Tag: Natalie Nobile

  • Knight Terrors: Horror in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    Written by Natalie Nobile Hey, when you were assigned Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, did you try to get out of reading it by using one of the films as a cheat sheet? But then all the films sucked? Well buckle up buttercup, because there’s a new adaptation on the market, and it’s coming…

  • Curiosity, Killed: The Deeper Meaning of Cats

    Written by Natalie Nobile One of the stranger things Tom Hooper said about Cats (2019) was that it was “about the perils of tribalism” (Vulture). Director Hooper, you are a bold one. Unfortunately, between all the CGI and Jason Derulo and catnip and snot, Hooper’s ‘message’ seems to have failed to reach the audience. To…

  • The Four Letter Word: Unspoken Ways the Website Staff of Hothouse Shows Love

    This Valentine’s Day,  Hothouse’s website staff decided to rebel against cynicism and scorn commodification—they wrote about the different ways they experience love. From a wedding to a quinceañera, read on to discover how love appears (in all its forms!) to each website writer. Christie Basson, Website Editor: This photo is from my parents’ wedding day…

  • Maidens, Mistresses, Mothers, and More: Archetypes in The Epic of Gilgamesh

    In ye olden times, we had real women.  Women with long flowing hair who were properly grateful to be protected and provided for.  These women knew feminine strength was their inherently emotional disposition, which is why they always make such caring mothers—it’s in their nature!  Yes, back at the beginning, there were no frivolities like…

  • How Uncanny: Chilling Gothics to Disturb the Ordinary

    This spooky season, we asked our website staff members to come up with their own Gothic styles! Like Southern Gothic before us, each staff member took a place or  experience that seems harmless—that is, until you look a little closer.