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Feminism Horror Pop culture

Sympathy for the ōnryo

I’ve been terrified of Kayako from The Grudge since I was 13. However, over the years I’ve actually started to feel sympathy for her as a character. Trigger warning: domestic violence.

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Horror Pop culture

Netflix’s Kingdom is the perfect show for the pandemic

Did I write this blog post to gush about zombies or to vent about selfishness in this pandemic? Who knows! The only thing you need to know is that I really want you to watch Kingdom.

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Culture Language Translation

Regardless of how you feel about it, the ‘singular they’ is not wrong

Recently, a proofreader objected to my use of the ‘singular they’ in one of my translations. So naturally, I decided to write an entire blog post explaining why he’s wrong.