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Subliminal Messages:
Why Your Movie Queue Needs Prayer

December 27, 2024 · Miscellaneous, But Major

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Do you even know what subliminal messages are? Bless your naive heart. Picture it—you just got done watchin’ some epic movie or closin’ the back cover on a book that straight-up hijacked your emotions, right? You’re sittin’ there like, “OMG,…

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Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll

March 22, 2024 · Chapter Deep Dive, Fairytales & Fables

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When Nursery Rhymes Turn Violent Step into Chapter 6, where child care is chaos, dinner may kill you, and the cat’s the only one with any sense.   I cracked open Alice in Wonderland thinking I was in for a…

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Welcome to my blog... this is where we talk about the books that totally wrecked our mascara and maybe our morals. If I finish a novel and don’t instantly feel the urge to drop a voice note in my group chat like, ‘Y’all. This book!’—did I even read it?” Expect full-on, spoiler-rich breakdowns with a spiritual side-eye, character judgments, and the occasional “bless her heart” moment. If you’ve ever read a story and immediately wanted to whisper about it in the church kitchen—this is your sanctuary.

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The Last Unicorn
by Peter S. Beagle

Welcome to the Midnight Carnival: The hag that outshined the whole dang thang… bless it. When I picked up The Last Unicorn, my heart was already galloping. This was the story behind one of my favorite childhood films—talking butterflies, enchanted forests, a…

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Animal Farm
by George Orwell

Welcome to the Henhouse of Horror: It’s not fiction if we’re living it! At first glance, Animal Farm might look like a silly barnyard bedtime story—pigs on soapboxes, chickens forming committees, and horses quoting slogans like it’s the County Fair….

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Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll

When Nursery Rhymes Turn Violent Step into Chapter 6, where child care is chaos, dinner may kill you, and the cat’s the only one with any sense.   I cracked open Alice in Wonderland thinking I was in for a…

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