Emily Brontë and the TikTok generation

The trailer for forthcoming movie Emily is still pretty much the talk of the town as seen on Good Housekeeping, PopSugar, You, Happy (which thinks that, 'The new Brontë biopic is crazy, sexy and cool'). Fangirlish makes a new movie of its own when claiming that,

Emily was ahead of her time and, therefore, had to face not only society but also her family and even love that, although he seemed to understand her, didn’t believe in her enough. But she got ahead. Her life was brief but convulsive and full of struggle for her voice to be heard and to claim her place in history. (Raquel)

Previous generations of readers may have struggled to understand and grasp certain aspects of Emily's life that seemed strange but we think that what the new generation struggles with the most--to the point of ignoring it because it can't be true, right?--is Emily's complete lack of interest in fame. She may or may not have enjoyed having her works read by the public, but if the Brontë story tells us something is that she was also doing very well being her own one and only reader. Remember when only a few months ago the world saw that what was previously thought to be an annotation by Charlotte under one of her poems was actually in Emily's own handwriting: 'never was better stuff penned'. 

The Yorkshire Post mentions another film with an Emily Brontë on a list of the 'Best places in the Yorkshire Dales to go for a walk where you can admire the beautiful hills, rivers, caves and moors'.

Malham Cove

This large curved limestone formation was created by a waterfall that carried meltwater from glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age period more than 12,000 years ago. It has since become a prime attraction for nature lovers and hikers. The pavement was a filming location in the 1992 Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights starring Ralph Fiennes. (Liana Jacob)

The Mary Sue discusses whether fanfiction can be art.

Criteria for art is often subjective and/or gate kept, but if a story evokes true emotion or challenges your perception of the world, then there’s no reason to not consider it art.

That being said, I will concede that many Mary Sue/self-insert/reader/OC fanfics are more similar to harlequin romance / erotica novels than to Classic great romances by Austen or the Brontës etc. (despite many AUs attempting to emulate such works). But even then, the romance genre has similarly suffered from longstanding sexist ideas of art and entertainment, despite many romance authors being just as prolific and successful as male mystery or horror writers. (Kimberly Terasaki)

Whitchurch Herald features writer and comedian Ruth E Cockburn and her play 'Miss Nobodies'.

"As much as I love the Brontë sisters and Jane Austen, working class women like Ethel Carnie Holdsworth talked about the romance of choice, not the romance of marriage. (David Newman)

The Times rereads O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker: 

Above all, Barker makes you care intensely about poor, tragic Janet, a girl as sensitive and sorrowfully isolated as a Brontë sister, yearning for motherly approval. (Melanie Reid)

Will Duggan discusses The Edinburgh Fringe festival on Chortle:

Anyone who flyers on the Royal Mile in period costume and white face paint and flyers in character should be culled. Not from life you understand, just from anywhere I ever am.

We all want audiences but I’ve never seen anyone say ‘Wow. The Lancaster Uni Drama Department’s guerrilla flying has really endeared them to me’. Everyone just sees it and thinks ‘pricks’.  Crawling along pretending to be possessed by the ghost of Emily Brontë or something. Tiring.

Maybe I’m doing them a disservice. The shows might be incredible. But I just hate them.

Teen Vogue shares an excerpt from Adalyn Grace's upcoming Gothic romance Belladonna.

Grace turned to “classic Gothic novels” including Jane Eyre and Rebecca, as well as the “sparkle and glamor” associated with Bridgerton. “I wanted it to feel like some of my favorite movies—a little Sweeney Todd, a touch Anna Karenina a dash of Pride and Prejudice. . . I adore time pieces and wanted Belladonna to feel as glittering as it feels eerie," Grace explains. 

Those inspirations fit perfectly in Grace's story, which centers on Signa's ability to see and communicate with spirits, including Death himself. (Lauren Rearick)