s approach to disability and ableism within its narrative. House MD is one of the most shows ever made, and I love it, I think it’s great, I think it’s really fucked up. House MD, if you are not familiar — or, more likely, if you’ve seen it posted…