Being quite a left leaning person, my algorithm has done a lot to situate itself around me.

I know I'm on the bandwagon here about the Gothic lately. I go through my own eras, and right now I'm in my Gothic era. I'm also in my Taylor swift era due to my deep research study - now a year in…

Am I accidently wearing the same shirt as Part 1? Of course. Do I have more than three shirts? I do, but you sure woudln't know it from this channel. We're back to the structural study of our…

I hope one thing so far in all the things I’ve talked about here - mythology is not simple.

I'm trying to wait out the heat again, but this time mostly just at the one cafe so I can soak up their air conditioner. It's too hot here to be in my office, and I have about three substack posts…

A structuralist debate

The time has come! I am finally able to start in on my structural analysis of Dracula. When I tell you I have been _waiting_ for this. Anyway, today is only the first part. It's only the beginning.…

The Fieldwork Journal for my study of the mythology of Taylor Swift is back. This time, I'm asking a very important question: what is going native, and am I currently doing it? We chat about what it…

As I enter the third quarter of the year, I’m also entering the third quarter of my personal curriculum on Gothic literature. And as this whole year’s study of the genre continues, I’m starting to…

This is a reupload as I messed up the first 10 seconds in my edit. Sorry!! Yes! I know! I have already gone back on my word to move on from this series, but I have just one more tiny point to make…

We're back with a normal research vlog, where I spend the morning back at the Taylor Swift project. We transcribe an interview and do some fandom, music, and celebrity worship research. It ended up…

Spoiler: this movie is just as much a myth as the "original"

Today, I'm sitting down to explain structural anthropology. Quick note, I'm being quite simplistic for ease of introduction - but I hope it at least gives a good overview for people who have either…

As I enter the third quarter of the year, I’m also entering the third quarter of my personal curriculum on Gothic literature. And as this whole year’s study of the genre continues, I’m starting to…

This quarter's focus for my personal curriculum focused on vampires in Gothic literature is coming to a close as I finish my last assignment: the essay. After my previous vlogs where I did the…

Welcome to my fieldwork journal! Fieldwork journals are incredibly important to anthropology, and despite always being something that is kept private, I've decided to open mine to all of you. I want…

Wake Up Dead Man has an interlocking complicated weave of narratives and mythologies, which all connect in the highly emotional intensive feelings of Wicks' death. To untangle these, like Benoit…

This quarter's personal curriculum is slowly coming to an end, and that means it's time to start putting focus on my final assessment: an essay! I've been thinking about what I wanted to focus on,…

Today, I wanted to talk a lot more about what I'm doing as an anthropologist studying gothic literature in this personal curriculum. I reflect on what anthropology is, what I specialise in, the…

It's a hot day, even before summer has actually officially hit, and I'm too tired to do anything actually productive. So, instead, we're doing some research and thinking and considering on my…

I've been really struggling to write fiction lately. I just haven't really been enjoying it, or looking forward to it. I keep electing to do something else when I planned on working on it. So,…

We're working on the Taylor Swift and Mythology research project today, and also baking sourdough bread. I figured, you know, Taylor likes baking sourdough. I like baking sourdough. Let's just make…

a look into the intersections of religion and popular culture

Today I'm returning to the work I was doing on the anthropology of grace and following that thread to its conclusion in the video essay. I also do a quick and dirty lecture on the basics of…

Only for the subs, a lovely deep dive into cosy stories and why we love them

It's another free evening, and so it's the perfect time to sit down and do some research for my personal curriculum into the Gothic Vampire! Update time: I'm actually reading my primrary texts!!…

Rian Johnson's carefully crafted new detective series, Knives Out, really builds on the notion of nostalgia. His stories play with the dimensions of presentation as being different than reality,…

Today, I'm checking in on the Taylor Swift and Mythology Project. I wanted to share the thinking about where I'm at, where I need to go, and how I'm going to get there with you, because this project…

So, after recording the last vlog, I pop off to do some cafe hopping around Salisbury and writing some short stories! I've been enjoying writing short stories and using these are a new and…

A mini-rant about stories