●●●●○ “It was the opposite of suicide. My hibernation was self-preservational, I thought it was going to save my life,” the unnamed narrator in Ottessa Moshfegh’s latest novel ‘My Year of Rest and Relaxation’ claims this when justifying her decision … Continue reading My Year Of Rest and Relaxation // REVIEW Ciara Forristal reviews Ottessa Moshfegh’s latest novel
Only when we see the defying of narrative convention do we begin to realise how deeply ingrained our perceptions have been in terms of what genre can do, particularly how implicitly masculine many modes of storytelling are. BBC1’s Killing Eve, … Continue reading The Female of the Species is Deadlier Than The Male: Killing Eve
●●●●● “Writing is a way of making sense of the world, a way of processing—of possessing—thought and emotion, a way of making something worthwhile out of pain,” writes Irish academic Emilie Pine in Notes to Self, her debut collection of … Continue reading Notes to Self by Emilie Pine // REVIEW Pine’s debut collection of essays is raw and unflinching
“Mainstream fashion press is slightly boring and needs to change its direction in order to survive,” insists Elise By Olsen, editor-in-chief of Wallet, an independent fashion magazine striving to create a critical forum in which fashion and its values can … Continue reading More Issues Than Vogue: Meet Elise By Olsen TN2 interviews the wunderkind revolutionizing fashion publishing
“Everybody has to decide on the way they want to tell their own story from their own perspective,” insists Emilie Pine, talking about her debut collection of essays, Notes to Self, which offers a probing and unflinching personal account of … Continue reading Duly Noted: Emilie Pine Interviewed Ciara Forristal sits down with Emilie Pine, author of bestselling essay collection Notes to Self.
For Judith Achumba-Wöllenstein, countering arguments about the frivolity and light-hearted nature of fashion is a common occurrence, particularly since the launch of Hajinsky, a fashion psychology magazine co-founded earlier this year by Achumba-Wöllenstein, Susan E. Jean and Pak Lun Chiu, … Continue reading Fashioning a new path: Hajinksy Founders talk Fashion Psychology “Fashion is many things—trivial is not one of them.”
The stellar cast gives gravitas to the characters and their seemingly trivial individual situations and rescues the series from descending into melodrama with regards to the grittier aspects of the plot. (●●●○○) Continue reading Bloodline – review
Whilst the second season of HBO’s slow-burning dramedy Looking continues in the same vein as it left off, the show subtly adds finesse to its portrait of the lives of three gay friends living in San Francisco. (●●●●○) Continue reading Looking, season two – review
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Following the simultaneous release of his three new series Cucumber, Banana, and Tofu Russell T Davies speaks to tn2 about the importance of giving the LGBT community a new and authentic voice in popular culture. Continue reading Interview: Russell T Davies
Whilst the concept is well-worn — the show has even been considered a comical version of American Beauty — it is rescued by the innate likeability of the cast. (●●●●○) Continue reading Togetherness – review
Our TV Editors select their top ten favourite shows of 2014. Continue reading Best of 2014: TV