Persephone's (Gothic) Insights

I decided to make a little page decided to my Tolkien scholarship. It's not as extensive as my Metroidvania work or work on ludo-Gothic BDSM, but I thought it's still worth having all the same.  Note: This version is copied directly from my website version ; the two are identical. The rest of this post is the copy/paste. —Perse Persephone van der Waard is a leading expert on Metroidvania ; re: from her master's, postgrad material, and PhD* in Gothic poetics and ludo-Gothic BDSM . This page specifically highlights her work on Tolkien (the rest of Persephone's portfolio can be found on her About the Author page ). *Re: Volume Zero of her Sex Positivity series, the latter of which which you can read about on its one-page promo ; the former has its own book promotion, " The Total Codex ." Persephone's Tolkien Jargon Here is the neo-jargon Persephone has written that focuses specifically on Tolkien: Tolkien and Cameron's refrains (abridged) Originally conc...

This interview is for "Hailing Hellions," a Q&A series where I interview sex workers (or ex-sex workers) who have modeled for me and my  Sex Positivity*  book project. Today's guest is Tate (Cum Baby 98)! This is the SFW version;  click here  for the SFW-version interview compendium! *The longer title being  Sex Positivity versus Sex Coercion, or Gothic Communism: Liberating Sex Work under Capitalism through Iconoclastic Art  (2023). Part of an overarching movement that connects sex positivity to what I call "Gothic (gay-anarcho) Communism,"  Sex Positivity  essentially provides a hybrid; i.e., one established between academic (Gothic, queer, game and Marxist) theories, and wherein  applied  theory towards  universal  liberation is achieved by challenging Capitalist Realism (the inability to imagine a world beyond Capitalism) at a grassroots level. To it, Gothic Communism specifically occurs through direct mutual worker act...

This interview is for "Hailing Hellions," a Q&A series where I interview sex workers (or ex-sex workers) who have modeled for me and my  Sex Positivity*  book project. Today's guest is Ashley Yelhsa! This is the SFW version;  click here  for the SFW-version interview compendium! *The longer title being  Sex Positivity versus Sex Coercion, or Gothic Communism: Liberating Sex Work under Capitalism through Iconoclastic Art  (2023). Part of an overarching movement that connects sex positivity to what I call "Gothic (gay-anarcho) Communism,"  Sex Positivity  essentially provides a hybrid; i.e., one established between academic (Gothic, queer, game and Marxist) theories, and wherein  applied  theory towards  universal  liberation is achieved by challenging Capitalist Realism (the inability to imagine a world beyond Capitalism) at a grassroots level. To it, Gothic Communism specifically occurs through direct mutual worker action a...