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Annual White Mainstream Holiday Movie Checklist
So you wanna make a big fat C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S movie that will appeal to everybody and nobody? Say no more. Here are all the time-honored tropes in one convenient checklist:...
Blood on the Wall: Defiance in a Sicilian Prison
Their artwork — their defiance — is their legacy.
Can We Take a Moment to Appreciate Olivia's Gowns in The Haunting of Hill House?
Crain family matriarch Olivia, played by the beguiling Carla Gugino, is the embodiment of bohemian-earth-mother-meets-ethereal-diva.
Fiction: Hi, I'm One of Dracula's Brides
Thank you so much for accepting my friend request! You have no idea how tough it is trying to build up a decent following from an isolated Transylvanian village that looks like...
Essays & Explorations
Steps of Ash and Seedling: Revisiting the Robber Bridegroom in Light of #metoo
When you and I are ready we too can lock arms and leave that house in the dark wood, that too many girls must venture into and fight their way out of.
This Drink Was the Eggnog of the Middle Ages
Consisting of spiced, curdled milk and lots of alcohol, this boozy bedtime drink dates back to the Middle Ages.
Women's History Month: Meet the Almost-Forgotten Courtesan Veronica Franco | A WOMEN'S THING
"When we too are armed and trained..."
Just east of Lake Como, nestled against the forested mountains of Cortenova, sits an inarguably haunted house.
Beheadings & Homecomings: A Ghost Story for the Haunted
My very personal account of moving to Italy, letting go of one's ghosts, and what a severed head in a pot of basil has to do with it.
Balconies, Breasts, and Death: Exploring Juliet's Verona
I started to scribble a poem in Verona, titled 'I Want to Steal the Breasts of Juliet,' and while I never finished it, the sentiment still lingers...
What Dracula's Castle Taught Me About The Perils Of Bigotry
Satan is a skinny b*tch.
Girls And Dolls: Navigating A Childhood Obsession
There’s the haves and the have-nots, and the only thing standing between the two is a vinyl doll in pantaloons.
The Privileged Mope - Queen Mob's Tea House
"What will we do with ourselves this afternoon, and the day after that, and the next thirty years?" Daisy Buchanan wasn't the only one to pose this existential dilemma.
Reprint: Balconies, Breasts, and Death: Exploring Juliet's Verona (Valentine's Edition)
*Editor's Note: First appeared in Rebelle Society
Mental Health Awareness Month: Revisiting the Room
*Editor's note: First appeared in American Slander
Paganism, Witchery, and Natural Magick