How I Found Freedom in Failure
On July 24th 2020, two momentous events occurred. 1: Taylor Swift released her 8th studio album, and it is all I have listened to since. 2: I got a rejection …
Read MoreThe Opposite of Permanence
When the pandemic hit, most of my friends moved away practically overnight. As a university student, I had grown used to not seeing my friends for months at a time. …
Read MoreFarewell, Film Degree
I spent the majority of today writing an essay about the cosmopolitan position of Ingrid Bergman’s star image – a topic I will most likely never have reason to discuss …
Read More10 Moments That Capture The Beauty And Randomness Of Travelling
There are songs I can’t listen to without being transported to another place and time. It’s useful, these days, when the height of excitement in my life takes the form …
Read MoreFreedom and Fantasy
I’ve been reading Naomi Novik’s Spinning Silver since June 2019. The past ten months have been busy, chaotic, and intense, and as much as I love to escape into fantasy …
Read MoreA Few of my Favourite Things
How concerned should I be that I don’t know the favourite songs of most of the people I’m close to, but I have half their astrology charts memorised? Imagine it’s …
Read MorePussy Power: Cats As Feminist Icons
Ladies, gentlemen, and nonbinary humans, what you are about to witness is the tale of a true feminist icon. Her name? Cinnamon. Her purpose? Protector of Peel Street from rodent …
Read MoreWhen You Gaze Long Into The Abyss…Write A Blog About It
The unfortunate truth about life is that “this, too, shall pass” also applies to the good things. As my time at university comes to its premature end, I gaze into …
Read MoreMourning the Minutiae
There have been periods in my life where it felt like the story ended mid-sentence. I spent days, or weeks, or months waiting for the wheel of fortune to spin, …
Read MoreThe Final Act
I don’t spend much time thinking about Italian Neorealism. When it comes to filmic styles, I’m more of a classic realism, three-act structure kind of girl. I like my narratives …
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