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xanthecoote.bsky.social
@xanthecoote.bsky.social
Queer short film producer and a writer interested in Gynaehorror, Representation in Film, and Feminine Bodily Function in Film. If the gothic is involved, I'm even more excited. (She/her)
Just graduated - wrote my dissertation on Prevenge and Yummy Mummy.
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If anyone has any recommendations for reading about pregnancy, Gynaehorror, or female bodily function in film, please do send my way!

#horrorfilm #pregnancyhorror #gynaehorror #femalebodilyfunction #bodilyfluids #film #pregnancyinfilm
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RELEASE DAY! Gothic Fantasy 'tour de force' that blends Beauty & the Beast with Gothic Horror - out in eBook and paperback now! Audio release 19 Feb on Eldritch Girl Podcast. #GothicHorror #GothicFantasy #NewBooks #BookLaunch
RELEASE DAY
BOOK RELEASE! My Gothic Dark Fantasy Beauty and the Beast retelling, YELEN & YELENA, is out now! Find out more...
cmrosens.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Just finished reading Kiersten White's fantastic Lucy Undying. If you're a fan of Dracula, Vampires, Lesbians, Gothic, and awesomely cathartic revenge, I'd highly advise. Some really interesting points about bodily autonomy here, as well as Lucy actually getting to be more than an ill victim.
February 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Feels like a good day to repost our list of 12 trans characters in video games from across the ages. Trans & NB people exist, they cannot be erased with a scribble of a pen. #translivesmatter
12 Trans characters in video games - Gayming Magazine
We highlight 12 trans characters in video games from across the ages to celebrate representation in Trans Awareness Week
buff.ly
January 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Anyone else really bothered that they didn't put 'sexual assault' as a content warning for #nosferatu ? Saw it on the cinema and was totally caught unprepared (always nasty). The film is so clear about both its literal sexual assault and it's seriously implied sexual assault.
January 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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"May his name be erased."
A friend of mine took this photo yesterday
January 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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For those that think that #blackhorror begins and ends with Jordan Peele, here are 30 movies from this year alone that prove otherwise. #horrorsky blackhorrormovies.com/best-black-horror-movies-of-2024
Best Black Horror Movies of 2024 - Black Horror Movies
Best horror/suspense movies with Black stars released in 2024.
www.blackhorrormovies.com
December 30, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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7:50 showing of Nosferatu should get me off the roads before the amateurs are shitfaced and weeble wobbling all over the place.
December 30, 2024 at 9:36 PM
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Three rebellious teenage daughters, a restless mother and a father struggling with potatoes find themselves in Nairobi in Oscar-shortlisted short animation Maybe Elephants www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/maybe... #filmsky 🎬
December 30, 2024 at 9:44 PM
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Did you know that Black Christmas was one of the first films to feature a killer who targets victims through the phone? It pioneered the 'phone caller' trope in horror, making every ring chilling. #HorrorFacts #BlackChristmas #HorrorFamily #HorrorMovies #Christmas2024
December 10, 2024 at 1:47 PM
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A dear friend produced this incredibly powerful film - out in US cinemas on 10 January 2025, please support them

#feral #birdeater
December 7, 2024 at 7:51 PM
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December 7, 2024 at 4:04 PM
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November 24, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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Finally caught up with THE SUBSTANCE. Everyone told me it was mind bending body horror, but no in told me it was this decade’s SORRY TO BOTHER YOU. Biting, bitter satire built on a series of sad, core truths about our society. A freakishly good horror nightmare. It’s on MUBI and for rental in VOD.
November 23, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Did a Q&A lecture at my old uni to chat about dissertations and thought no one would be interested in Gynaehorror, but there was ONE! A lovely student who I chat with and who is experiencing the same surprise I had at the fact that there is only really one author (Harrington) who writes about it
November 21, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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It's transgender day of remembrance today and we've lost 309+ siblings in the past year to violence, and an additional 47+ to suicide*.

Every single one had hopes, dreams, talents, fears, a family (chosen or otherwise). They deserved better.
November 20, 2024 at 7:44 AM
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Ex-librarian here—I'd say encouraging your followers to put in requests for books with marginalized authors/MCs and check out those books both in person and online would be best. To get books and keep them on shelves in times of scrutiny like this, there has to be a quantifiable demand for them.
I'm not uniquely qualified for anything but as book bans will become stricter on stories of the marginalized in the coming years I want to ask librarians if there is anything I can personally do with my small platform to help out
November 6, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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The secret is that other writers aren't competition; they're peers, colleagues and friends. Someone who reads me is going to read other writers as well; the entire publishing economy is "yes, and." Therefore it does me no harm, and much good, to support other writers and to wish them well.
And Heinlein would have approved! Terry Pratchett said, "Most SF writers were once fans. There's a habit they have, not of paying back, but of paying forward; I know of no other branch of literature where the established "names" so keenly encourage wannabe writers to become their future competitors
November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Does anyone know of any films about time travelling babies/fetuses and time? Writing something new...

#gynaehorror #film #filmadvice #whattowatch #timetravel #gestation
November 19, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Read this essay book earlier this week - a really intriguing read and lots of food-for-thought which has been making my brain twitch for DAYS. Would recommend (only 130ish pages, so a quick read, too)
November 16, 2024 at 11:52 PM
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slut for chiaroscuro
November 16, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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I've written the first essay over on my website. I've been struggling with enjoying things now that the nights are getting longer so wanted to write out some thoughts and feelings on it 😊

If you read or see it, please share it around, I'm really proud of it! 😊

www.buttonprompt.com/post/burnout...
Burnout, Saving Daylight and The Wild Hunt for Enjoyment
An exploration of burnout and the end of daylight savings time on the enjoyment of my favourite hobby.
www.buttonprompt.com
November 14, 2024 at 10:50 PM
If anyone has any recommendations for reading about pregnancy, Gynaehorror, or female bodily function in film, please do send my way!

#horrorfilm #pregnancyhorror #gynaehorror #femalebodilyfunction #bodilyfluids #film #pregnancyinfilm
November 15, 2024 at 4:43 PM
I've recently been reading up more on Hag Horror (inspired my The Substance, of course). Please send recommendations my way!
#thesubstance #haghorror #horrorfilm
November 15, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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Aside from writing horror, a great passion of mine is helping people find horror movies they'll actually like. I have a lot of practice!

Back on the other site, I used to do bite-size horror movie reviews. I'll keep doing them here! In the meantime, I also make Letterboxd lists. boxd.it/iQR6I
"I Don't Like Horror" Horror Movies
Aka, horror movies you might be able to convince non-horror people to watch. Ranked from most to least approachable.
boxd.it
November 14, 2024 at 3:43 AM