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about
➼ 22, she/they, womanesque, queer➼ fourth-year undergraduate studying English & Gender at the University of Chicago➼ aspiring member of the academy
interests
➼ things that are old and evil
➼ textual afterlives, e.g. adaptation & fan studies
➼ the inherent homoeroticism of (insert: the sea, regicide, Victorianisms, Christianity, & so on)
➼ the burgeoning field of Guy Studies
➼ the Wars of the Roses & the Hundred Years' War
➼ 19th century maritime history, culture, disasters
frequent poster of...
literature➼ Moby-Dick and Melville's short stories
➼ War & Peace
➼ Ulysses and Dubliners
➼ Notre-Dame de Paris and Les Misérables
➼ Frankenstein
➼ nearly all of Dostoevsky's major works (I'm coming for you, Demons!)
➼ The Trial and Kafka's short stories
drama➼ Shakespeare, particularly the histories (Richard III foremost) and Hamlet
➼ Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
➼ Waiting for Godot
➼ Describe the Night
➼ Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (and most of Malloy's other works)
➼ Les Misérables
➼ Jesus Christ Superstar
➼ Falsettos
➼ Gilbert & Sullivan, particularly H.M.S. Pinafore and Yeomen of the Guard
films➼ The Favourite
➼ The Lighthouse
➼ Eraserhead
➼ The Wicker Man
➼ Fantastic Planet
➼ The Shape of Water
➼ 2001: A Space Odyssey
➼ The Room
➼ The VVitch
➼ Ravenous
➼ The Shining
➼ Being John Malkovich
➼ Downsizing
➼ Blue Velvet
➼ The Last Temptation of Christ
➼ Bondarchuk's War and Peace
video games➼ The Legend of Zelda (especially Wind Waker and Twilight Princess)
➼ the Ace Attorney series
➼ Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
➼ Shadow of the Colossus
➼ Disco Elysium
➼ Fire Emblem: Three Houses
➼ Yume Nikki & its many fangames
➼ text adventures and interactive fiction broadly, some favorites include Counterfeit Monkey, Coloratura, and Anchorhead
television➼ The Terror (Season 1)
➼ Succession
➼ Twin Peaks
➼ Rome
➼ What We Do in the Shadows
➼ Yellowjackets
➼ Gentleman Jack
➼ The Simpsons and Futurama
music➼ Suzanne Vega
➼ They Might Be Giants
➼ Joan Baez
➼ Fiona Apple
➼ Kate Bush
➼ Stan Rogers
➼ The Decemberists
➼ Fairport Convention
➼ Talking Heads
➼ Simon & Garfunkel
➼ The Beatles
➼ Stevie Wonder
➼ The Smiths
➼ shanties, hymns, madrigals, baroque & classical, experimental, world folk
misc. & hobbies➼ my insatiable lust for Wikipedia-browsing
➼ ecclesiastical architecture, especially Gothic cathedrals
➼ YTP
➼ dogs
➼ being left of the Overton window
➼ French existentialism
➼ theme parks
➼ writing (academically, fanfiction-ly)
➼ knitting & crocheting
➼ embroidery & cross-stitch
➼ doodling
➼ singing, acting, dancing for a live audience
➼ dabbling in the piano & accordion
➼ Google Maps is not a hobby but a full-time job
➼ so is Google Calendar
➼ making Twine games
testimonials
creations
A Victorian-steampunk-medieval production of Richard III I co-directed at the University of ChicagoWhalers in the Arctic!, a review of The North Water for the Chicago MaroonAt the Court Theatre, "The Lion in Winter" is Compelling, but Unimaginative, a theatre review for the Chicago MaroonTake Captain Ahab to Therapy, a short text-based Twine game submitted as a course final for a class on disability representationShort (fan/historical) fiction collected on Archive of our Own under the username strikethesunKnitting & crochet projects collected on Ravelry under the username noschultz