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I want a dyke for a supervisor

Also I can’t wait to be a queer masochist on Mars. Or: commemorating the end of two courses with two new bits of writing.

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Haunted highways, ghosts, goblins and grief

Strange sightings, inexplicable chaos-causing creatures, cities imprinted with echoes of loss: although we have all this weird shit close to home, there’s something about the crossover of Americana and the esoteric that I find forever fascinating.

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What’s your favourite scary movie?

Why are we so obsessed with being scared? What’s with this collective cultural fascination with fear? When it comes to horror, I’m a big nightmare-prone wuss and a jump-scare thrill-seeker, forever desperate to understand why gore-soaked tropes like monsters and mask-clad serial killers have such an enduring attraction, influence and impact.

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There’s a light…

An essay about the queer chaos and magic of the Rocky Horror Picture Show

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Emma Frankland in No Apologies

Notes from the Fringe

Last month, I packed a suitcase and boarded a train, heading back to Edinburgh Fringe for the first time since 2019.

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Zines

Zine-making for joy, resilience and resistance

A free zine for you from a session I led last week…

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A burning wolf sculpture during Solskin Festival 2025

Burn the wolf

A weekend at the second ever Solskin Festival

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Tarot

Six tarot cards for summer solstice

Heatwave-melted and pre-menstrual, plans for a collective solstice ritual with pals sent sideways by illness, I piled cushions on the floor, curled up with Cosmo and pulled six tarot cards (and then some bonus ones) for the six months between this solstice and next…

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Meet The World: Queer Desires

A conversation between Marylyn Tan, Rosie Garland and me…

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Like a little prayer

A process diary about recent reads on spirituality, sexuality, recovery from religious trauma, cults and kink…

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