Originally published in print November 2022. Illustration by Linde Vergeylen For me, autumn is the season for reading. The academic year has started. I’m feeling motivated, maybe I’ve even bought a bullet journal. I’m attending all my lectures, wearing sweaters, … Continue reading Books That Encapsulate Autumn From Frankenstein to Normal People
This September, Sally Rooney’s third novel Beautiful World, Where Are You will be released. After the immense success of Normal People and Conversations with Friends, it is an understatement to say that there is hype around the book. Coming up … Continue reading The Sally Rooney Revolution
Content warning: references mental health issues and disordered eating. Being young and beautiful takes precision that you must never mention. Have you ever wondered how to attract the great love of your life, be a creative scholar, all while remaining … Continue reading Sally Rooney-inspired Normal Diets for Normal Girls and Boys A satirical look at Sally Rooney’s most commonly-used tropes to achieve peak main character status.
Originally published in print September 2020. As we enter the dawn of a new era of Zoom lectures and remote learning, I can’t help but feel sorry for the scores of students, like myself, who will miss out on many … Continue reading Back to School (on Screen): A College TV Watchlist
Originally published in the Summer Issue 2020. With all of the Normal People hype around the country and beyond in recent weeks, dropping the fact that I was ‘technically’ in the show into conversations has been a fun exercise … Continue reading Extra! Extra! Read All About It: What I Learned From My Experience as a TV Background Actor TV editor Ciara Connolly shares her experience as a first-time TV extra on the hit show Normal People
I spent six of the early weeks of lockdown watching the BBC/Hulu adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Normal People, and I’ve spent the past six weeks reading and rereading from Lorrie Moore’s fantastic Collected Stories. When I saw that Moore had … Continue reading Artemis Fowl, Normal People, and Cultural Imperialism