Horror
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Baba Yaga and the Allure of the Wicked in Russian Folklore
If you are at all familiar with Russian fairy tales, you are familiar with Baba Yaga. Her appearance is nightmarish: a long crooked nose that…
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A Night in the Night Vale
A genial yet sonorous voice echoes over the radio in a quiet desert community as we all casually avert our gaze from the shadowy horrors lurking…
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Appall To Appeal: the Nature of Sexual Violence Against Women in Game of Thrones
Warnings: spoilers for Game of Thrones (up to mid season 4); discussions of sexual violence, rape. I cannot count the number of times a Game…
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Of Mice, Men, and Monsters: Beyond Science and into the Psyche
I finished Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation in two days, because over the single night that I was reading it, I was afraid of what my imagination…
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Liminality & SpecFic: Welcome to The Spectatorial
“I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am…
The Spectatorial 