Category: Feminist

Addiction, Detective, Environment, Feminist, LGBTQ, Loss and Grief, Memory, Sci Fi, Social Issues

A Murder at the End of the World – A Review (Spoilers)

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A Murder at the End of the World – A Review (Spoilers)

A Murder at the End of the World is a mini series by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, who created cult fan favourite The OA. It stars Emma Corrin and Harris Dickinson, with a stellar supporting cast, including Brit Marling herself, Clive Owen, Joan Chen, Raúl Esparza, Alice Braga, Pegah Ferydoni, Jermaine Fowler, Ryan J. Haddad and Edoardo Ballerini. UK viewers can watch it on Disney Plus.

This review is going to be spoiler heavy, so I’m going to put most of it behind a cut. I don’t usually review TV shows, but this mini series profoundly affected me and I feel like I need to write about it.

https://youtu.be/AnPl4PuNb5U?si=xll7VMHeJmMnHaTf

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Class, Feminist, LGBTQ, Life, Non-Fiction, On Reading

Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me – Review

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Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me – Review

I’m sure most people have heard of Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me by Kate Clanchy, and the controversy about it. I thought of reviewing the book at the time (which I borrowed via my local Borrowbox library app). However I rarely write negative reviews. And from the language I read she had used, I was fairly sure a review would have to be negative.

I was correct.

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Addiction, Class, Feminist, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ, Life, Loss and Grief, Novels, Ottessa Moshfegh, Social Issues

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh – Review

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Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh – Review

Eileen is a 2015 novel by Ottessa Moshfegh. The novel is a memoir of the past, retelling Eileen’s last week in a freezing, miserable Massachusetts town, in the 1960s. It also functions as a rich and disturbing character study.
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Feminist, Historical Fiction, Horror, LGBTQ, Loss and Grief, Novels

Affinity, by Sarah Waters

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Affinity, by Sarah Waters

An interweaving tale of two entrapped women; a suicidal noblewoman with no purpose and an imprisoned spiritualist claiming innocence. Reality, voice and oppression – not to mention manipulation – are the key themes in this stunning lesbian Victorian ghost story. A rich, beautiful, haunting novel by an excellent author, set in the late 19th century.

Spoilers ahead.

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