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Bad Girls: autofiction in translation

I am currently taking a class in Latin American Fiction, and recently we read Bad Girls by Camilla Sosa Villada. It’s a translated autofiction about Camilla’s time as a transwoman and sexworker in Argentina.

Marigold

The Victorian Language of Flowers was used for decades to relay feelings that people had a hard time expressing or were too embarrassed to share.

Celebrating fear

With Halloween around the corner, most of us can’t wait to get through this week and embrace the “Halloweekend.” Between the costumes, parties, and treats, we finally get to escape from the weight of classes and work for a night.

The case of the disappearing Stute

The following anecdote must be read with your face under a flashlight and a spooky voice:

It was a dark and stormy Thursday night.

The scariest thing I deal with every month

Forget haunted houses and horror movies—the scariest thing I deal with every month doesn’t come with fake blood; it’s the real thing.

The holiday season begins, brace yourself

Brace yourself, the holiday season is now upon us. In the following 61 days, four major holidays will be taking place: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve.

The Halloween canon event

Halloween! Ghosts, ghouls, goblins! So scary! But have you ever heard of the Halloween canon event? That’s the biggest thing you should be afraid of this Halloween season.

Sinners: blood, blues and vampires

People think that horror movies need a haunted house, vengeful ghosts or jump scares around every corner. But Sinners redefines the genre, using the blues and an Irish vampire with a dark history and a darker purpose.

Frankenstein might be in your walls

What started out as a nightmare depicting a “hideous” phantasm of a man would turn into the cultural phenomenon that is the creature from Frankenstein.

A taste of terror

Spooky season isn’t just about costumes and cobwebs — it’s about flavor. Every October, the world transforms into a cauldron of cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar.