My final dark academia read for May and… honestly? I still don’t know what I just read. Bunny by Mona Awad was a fever dream in every sense. It’s part satire, part horror, part MFA cult fantasy nightmare; it's unstable, so feminine and pink, and completely feral. It made me laugh, cringe,[...]
Gothic literature has always held a special place in my heart. Some of my all-time favorite classics are gothic, and in my head, dark academia has always felt like a modern parallel. Gothic lit is moody and haunting. It lingers in that space between beauty and dread. Dark academia just takes tha[...]
Have I been obsessed (more than usual) with Pride and Prejudice lately? Yes, absolutely. With the 20th anniversary of the 2005 film just passing this April, paired with the endless edits of Elizabeth and Darcy floating around social media, my brain has been deep in all things Austen. So when I w[...]
Some movies just stay with you. They settle somewhere deep inside and refuse to leave, growing more special with every passing year and every rewatch. For me, Pride and Prejudice (2005) is one of those rare, forever films. The music, the longing, the sweeping one-shot scenes where the camera[...]
My theme for April was based on one thing and one thing only: I will be rereading Pride and Prejudice. I had to. In preparation for watching it on the big screen in theaters for the 2005 film's 20th anniversary. Which was in one word: magical. So, with that in mind, I scanned my TBR and shaped t[...]
I don’t even know where to start with this one. Honestly, I finished I Who Have Never Known Men and then just sat there, staring off into space. It left me with that heavy, unsettled feeling where you’re not sure what you just experienced, but you know it has to mean something. Right? I tend[...]