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Erotic fiction’s bad reputation

Erotic fiction has long been popular amongst readers, though it may not always have been so unashamedly read on the public transport commute to work. With the rise in popularity of erotic works, I find it sad that people dismiss ...

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Star Wars: Clone Wars and theories of the self

It is rare that something created as a kind of advertisement for its parent production actually outperforms the original in terms of critical response. Of course, it wasn’t terribly difficult to create something better than George Lucas’s wooden prequels. Star ...

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My Favourite Things: 2014 edition

Every year there are so many new additions to the creative world. No one could ever keep up with all of it. And this uber-consumer of popular culture products is no different. That said, I have consumed an awful lot ...

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Binge watching: The Mindy Project

I love a good sitcom. Unfortunately, as the years have gone by, too many sitcoms rest on tired jokes and tropes without bothering to say anything interesting about the amusing situations that naturally crop up in everyday life. And to ...

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Bah Humbug: What I hate about Christmas

I love Christmas. Wrapping presents is my favourite thing in the world – making all the wrapping match and yet somehow individual and lovingly crafted. I prefer wrapping presents to receiving them, though having said that, I’m as good a ...

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Sexism in UK porn laws

Everyone has been talking about the new pornography laws in the UK being untenable for the industry, which I agree, it is. However, I’ve not seen anyone up in arms about the sexism inherent in the laws – male ejaculation ...

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