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Prestigious, exclusive universities. Quads and old gothic buildings scattered with autumn’s first fallen leaves. Dimly lit libraries filled with hidden corners, studying or sleeping students, perhaps an unknown special collections room. Secret societies, strange restrictions…murder. This is dark academia. Dark academia as a genre has enjoyed a boost in popularity these last few years. I […]
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This is a good time to talk about love, right? It’s always a good time to talk about love and all the forms it arrives in. This playlist is where the pining and longing lives. The not-yet-together yearning; the unrequited love; the slow burn as emotions build and mount and tense until the slightest pressure […]
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What a delightfully vague word, atmospheric. That could mean so many different things to so many different people. Let’s look at the dictionary definition: Relating to the atmosphere of the earth or (occasionally) another planet. (Hmm, not this one. I do wonder about the inclusion of occasionally. Why only occasionally another planet? What’s the criteria here?) […]
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Of all the genres out there, dark fairy tales were probably the most influential on me growing up. I don’t necessarily mean the grimmer origins of the fairy tales that Disney took and made movies out of, although I certainly watched and loved all of those. I’m an older Millennial, and I had the good […]
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I fervently love the month of October. Yes, autumn is great, and we’ve had a surprisingly lovely fall in Chicago so far, but I love October because I cut my teeth on horror from a very young age. I was raised by a young mom who also loved horror movies with a passion, and she […]
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