Making It Wyrd
@makingitwyrd
A trio of scholars putting a gothic spin on pop culture. Books, films, music - we're making it wyrd! 👻
We've had some new followers, so let's take a stroll back through our blog posts. Fans of Taylor Swift, Female Rage, monstrous feminity: this one's for you 👻 makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/07/11/got…
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Goth Girl Summer: Is Vengeful Pop the Sound of the Season?
The girls are angry. The 2010s, while containing plenty of party albums, notably Katy Perry’s sickly sweet Teenage Dream (2010), also saw the emergence of artists whose work was characterised by a …
With spooky season coming up, what better time to read about @222aghoststory? 👻👻👻 makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/07/31/222…
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2:22 A Ghost Story – A (Very) Brief History of Loud Audiences
Cast your mind back to 2021, when the world was just starting to peek out from a consistent string of pandemic lockdowns. Chloé Zhao became the first woman of colour to win an Oscar for best direct…
It's time to add some new texts to our nonfiction rec list! Books, articles, blog posts - have you written something gothic you think should be on here? Have we missed your favourite? Let us know! 👻👻👻 makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/non-fiction/
A little snippet of what we have been doing over on tiktok. Ep 1 of our Pop Girlies and the Monstrous Feminine is on... Sabrina Carpenter (@SabrinaAnnLynn)
Been thinking about temporal pandemonium and gothic repetition in video games recently. What game does it best (and why is it Undertale)?
Pumpkins on every corner, maybe a skeleton, if you're lucky. But something's wrong. It's Halloween, but you don't FEEL it. But then you remember makingitwyrd have rec lists with all kinds of spooky media. Halloween is saved! 👻👻👻 makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/recommendation…
The latest edition to our gothic film list. Secrets, sex, scandal, suffocation??? You could play gothic bingo with Jawbreaker and at least get a cross 👻 Find the full list here: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/films/
The next Best Gothic Novel Ever battle is here! We are firmly in the 21st century with this one... The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón Vs If We Were Villains - M. L. Rio 👻👻👻
2 vote · Final results
As we approach Halloween, it's the perfect time to read about the most terrifying thing in the world: daily life. makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/10/23/fer…
Here it is, my latest book! This one was a lot of fun!
🎪 Roll up, roll up! The circus of horrors has arrived... From Aickman to Bradbury, explore sinister sideshows & dark fairgrounds in All the Fear of the Fair, the latest Tale of the Weird. Available now: shop.bl.uk/products/all-t…
A tale of murders, secrets, cults and floor plans... Strange Houses is contemporary urban gothic out of Japan and is the perfect October read!
episode 2 of our Pop Girlies and the Monstrous Feminine is here! Today we look at Charli xcx and the Abject. Do not despair, this is the introductory episode on Charli - we have more to say!
The next Best Gothic Novel Ever battle is here! Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia Vs The Tale-Tale Heart - Edgar Allan Poe
5 vote · Final results
Exciting news! Join @gothicauob for 👾 Video Game Gothic 👾 with special guest speaker @DrEframSS on Zoom on Thurs 23rd October 5.00pm - 6.30pm (UK). As an expert in occulture, Efram's talk will explore video game censorship during the 1980s ‘Satanic Panic’. DM/email for link ⬇️
We all love houseplants, but what does that mean in a time of climate precarity?🌱🪴🌵 makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/09/18/fro…
![makingitwyrd's tweet card. “Triffids were at large […] I began to loathe them now from more than their carrion-eating habits – they […] seemed able to profit and flourish on our disaster” John Wyndham, The …](https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1989676346713206784/3sl6auPK?format=jpg&name=orig)
Do you know someone who loves werewolves? But thinks analysis of them should be more lupine? Well, then do I have the book for you - my book published by @BloomsburyAcad. bloomsbury.com/uk/97813504411…
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