PinnedJoan TierneyPosi-pocalypse: Why You Should Start the New Year with An ApocalypseSomething about another year coming to a close–another ending of a chapter in your life–it can feel a little like the end of the world. Not…·39 min read·Jan 22, 2023--1--1
Joan TierneyinWe Die FirstWatcher and The Invisible Man: The Violence of VoyeurismPart One: Don’t Trust Your Husband·21 min read·Feb 3, 2024----
Joan TierneyinWe Die FirstThe Evolution of the Lesbian SlasherHorror as a genre is no stranger to lesbianism–in fact, women and the women who love them have been woven into the genre practically since…·28 min read·Jul 29, 2023--1--1
Joan TierneyinWe Die FirstFreddy and Pennywise: Memory Loss and the Personification of Childhood TraumaEdna St. Vincent Millay said “Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.”·28 min read·Jul 10, 2022--1--1
Joan TierneyMommy Issues, RevisitedOn this day two years ago, I published a personal essay detailing my fraught relationship with my mother and history of maternal abuse. At…·7 min read·May 8, 2022--1--1
Joan TierneyRanking 8 Retellings of Theseus and the MinotaurIn Greek mythology, Theseus was the king and founder-hero of Athens. There are a variety of different myths involving him, from his…·63 min read·Mar 4, 2022----
Joan TierneyinWe Die FirstCoraline, The House, & La Casa Lobo: Haunted Houses in Stop MotionPART ONE: A HISTORY OF MOTION & THE HAUNTED HOUSE·23 min read·Feb 14, 2022--1--1
Joan TierneyinWe Die FirstVampires and Exorcisms: Catholicism in Modern HorrorIn Roger Ebert’s review of John Carpenter’s Vampires, he said “When it comes to fighting vampires and performing exorcisms, the Roman…·26 min read·Dec 18, 2021----
Joan TierneyThe Fetishism of True Crime: What Web Sleuths and Medieval Witch Hunters Have in CommonSeveral years ago, I watched a short video that had gone viral. The footage was taken from the camera of a hotel elevator and in it, a…·12 min read·Mar 18, 2021----
Joan TierneyinWe Die First27 Nightmares Before ChristmasA lot of people know the It’s A Wonderful Life story by now; how it was a box office bomb in the 40s and then, due to a clerical issue…·4 min read·Nov 1, 2020----