Trans woman Samantha Allen describes the process of changing her gender while in graduate school: “Estrogen is not made of sugar and spice. In pill form, it is synthesized from two decidedly unsexy ingredients: soy and yams. But that’s only fitting because, when I first started taking prescription estradiol in the fall of 2012, IContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
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Book Quote of the Day
” ‘Let me tell you about love, that silly word you believe is about whether you like somebody or whether somebody likes you or whether you can put up with somebody in order to get something or someplace you want or you believe it has to do with how your body responds to another bodyContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
Top 25 Movie Quotes: Part XIX
Ever seen the American Film Institute’s list of movie quotes? Let me sum up: of the hundred, about 25 are Casablanca and Gone with the Wind. Most of the rest are from the other golden oldies that are revered by the writers of film studies textbooks; they may be well-made, but they’re also very muchContinue reading “Top 25 Movie Quotes: Part XIX”
Nostalgia Tiiiiime!!! “Material Girl” by Madonna
Now if you’re saying, what’s horror-related about this mega-80s (to the max!) gem, it was directed by Mary Lambert, the auteur behind the original Pet Sematary as well as the watchable Pet Sematary II and Urban Legends: Bloody Mary. (We’ll not discuss the rest of her filmography.)
Book Quote of the Day
“To a parent, your child wasn’t just a person: your child was a place, a kind of Narnia, a vast eternal place where the present you were living and the past you remembered and the future you longed for all existed at once. You could see it every time you looked at her: layered inContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
Nostalgia Tiiiiiime! Primus’s Cover of “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”
Oh, Primus. Their music videos were as singularly horrifying to watch as they were fun to listen to.
Book Quote of the Day
[Five-year-old Mel Brooks is having an argument with his mother to close the window, despite the heat, because he saw Frankenstein in the theatre and got scared] ” ‘Mel,’ she says, ‘let’s say you are right. That Frankenstein wants to come here and kill you and eat you. But let’s look at all the troubleContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
Book Quote of the Day
“A small smile touched Death’s lips. ‘What are you afraid of?’ Jeremy wiped his eyes with his hand. ‘Pain, mostly.’ ‘But not just pain, am I right? It’s never just a fear of pain that makes any of you hesitate.’ Hot anger burned at Jeremy’s core. ‘Stop lumping me in with other suicides. I’m notContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
Top 25 Movie Quotes: Part XVIII
Ever seen the American Film Institute’s list of movie quotes? Let me sum up: of the hundred, about 25 are Casablanca and Gone with the Wind. Most of the rest are from the other golden oldies that are revered by the writers of film studies textbooks; they may be well-made, but they’re also very muchContinue reading “Top 25 Movie Quotes: Part XVIII”
‘Smile’ is Worth Your While
Rose (Sosie Bacon) is a therapist at an emergency psychiatric unit. Her tightly ordered world is upended when she meets a patient named Laura (Caitlin Stasey), who has visions of unholy apparitions smiling at her. Shortly after, she cuts her own throat. When Rose starts seeing the grinning specters herself (the curse is passed toContinue reading “‘Smile’ is Worth Your While”
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