About me

I’m Emily, a writer and a picture-maker. My thing is the long nineteenth century and Neo-Victorianism in literature, art, and…

Victorian sororomania: creative and cultural ‘sisterhoods’ in the 19th century

This report on the Watts Gallery Victorian Sorority symposium was originally published on the BAVS Victorianist site – you can…

Recently, I’ve been working as the project researcher for the Tremletts Chemist history project. If you’re local to Portsmouth, UK…

Vanessa Lawrence’s novel Sheer is presented as the personal memoir of a success-obsessed beauty mogul. The story starts with make-up…

Book Bimbo, signing in with a review of Rebecca Novack’s upcoming novel. Imagine that Luigi Mangione is a 32-year-old lesbian…

Attensity! The Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement. Edited by D. Graham Burnett, Alyssa Loh, and Peter Schmidt Are you…

Lycanthropy and the modern woman: Femme Feral, by Sam Beckbessinger No spoilers Ellie’s got far too much on her plate.…

Last weekend, I was invited to do a talk about some of Sussex’s weird and wonderful folklore at the Battle…

Green eyes for a ‘green fairyland’: I’m A Fan, by Sheena Patel No spoilers Listen to the article here: You…

Spooky tidings this Samhain, fellow spirits. Do you want to hear some ghostly tales? Of course you do. I manifested…