ESSAY

Four Steps for Comprehending

[Contains Sensitive Content] by Carrie Smith First - the daze. You wake up at eleven AM, eyes dry, mouth dry, head sore. The patch of sun...

Three Poems by James Merchant

All photography by James Merchant Crossed At Shore Still, the sound of the sea Breaking against the strand, Strangling the stray sand Is...

Poppy

It's raining. It's 2 pm. The clouds are grey and you can hear the distant thunder rolling. My boots are wet. My clothes are drenched. All...

Hiraeth: an Elegy for Forgotten Words

Photo by Mia Jones Language, written, verbal, through signs, and expressions; we are constrained by it. Language affects the way we feel,...

‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’ (1984): Miyazaki’s Reflection on Ecocide and Imperialism

In 1984 Hayao Miyazaki released Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, his story of a simple agrarian community being dragged into the...

Taoist Sex Practices and Why the East Got It So Right

Before some great societal tragedies, namely capitalism, colonisation, and the patriarchy, ideas about sex were completely different. It...

The Grey and Green: Victorian Imagery in Dishonored

Dishonored offers a unique perspective on the Victorian era, blending themes of morality, class struggles, and patriarchy.

Fanfictions Odyssey: From Digital Sanctuaries to the Literary Spotlight

Image by Lucy Morvillo from Pexels In the ever-evolving realm of creative expression, an enduring practice persists. Tucked away in the...

‘Neither and Both’: the Gender-Queer Body in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

Image by Carole Radiate through Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Gender-queer bodies, while seeming like a hot topic among politicians in recent...

STRAND