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The Not-Yet Child: Weaponisation of Motherhood in the movie Arrival
Examining the representation of gender and motherhood by discussing the portrayal and function of female bodies in Arrival and ‘Story of Your Life’; the essay ultimately argues that—contrary to most feminist reviews of the movie—Arrival does not fairly represent the female lead Louise, especially in comparison with ‘Story of Your Life’.
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Landscape and the Connection to Possible Selves
When a character is connected to the concept of the possible self, it provides context for the past and incentives for the future, creating a complex emotional map to understanding; this theory can be applied when analysing the restructuring of self-identity.
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Memories of People: Tokyo in 2019
The people and memories made that trip worth it and I still close my eyes and imagine myself back there in those moments every now and then.
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Matching Manicures
‘Jump,’ she said. Her small hands curled around my shoulders, just like she used to. Her breath shivered along my skin. ‘I don’t want to,’ I replied, taking a step back from the ledge. We had matching nails—a birthday gift from my mum. The same day everything went wrong. Her nails were different now: sharper,…
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Recipe for Bad Pizza
Do not follow. This pizza recipe is horrible.
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Blue Eyed Alien
Its eyes were just like hers: blue.
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Why Water Flows Downhill
Long ago, in a world less orderly than ours, Water ran every which direction it pleased. Rivers and streams exploded across the world in random directions. Each droplet of Water decided where it wanted to go based on its own whims and fancies.
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猫: Cat
Why does he sit with me? Where does he think I go during the day? Does he count down the minutes until I come home?
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6 Ways of Looking at a Tree
Poetry prompt: Write about trees in 6 different ways
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John Marden’s 3 Person Character Exploration
Character A –I want to be in charge Character B –Look at me! –wants attention Character C –I want everyone to like me.
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Benched
At the age of fifteen, I would sit on a park bench every morning and watch ducks as they waded across a lake. Each morning my mother would drop me off at the coffee shop as she drove my sisters to school. She always said goodbye with a big smile. My little sister was only…
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Text Received From Mars
Jade. How have you been? Are you happy? Have you been eating well? Sleeping? I’m sorry I put you through this. I know you said you never wanted to hear from me again, but I figured it’s been so long now you might not be mad anymore…what was I thinking? Of course, you’re still mad.…
B.K. Olivia
thoughts no one asked for
Hi, I’m B.K. Olivia
Writer (wannabe).
Australian living in Japan (life crisis).
Three years until thirty (character development).
Exhale the thoughts
that trapped you there.
Blow away the dust,
carry yourself into the air.
– B.K. Olivia
An exploration of living, loving, existing
(and the impending doom of ageing)
There’ll be articles, essays, stories about life when you’re too old for twenty but too young for thirty; about when you’re a woman before a person; about the struggle between purpose and meaning; about what it is to live and be happy.
