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CRITICAL ANALYSIS
[ISSUE I] COFFEE AND CREATIVITY: WHY THE COFFEE SHOP CREATED THE BEATLES by Daisy May Cooper
(Their story was shaped, somewhat, by the existence of a coffee shop.)
[ISSUE I] LOVE IN THE TIME OF COVID: THE EMERGING HYBRID OF QUARANTINE FICS AND COFFEE SHOP AUS by Katharine E. McCain
(There are a growing number of fics that seek to balance the desire for fluff with the realities of the pandemic. One example of this balance exists in an emerging subgenre.)
[ISSUE I] BEAN THERE, DRANK THAT by Anushka Bidani
(First sentences are revealing.)
WOMEN AND FLOWER POWER: UNCOVERING THE INTER-‘TANGLED’ STRUCTURES OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN “THE LAIS OF MARIE DE FRANCE” AND IN “TANGLED” by Danielle Straus
(Through tracing themes of control over women’s sexuality, chastity, and both the literal and symbolic flower, this essay will uncover the structural similarities and differences of the interlocking systems of gender and sexuality in Disney’s 2010 “Tangled” and “The Lais of Marie de France.”)
EXPLOSIVE UN-SETTLEMENT AND UNBRIDLED WILDNESS: TRAVERSING THE LANDSCAPE OF DECONSTRUCTION IN HARJO’S ECOPOETICS WITH THE HELP OF DERRIDA’S DIFFÉRANCE by Danielle Straus
(Using Derrida’s concept of différance, this essay will explore the ways in which Harjo’s poem brings the decolonial project to the English language, through the images she enacts and the poem’s structure and rhythm.)
THE MCLENNON EFFECT: A CONVERSATION WITH CHLOE & DAISY FROM ALL ABOUT THE GIRL PODCAST by Anushka Bidani
(I think John and Paul both shoved their wives into the holes in their hearts that were left by each other.)
QUEERING THE BINARIES: BELONGING AND BECOMING IN DEE REES’ 2011 “PARIAH” by Danielle Straus
(This essay will explore how Pariah disrupts and queers the binaries of gender and sexuality in ascribed identities of Black girlhood by deconstructing space, liminality, temporalities, and ‘realness.’)
BEFORE JANE, HEATHCLIFF, AND AGNES: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BRONTËS’ WORLDS OF GLASS TOWN, ANGRIA, AND GONDAL by Nicola Friar
(Contrary to the belief which sprang up after the sisters’ deaths that, tired of scraping a living as teachers and governesses, they suddenly decided to sit down one day in adulthood and become writers; they, along with Branwell, had years of writing experience before being published. There was no fairy tale, no miracle, and no spontaneous bursts of creativity and genius. Instead there was hard work, practise, and perseverance.)
A BIRTHDAY BETWEEN FRIENDS: ELLEN NUSSEY AND CHARLOTTE BRONTË by Kimberly Eve
(She preserved her correspondence with Charlotte which thankfully provides us with quite a wonderful understanding of who Charlotte was as a friend. Through the Brontë family’s documentation, we know who she was as sister, teacher, governess; but only Ellen Nussey let us into her personal world so we could meet her friend of twenty four years (1831-1855).)
A REVIEW: FILM “THINGS TO COME” by Amelia David
(Perhaps this was a deliberate choice by the costume designers, but Nathalie’s outfits range from pastel shades that dot the peripheries of wedding photographs, to darker indigos and navy blues. Her interaction with the colour is akin to her conversations with the people around her: she appears interested but gazes at them all unseeingly.)
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