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Author: Amanda Hudgins

The Guest
A blurred object in the foreground covers the lower half of Helena Egan's face in a scene from Severance, leaving only her eyes and perfectly coiffed hair visible.

Female Sex Tourism & Severance

By Amanda Hudgins • March 31st, 2026

Like all trips, all vacations, you eventually must return home.

Feature Excerpt
A scene from the Fahrenheit 451 remake shows a group of soldiers blowtorching a pile of books.

AI in Fanfiction

By Amanda Hudgins • April 28th, 2025

I have never willingly read an AI “fanwork” because I do not read things that no one has written.

The Guest
A still from Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water shows the main character underwater with a humanoid yet amphibious creature, the two of them totally about to make out.

Monsterfucking

By Amanda Hudgins • July 5th, 2024

Monsterfucking is about showing a mirror to the monstrosity within – both in terms of society and in terms of the relationships between the parties involved.

Self-Insert
A still from Twilight shows Bella Swan surprised the person she's speaking with could even think such a thing. She's too cool for school!

Mary Sue

By Amanda Hudgins • February 2nd, 2024

She is you, a teenager who is stuck in a small town with no friends, with cruel acquaintances who don’t love any of the things that you do, who has been told for years that boys bully you because they like you.

Self-Insert

Mafia

By Amanda Hudgins • September 5th, 2023

KinnPorsche is probably the best example of the mafia alternative universe aesthetic. Everyone is beautiful and darkly dressed and prone to drinking and smoking in dark rooms.

Self-Insert

Cisswap

By Amanda Hudgins • May 2nd, 2023

Known under many tags (including Rule 63, genderbending, gender swap, Always a Different Sex), cisswap is an fandom device most commonly used to make male characters women.

Screenshot from the HBO adaptation of The Last of Us, featuring Kansas City rebellion leader Kathleen addressing some imprisoned collaborated with a wry and unsettling smile on her face

The Last of Us on HBO

By Amanda Hudgins • April 11th, 2023

The Last of Us is not the greatest story in video games.

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