Books
‘The Magician’s Daughter’ Review – Warm and Witty
Many thanks to NetGalley and Redhood Books for the arc of The Magician’s Daughter by H.G. Parry. Had fun with this one. The novel follows Biddy, a sixteen-year-old who washed…
Ranking the 18 Classics I Read in 2022
Somehow, “Classics” was my second most read genre in 2022, right after Fantasy. To be honest, I read a lot of short ones and they added up. I find reading…
Movies and TV
‘The Brutalist’, Zionism, and Self-Autonomy
Depiction does not equal endorsement. I am under no impression that just because a film depicts post-WWII Jewish refugees settling in Israel, it commends that decision and the creation of…
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‘Saltburn’ and Dark Academia
From the moment I saw the first images from Saltburn directed by Emerald Fennell, I knew I would probably write about it in some larger connection to Dark Academia. Then…
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‘Black Adam’ Review- Anti-Imperialism, Innit?
This is gonna be kind of a weird one for me. Spoilers incoming, so be warned. The superhero genre is built on the backs of military propaganda for WWII, but…
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existing ironically 