There is a long legacy of women in deep mourning—keening, wailing, weeping, tearing their clothes, laying their grief and fury bare. These women and their grief refuse silencing. I see this moment as a modern version of that very old tradition. Women are saying:I see you. I hear you....
The White Lotus star decided to get married in New Orleans after taking a job there and falling in love with the historic metropolis: “It’s a city full of music and life,” she told Vogue. Danielle Frankel designed her pleated wedding dress with lace detailing. “I chose my dress becau...
In 1911, Ellen Key called the mother-child bond the purest of all human relationships and motherhood “the most perfect human condition, where happiness consists in giving and giving is the greatest happiness.”1 But interwar authors emphasized the darker side of mother-love, often picturing mothe...
Some of these movies are more traditional horror fare, while others are just twisted and creepy in a "permanently scarred for life" sorta way (e.g. The Silence of the Lambs). But all of them will scare the living heck out of you. So, without further ado, here are the 25 best hor...
When Itweetedabout this film I came a little too close to sounding like a pull-quote for my liking; I ran out of characters. WhatHeadhuntersis a prime example of is how Nordic nations, through adaptations of successful novels, have breathed new life into the recently lifeless crime thriller...
The Death of a Poet 1932 The Gay Divorcee (1934) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1934 The Prisoner of Shark Island 1936 The Public Enemy (1931) The Warrior's Husband 1930 The Wild Boys of the Road 1933 The Women 1939 These Three 1936 Tiger Bay 1934 Wonder Bar 1931...
Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needleby Clare Hunter. This was mentioned on another blog recently and I thought I’d give the audiobook a try. It’s on Spotify premium. It’s really interesting so far and I like the Scottish narrator a lot. I recognise...
Now that Tom is back to liking Robert Eggers movies, listen as he tries in vain to remember the man’s first name. Meanwhile, Kellywand wants listeners to weigh in on their opinion of Nosferatu’s longer term plans with Ellen. What kind of marriage did he have in mind? And where will...
and its aftercare, in the Netherlands; Haidar al-Ghazali writes of the incalculable material and emotional loss Gazans are forced to endure amidst the genocide, and of the failure of public records to capture as much; and Mariam Al Khateeb tethers words to lifeworlds in Gaza in an ode to...
and its aftercare, in the Netherlands; Haidar al-Ghazali writes of the incalculable material and emotional loss Gazans are forced to endure amidst the genocide, and of the failure of public records to capture as much; and Mariam Al Khateeb tethers words to lifeworlds in Gaza in an ode to...