Who are you and what do you want?
I'm Kate Fitzgerald, a writer and academic. Last I checked. I have the student debt to prove it, at least. My areas of interest include:
- Mental health, neurodivergent coding and disability representation in popular culture
- Folk Horror, the Gothic and religious horror
- Neurodivergence and the creative practice
- Neurodivergence and trauma
- The work of Shirley Jackson
- History of vampires, witchcraft, paganism and the occult in cinema
- European genre cinema of the 1970s and 80s
- Puppetry and practical effects in cinema
- Anthropomorphism. I think about that a lot.
Expect personal essays on all of the above and more. If you prefer objectivity and detachment over introspection, this may not be the place for you. I try to post a piece every few months; they tend to be quite lengthy, so it varies.
I'm autistic. I have ADHD. Late diagnosed. Somehow muddled through with a doctorate in Creative Writing. I've fallen through several cracks. The intention behind this newsletter is to pull myself out, despite having the self-esteem of a stargazer fish and the social skills of a traumatised pangolin.
I wrote a book. You can find it here.
Follow me on Bluesky. I'm fun.
Subscription is free—my work – direct to your electronic mailbox. Please and thank you.
Header image: 'Young girl and a goat with golden horns' by Petrus Renier Hubertus Knarren.
