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It’s a feral, agonising and aesthetic film. But it’s not Wuthering Heights. I’m on my third read of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, having first read it when I was fourteen. I didn’t fall in love with the novel and its flawless complexities until I was seventeen, because at fourteen I didn’t fully understand the novel.…
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Welcome to Love is in the Pen, my new literature and book review series! I grew up watching Jennette McCurdy almost every day and I fell in love with her Nickelodeon character, Sam Puckett, instantly. It was only upon the release of her incredible and raw 2022 memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died, that I…
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Being a student from a working class background and loving a well-deserved holiday don’t always align. I’m way too high-maintenance for a hostel and unwilling to cut back on my pre-flight tipple at the airport pub. I am, however, no stranger to getting the 50% volume Smirnoff from duty free and using that for predrinks…
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On the 11th of August 2007, Sophie Lancaster and her boyfriend Robert Maltby were beaten in a vicious attack in a park. A group of teenage boys struck up a friendly conversation with them, invited them to hang out, and then beat them both to unconsciousness, unprovoked. Maltby survived, Lancaster died from her horrifying injuries.…
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Trust me. The amount of times I’ve had a little lie down and some phone time before my evening plans, and then absolutely dreaded getting back up, is crazy. I’m a committee member for two societies at uni, which means I have at least two evening weekday plans per week. I love my social life…
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I could go full influencer vibes and only post the luxurious side of my trip to Marrakesh. But I’m prioritising authenticity in 2026, and I really want to share with you the hilarious, unglamorous and Inbetweeners-esque aspects of my January Moroccan getaway. This post is absolutely not one of complaints, we laughed off the downsides…
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I’ve been in the ‘alternative’ scene for years, exploring different subcultures and trying new things. I’m stylistically inquisitive and always on the lookout for new ideas, but for years I was stuck in a mindset of not feeling ‘goth’ enough, comparing myself to people online. I always thought if I wore a colour that wasn’t…
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Alongside my new year’s resolutions, I like to have some ins and outs to refer back to. I tried to think holistically about 2025, isolating some items or behaviours that impacted my life, both positively and negatively! My 2026 is about self-growth and progression with my writing. I want to balance being young, getting to…
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As an English literature student and bookish baddie, I couldn’t resist but begin my 2026 blogging with a reading wrapped. According to GoodReads, I’ve read 19 books and 5,421 pages in 2025. Not a great score, and leaving the year quite far behind my reading challenge, which was 30 books. I’m setting myself the same…
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I am perhaps one of the laziest goths you will ever meet. The only times you’ll see me in a full face of makeup with full accessories are nights out or particularly important days out. For uni, work or functions I’m not absolutely ecstatic for, the most I’ll do is eyebrows and mascara. And sometimes…
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