Emilia Boone
Bio
Hello, internet! I am a British-American PhD student and writer currently living in Plymouth. I'm a book and movie nerd who has a weird distaste for capital letters. Check out my posts on movies, storytelling, and entertainment!
Stories (3/0)
How to Film Love
There are stories that just grab you. Stories that just hold you and keep you no matter what you’re thinking or feeling. I’m not the sort of person who can experience stories in their entirety very easily. ADD runs in my family, and I often have trouble watching a film or reading a book, both things I love to do, without playing on my phone or sewing or doing something with my hands. I’m not good at staying engaged. Especially during movies, I don’t often find films where I’m not checking how much I have left in the middle of it, even during first time viewing at the cinema.
By Emilia Boone5 years ago in Geeks
Arthurian Scholar Watches 'Monty Python'
Okay, the title is a bit of a lie. It should really be called “a Monty Pythonand the Holy Grail fan gets a PhD in Arthurian literature” but that seemed a bit too long. Regardless, I am a PhD student studying Arthurian literature and I am a huge fan. Python fans have been told for decades this is a really smart movie, but I wanted to share exactly how it feels, as a fan of the movie, to find out how smart it actually is.
By Emilia Boone5 years ago in Geeks
Find What Makes You Human
In the film, Silver Linings Playbook, Jennifer Lawrence’s character Tiffany describes herself as “not a very good dancer” but that “it’s therapy and it’s fun.” The first time I saw the film, this line spoke to me. I related to her, because it made her depression a bit more bearable. I have a YouTube channel, where I’ve talked a few times about self care, and found myself using this sentiment as advice recently. I found myself advising people to find a passion to help them through anxiety. Writing had basically saved my sanity and honing it has been the best medicine. But who was going to see that? My channel has 52 subscribers and averages 15 views per video, so who was I really talking to?
By Emilia Boone5 years ago in Psyche
