I had an idea for my next workshop and have to spend an extra amount of time on it--for those not in the class this blog is associated...

We pause our analysis of art and abuse briefly to bring up the fact that it's officially October. We're well into a week of October and...

TW: Mentions of suicide, self-harm, abuse, sexual assault and abuse In my Advanced Nonfiction course, the basis of this blog and also...

Throughout this blog, I've had a major point I'm trying to make but not fully getting there: abuse is showing up in art. Definition of...

First off, I hate the name for the "#MeToo" Movement, I think it's a stupid name. TW: Mentions of Sexual Assault, Sexual Abuse Anyway,...

Abuse shows up in funny ways. Many artists may use it as their muse, or others don't even know if it's showing up. Musical artists have...

First off, the idea of abuse is a rather uncomfortable topic for the majority to talk about. If one were to bring up their personal...

Something that is becoming a reoccurring theme throughout the posts of Poe and Woolf, and soon we will certainly move on from these two...

This piece will be shorter because I want to really dive deep into this idea in a longer form. One of Poe's main issues is he lost three...

Woolf was described as "mad" in her time for her not-so-private freakouts, mood swings, manic-depressive cycles, and more. There is a...

(There is an italicized parataxis attempt in this piece) It's known that Poe was the father of detective fiction--bringing forth a...

TW: Mentions of sexual assault, sexual abuse, incest, and other extreme themes of trauma. Virginia Woolf was a well-known female author...

Although most works of studies around Poe will never fully admit--Poe was a victim of abuse in several different manners. First, he was...

(There will be a paratactic application somewhere in this text, I will italicize it.) Trying to bring awareness to how common abuse is in...