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This post contains minor spoilers of the above book. I f you wanted to read it and feel like this would ruin the experience for you, then here is your warning to stop reading this and go and read it yourself! * Savannah Brown's second novel, The Things We Don't See , centres on a teenage girl trying to cope with dysfunction and grief in her family. In grappling with her sister Celeste's disappearance and her perpetually distant father, Mona Perry clings to the idea that she can solve the mystery of Roxy Raines, who disappeared decades ago with no investigation. With the intention of broadcasting her findings to her podcast audience, the story seeks to question the ethics of the true crime genre and the extent that trying to solve the murder-mystery is a selfish endeavour, with the protagonist prying into the private lives of the Sandown residents for the sake of entertaining a curious audience. Brown builds on the mystery genre by bringing a modern podcasting twist whilst r...

  i. lucky This is a story about a girl named Lucky Early morning, she wakes up Knock, knock, knock on the door It's time for make-up, perfect smile It's you they're all waiting for They go Isn't she lovely, this Hollywood girl? And they say She's so lucky, she's a star But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking If there's nothing missing in my life Then why do these tears come at night? Lost in an image, in a dream But there's no one there to wake her up And the world is spinning, and she keeps on winning But tell me what happens when it stops ? They go Isn't she lovely, this Hollywood girl? And they say She's so lucky, she's a star But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking If there's nothing missing in my life Then why do these tears come at night? (Oh) Whoa Best actress, and the winner is Lucky (whoa) (I, I, yeah, oh) Whoa I'm Roger Johnson for Pop News Standing outside the arena waiting for Lucky O...

This post is going to spoil the above comedy special. I f you wanted to watch it and feel like this would ruin the experience for you, then here is your warning to stop reading and go and watch it.  * One of the first thoughts I had after watching Bo Burnham's Inside was 'despite having virtually no internet presence, this man makes comedy like someone who is perpetually online'. Without a doubt, Burnham's comedy special (if we are to call it that) is ostensibly about the internet, how it functions in our lives and what affect it has had on us during the period of isolation that was the pandemic. The reason I question the title of 'comedy special' is because, whilst there were moments of levity, it felt like the darkest piece of work he has produced so far, not really achieving many laughs from me, but definitely touching me deeply. I haven't been able to watch it back really, even when writing this up, because I don't really enjoy having the past year r...

This post is going to talk about the Saw franchise in detail, and spoil several of the films. I f you wanted to watch them and feel like this would ruin the experience for you, then here is your warning to stop reading and go and watch the films.  This post also briefly mentions sexual assault and self-harm, though no details are discussed.  If this is something that you are uncomfortable with or unable to cope with, I won't blame you for skipping this post. Take care of yourself. * There's an instinct to disregard the Saw franchise, even in horror circles, as an empty spectacle with nothing to offer its audience. The horror sub-genre 'torture porn' was created specifically for these kinds of films, as a way to categorise them as pure affect with nothing of value to say. However, as part of my research on this topic, I was determined to justify my enjoyment of this franchise because I know, in spite of their flaws, the films are talking very loudly. They're saying...