Category Archives: gothic/horror
licking stars off ceilings twentythree: now for sale
the twentythird issue of my perzine licking stars off ceilings is now available for sale. this issue is thirtytwo pages long. it’s about loss, longing and living a new life. topics include: ghosts, grief, learning to be alone, masculinity, sexuality, … Continue reading
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zinester mania: a sneak peek at licking stars off ceilings 23, coming soon
licking stars off ceilings 22 has been done for awhile. i am just awaiting casey jean’s half of the split. however, the zinester creative impulse overtook me and i made licking stars off ceilings 23 tonight. it’s ready for the … Continue reading
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Hide and Seek (fiction by clementine cannibal)
this is an excerpt from my fiction zine, the furies, which is available for sale here.
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Terror
(i have decided to start sharing some of my fiction on this website. i love writing fiction and it’s something i want to do more of. most of my fiction is gothic in theme, whether directly or indirectly. this story … Continue reading
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Victorian Femininity and Anorexic Culture: Starvation as the Suppression of the Monstrous Feminine
The Victorian ideal of femininity demands the control of female appetites and the submission of the female body to will. Contemporary advertisements that shame women’s appetites are not a new phenomenon but part of a tradition that can be traced … Continue reading
Filed under academic, disordered eating, essays, gothic/horror, history, sexuality
Sheela-na-gigs: from Crone to Church
Sheela-na-gigs are stone carvings of old, naked women displaying their vulvas that are often found near the entrances and windows of churches in Ireland. Created between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, a time of patriarchal Christian rule, the overt female … Continue reading
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the furies
my new fiction zine is now for sale!! it includes three gothic short stories. the protagonists are a little girl, a young woman and an old woman. the rest you’ll have to find out by reading the zine!
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