MONA SARNOSA / EL INVIDENTE
This is an excerpt from a little essay I had to make at class about my own academic translations of D.H. Lawrence's tales Monkey Nuts and The Blind Man.MONA SARNOSA / EL INVIDENTED.H. Lawrence -...
View ArticleTHE BEGINNINGS OF FROZEN
by Diamond GrantFrozenNow a part of mainstream Western culture, the film Frozen is a family favorite. But where did it really come from? Most fans know by now that Frozen originates from the Hans...
View ArticleTHANKFULLY, I CAN STILL BLOG
To every stage of life its issues.Honestly, how many twenty-somethings haven't had their wisdom teeth taken out?I mean, it hurt and it bled already when they popped up in my late teens (but that was...
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SOMEONE WICKED THIS WAY COMES
Kirakira Precure à la ModeEpisode 12 - My Own ReviewSOMEONE WICKED THIS WAY COMES"LEO KUROKI"GIULIO: Come on, Precures.GIULIO: Noire Décoration!CURE MACARON: Dark kirakiraru...CURE MACARON: "Giulio"......
View ArticleYUKAKIRA SNOW QUEEN BUNNY
With her more feminine better half held captive within an icy fortress (her heart a lump of ice and her mind a blank slate), will Akira Kenjó have enough power in her strength and her love to free...
View ArticleUPCOMING KKPCÀLM EPISODES
At least the titles of upcoming episodes of the Springtime Cour of Kirakira Precure à la Mode and my guesses about what will happen in each and every one of them. Within a fortnight, for instance,...
View ArticleEL CONEJO DE LA LOLES
When was the last time I posted a blue song since you got the mermaid (young sailor who looked through the glass and spied a fair mermaid with scales on her... island)?So here's a Spanish folk song...
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EL RETORN D'ANNE - I COM HO CELEBRARÉ
Anne (Benio, Marie) Hanamura retorna aquest novembredesprés de dècades d'oblit!I quina manera millor de celebrar el retorn de Haikara-sanque amb una altra fusió...aquesta vegada, de La Princesa Promesa...
View ArticleFOREIGN OBJECTS
Here's a little article I wrote on FutureLearn about Théophile Gautier's Roman de la momie:Sandra Elena Dermark Bufi16 MARFor me, close reading and contextualisation allow for the best dialogue when...
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STRUGGLING WITH STAGE F(R)IGHT
Kirakira Precure à la ModeEpisode 13 - My Own ReviewSTRUGGLING WITH STAGE F(R)IGHTThe newest item on the KiraPâti menu. The outside is crunchy and the inside is soft, just as churros should be. Which...
View ArticleLIVING A THOUSAND LIVES
Here's another assignment I had to write on FutureLearn, this one about reading strategies and my own experience.Last month I went to see the live action version of the French fairytale film that...
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PLUS EST EN VOUS
Seriously, there are some days things get incredibly pear-shaped. Like having your computer fried on a Friday. Which means you'll have to pay one euro for an hour of each weekend day while waiting for...
View ArticleLO SIENTO - DEDICADA A MAMÁ
LO SIENTOMamá, he soñado que llamabas a mi puerta un poco tensa y con las gafas empañadas, querías verme bien y fue la vez primera,sentía que sabías como te añoraba. Y me abrazaste mientras te...
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HARD ROCK MADEMOISELLE
Kirakira Precure à la Mode - Episode 14My Own ReviewHARD ROCK MADEMOISELLEA Hot-Blooded Musical(for, when was the last time we had a musical review?)StarringAoi Tategami, the lead vocalist and lyricist...
View ArticleWITH THE PETALS ON AND ALL
I have chosen to write my own queer retelling of Othello set in the present day. Replacing "Moor" with "woman" and taking, for instance, a few extra clues from the 1001 Nights tale of the Three...
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A FORTRESS IN THE HEART OF THE ISLAND - ILLUSTRATIONS
The illustrations of this fortress are impressive. I just luv remote outposts in the middle of nowhere (aside from warships and war skyships, for the same reasons) because you get a cast of men in...
View ArticleDEINO (POKÉMON SONG)
Here's yet another song that got on my mind lately (ps. "Deino" is NOT pronounced in this song according to the canonical /DAI-nou/ pronunciation; but rather as /DEY-nou/ to be a homophone of "they...
View ArticleINTRODUCTION TO THE RHYE TRILOGY
Last year, I began to hatch a plot bunny that was as simple as a Snow Queen / Yu-Gi-Oh ZeXal Accidentshipping (+Anxietyshipping & Proctorshipping) fusion, starring Rio Kastle in the role of...
View ArticleWANDERING WITH A BAG CALLED MATILDA ON MY BACK
This is a parody of Waltzing Matilda in which everything is kind of... expanded. The lyrics are obviously unsingable. But still the style exercise is exhilarating!Once, an itinerant worker in a...
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SOFT POMPOMS - Garna med Tuva
Last summer in Sweden, I came across a book called Garna med Tuva (Wool Crafts with Tuva), in which the titular character shows us how to make bracelets, dolls, octopi... and of course pompoms from...
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