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National Identity Formation in Czech Christmas Fairytale Films
Campaigner and essayist Alex Stevenson investigates the formation of Czech national identity through its Christmas cinema traditions developed during and after their time under communist rule.
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Dream Nails’ Latest LP is Good, But You Wish It Was Better
Founder and host of Joining Me Today, Bailey Ewers-Smith, talks through the highs, lows, and what-could-be-better of Dream Nails’ latest album, ‘You Wish.’
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The Moment (2026) is Over Before It Gets Started
Rachel Gambling, creator of girlblog!, reviews The Moment, a satirical music film based on an original idea by Charli xcx about the end of Brat Summer.
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Send Help (2026): Is Woke Back? Or Are We Doomed to Repeat the Cycle?
Creator of girlblog! Rachel Gambling gives her insight into the social commentary underlying Sam Raimi’s latest feature, Send Help.
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![A portrait of frontwoman of punk band Be Your Own Pet Jemina Kirk. She has bleach blonde hair with dark roots, wearing a red-and-white t-shirt with the sleeves cut off. She dribbles water from her mouth.]()
How Music Industry Sexism Almost Killed Be Your Own Pet
Founder and host of the podcast and gig promotion brand Joining Me Today, Bailey Ewers-Smith (he/they) details the rise, fall, and resurrection of 2000s punk band Be Your Own Pet.
cat of the month
april’s cat of the month is: the cat in the hat!
Did you know that Michael Myers’ depiction of the man-sized cat The Cat in the Hat is the reason why we no longer get any live-action adaptations of Dr Seuss books? Critics were appalled by Bo Welch’s interpretation of The Cat in the Hat because of its euphemistic humour — The Cat has a turbulent relationship with his garden tools — and what critic Leonard Maltin described as “heavy-handed slapstick.” After this reception, Dr Seuss’ widow, Audrey Geisel, demanded that there be no more live-action adaptations of her late husband’s writing in her lifetime. However, Geisel passed away in 2018, and we’re still yet to see another.
But The Cat in the Hat has developed a cult following over the years. Adults who once watched the film as kids have returned to the 2003 family-comedy with fresh eyes and a greater appreciation for its innuendos and violent humour. See: all the people dressing up as Thing 1 and Thing 2 for their Halloween costumes.
The Cat in the Hat has joined the worthy ranks of Jennifer’s Body and Showgirls as underrated satires of American culture; now all that waits is the strangest triple bill to ever be viewed.
out with the old and in with the old
think old music is better than the new crap that comes out?
here’s some new releases you’ll actually enjoy, based on the old-timey stuff you like.
Featuring Björk, Mitski, FKA Twigs, Massive Attack, SOFIA ISELLA, and Beck.
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buy this poetry pamphlet! :)
Cape Point is a poetry pamphlet written by Rachel Gambling. in this collection, she explores her South African heritage through accounts of her first visit to cape town, her grandparents’ birhplace.
Part of Estuary Anthology 2025. Between 21-29 June 2025, a series of poems was posted on girlblog!, forming Rachel’s debut poetry pamphlet. Some poems are still available to read here. You can purchase the full pamphlet via girlblog!.