Ira Levin began researching his tale of demonic pregnancy in 1965, serving as an inadvertent chronicler of the not-yet-blooming occult revival of the era.
Engagement is not, after all, a traditional love story, but a study of a young woman's fierce resistance to what she feels is the oppressive effect of being loved by a man.
"I felt an instant connection both earthly and unearthly," says radical neo-medieval musician Laura Cannell about Hildegard von Bingen's music. "It seems to be the perfect accompaniment to so much of life."
Traditional Jewish weddings share key aspects with Christian weddings, historically seen as property transfers, where a woman shifts responsibility from father to husband.
The elegance of characters like Nina Williams in Tekken deeply resonated with me, embodying grace and finesse rather than brute strength, challenging traditional masculinity.
Across CMM Coda's subtly imperfect, analogue-inspired letterforms - based on the IBM Selectric typewriter's typeface, Dual Basic - Anna practically and conceptually brings together the feminist legacy of software and typewriters with the aesthetic sensibilities of the genre associated with the industry.