A scholar putting a gothic spin on pop culture. Books, films, music - we're making it wyrd 👻 Check out our blog: https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3mumtrvqefs2lNew guest blog post! 📢 Allan Purves talks Trump, towers, Vathek, and Gothic Verticality: https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/towers-villains-and-ambition-ali-abbassis-the-apprentice-and-gothic-verticality/03 Sep 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumtrvqefs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3mvaau3b4422eHave you read our latest guest blog post on gothic verticality, human ambition and Donald Trump? https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/towers-villains-and-ambition-ali-abbassis-the-apprentice-and-gothic-verticality/11 Sep 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvaau3b4422ehttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3mvaau3b4422eHave you read our latest guest blog post on gothic verticality, human ambition and Donald Trump? https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/towers-villains-and-ambition-ali-abbassis-the-apprentice-and-gothic-verticality/11 Sep 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvaau3b4422ehttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3muoldyq7p22oOut latest guest blog is up and ready to read! Allan Purves talks tall buildings, gothic villains and Donald Trump... 🌆🌇🗽 https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/towers-villains-and-ambition-ali-abbassis-the-apprentice-and-gothic-verticality/04 Sep 2026 08:48 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoldyq7p22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3muoldyq7p22oOut latest guest blog is up and ready to read! Allan Purves talks tall buildings, gothic villains and Donald Trump... 🌆🌇🗽 https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/towers-villains-and-ambition-ali-abbassis-the-apprentice-and-gothic-verticality/04 Sep 2026 08:48 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoldyq7p22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3mumtrvqefs2lNew guest blog post! 📢 Allan Purves talks Trump, towers, Vathek, and Gothic Verticality: https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/towers-villains-and-ambition-ali-abbassis-the-apprentice-and-gothic-verticality/03 Sep 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumtrvqefs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3mtlj7tn3ak2f5 years of Solar Power. 5 more years of Climate Crisis. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlj7tn3ak2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3mrac5kya3s23Ecoguilt in Lorde's Solar Power. This is viewed more easily on our Instagram @makingitwyrd22 Jul 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrac5kya3s23https://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3msiavrc5lc2l2 more quarter finalists to be decided in the Best Gothic Novel Ever competition! The next round is... The Tell-Tale Heart - Edgar Allan Poe Vs The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón Vote in the comments! (Send all complaints regarding a short story infiltrating this competition to our email 😅)07 Aug 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiavrc5lc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3msipjlltgc2lYou can also vote incognito on our Instagram story @makingitwyrd 👻 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msipjlltgc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3msiavrc5lc2l2 more quarter finalists to be decided in the Best Gothic Novel Ever competition! The next round is... The Tell-Tale Heart - Edgar Allan Poe Vs The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón Vote in the comments! (Send all complaints regarding a short story infiltrating this competition to our email 😅)07 Aug 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiavrc5lc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3mqjxcn2afk23Taylor Swift and Female Rage. This was our first blog post - have you read it? Find it here: https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/07/11/goth-girl-summer-is-vengeful-pop-the-sound-of-the-season/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAb21jcATB2TJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA81NjcwNjczNDMzNTI0MjcAAafnNIMhscMp_ZB2JJe5Fc-I6SaChkczG8ambFjEaomzZJvHj_sdhxKo7Lha2A_aem_Q4rNxvt_3dPqETOxq803pA13 Jul 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjxcn2afk23https://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3mokt5pwozs2nDo you have something wyrd to say about pop culture? We're accepting guest blogs! We are also open to pieces of creative writing ✍️ Dm or email us your proposed ideas and check out our past blog posts here: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/18 Jun 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokt5pwozs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3mrac5kya3s23Ecoguilt in Lorde's Solar Power. This is viewed more easily on our Instagram @makingitwyrd22 Jul 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrac5kya3s23https://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3mqme7hpxz22fMaking It Wyrd is 2 years old! 🥳🥳👻14 Jul 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqme7hpxz22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3mqjxcn2afk23Taylor Swift and Female Rage. This was our first blog post - have you read it? Find it here: https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/07/11/goth-girl-summer-is-vengeful-pop-the-sound-of-the-season/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAb21jcATB2TJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA81NjcwNjczNDMzNTI0MjcAAafnNIMhscMp_ZB2JJe5Fc-I6SaChkczG8ambFjEaomzZJvHj_sdhxKo7Lha2A_aem_Q4rNxvt_3dPqETOxq803pA13 Jul 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjxcn2afk23https://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3mq2hzkf5jc24Our search for the 'Best Gothic Novel Ever' continues... The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde Vs Beloved - Toni Morrison Vote in the comments!07 Jul 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2hzkf5jc24https://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3mpqfce7kjs2zDead Silence by @authorstaceykade.bsky.social explores the physical and psychological fallout after a luxury space cruiser is rediscovered following its mysterious disappearance. Corruption, contamination, guilt and ghosts... this book asks who has power and what does it cost?03 Jul 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqfce7kjs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3mokt5pwozs2nDo you have something wyrd to say about pop culture? We're accepting guest blogs! We are also open to pieces of creative writing ✍️ Dm or email us your proposed ideas and check out our past blog posts here: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/18 Jun 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokt5pwozs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3modhoooizc2yIt's that time of year again where my favourite psychological horror is on TV: Love Island! What better time to revisit one of our first blog posts? I examine how the contestants of Love Island live in a manufactured reality filled with gothic doubles. https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/08/09/seeing-double-the-lie-at-the-heart-of-love-island/15 Jun 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3modhoooizc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3modhoooizc2yIt's that time of year again where my favourite psychological horror is on TV: Love Island! What better time to revisit one of our first blog posts? I examine how the contestants of Love Island live in a manufactured reality filled with gothic doubles. https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/2024/08/09/seeing-double-the-lie-at-the-heart-of-love-island/15 Jun 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3modhoooizc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3mnrjvzqh5c2aIn the mood for gothic gaming? We have a list for that: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/video-games/ https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/video-games/08 Jun 2026 11:04 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrjvzqh5c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/makingitwyrd.bsky.social/post/3mnrjvzqh5c2aIn the mood for gothic gaming? We have a list for that: makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/video-games/ https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com/video-games/08 Jun 2026 11:04 +0000at://did:plc:b64stdqghjkkxdib3o5idqoj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrjvzqh5c2a