27th March 2022 - The Glasgow Guardian



Glasgow Film Festival 2022: Benedetta

27th March 2022

Caitlin hails this 17th century gay nun narrative a perfect reintroduction to in-person cinema. The synopsis promised violence, sex, and religious hypocrisy. The Daily Mail called it a “sexy lesbian nun flick”. In its first week of release, it garnered an 85% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. I am, of course, talking about Paul Verhoeven’s newest ...


Coping with Mother’s Day when grieving the loss of your own

27th March 2022

Content Warning: grief, death, loss. “Happy Mother’s Day!”, the grocery store display exclaims cheerfully in a large, cursive font. Instantaneously, I freeze in my tracks, staring blindly at the obnoxious cardboard cutout of a photogenic mother-daughter duo grinning cluelessly at passing customers. I feel my heartbeat pounding through my chest as the assortment of peony ...