Hello! This is something completely different from normal – not a single Moomin in sight! – but a lot of people have mentioned that they like my book reviews on Instagram, or following the thread of all the books I read on my Twitter. So I thought I’d make a list of some of the […]
The post you’ve all been waiting for. A deep dive into the wonder of Moominworld. Before that: I accidentally went a bit viral on Twitter for saying happy birthday to Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins. The tweet spoke about things I’ve touched on in this blog – her queer identity, the fact she protested […]
So I went to Moominworld in Naantali, Finland! Maybe that explains the break between blog posts? (Sorry!) Before I get to the magic, I have to post about the journey to Moominworld and explain just how chaotic this holiday was (and how much sweeter it made the Moomins!). On our journey to Moominworld, we actually […]
It’s been a funny couple of weeks for me and, sadly, somewhat absent from Moomins. I really really could have done with them to be honest. Today’s blog is a bit of a deviation from the norm – but I felt I had to open up about this somewhere and, I promise, I will tie […]
Hello again and thank you for joining me! This week’s blog is about wishes, courage and the healing power of anger. It might get a wee bit emotional, but we’ll weather it together. The episodes we’ll look at are: “The Hobgoblin’s Magic” (episode 8) “An Invisible Friend” (episode 9) “The Invisible Child” (episode 10) Episode […]
I’m really sorry. But I had to do it. We’re doing a deep dive into Moomin masculinity, as well as a little taste of queer history. Before we jump into it, this week’s blog focuses on the following episodes: “The Discovery of a Wrecked Ship” (episode 3) “The Moomins Discover the Island” (episode 4) “The […]
So here we are! The first couple episodes. For those of you interested in watching along, these episodes are: “The Moomin Valley in Spring” (episode 1) “The Magic Hat” (episode 2) We kickstart this episode (and every episode…) with our wonderful theme tune. It’s impossible not to remember sitting on my carpet in my standard […]
So let’s lay out the plan of action here. On the 11th of July I’ll be taking a trip across Denmark (Esbjerg, Ribe, Odense, Trelleborg, Copenhagen if you’re interested) before travelling onto Turku in Finland for one reason and one reason only. Mother. Flipping. Moomins. I don’t normally regard myself as a “90s kid” (in […]
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