Black feminist monster theorist indulging in bravo as a palette cleanser
When I watch The Valley, all I can think about is Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “The Tell-Tale Heart.” The motifs are all there: a house tense with secrets, an unreliable narrator, a crime readers are told is not a crime. Poe’s story begins with a plea:
The 1944 film, Gaslight stars Ingrid Bergman as Paula, an orphaned young woman thrown into crisis when her aunt, a renowned opera singer, is murdered. While studying to follow in her footsteps, Paula is swept off her feet by Gregory Anton, who ushers her along into a hasty marriage which
to the dark side of pop culture criticism. Back in 2023, Fangoria generously published a weird little piece I wrote, "The Horror of Reality: The Real Monsters of Vanderpump Rules." Approaching the 10th season of VPR as though it were a Gothic novel, the essay explored the relationship