“It is better to go down in infamy than to never go down at all.”
– Jack Bowman
Wilde is the operative word, according to many who have written about Dolly Wilde. Dolly was the deeply troubled niece of Oscar Wilde and the only child of his older brother Willie Wilde. She drank too much, struggled with addiction, was overshadowed by the family name, haunted by her uncle’s legacy, but she also had the potential to be a talented, witty writer herself.
This week’s article tells a heart-breaking story of love and tyranny. I’m talking about the divisive ill-fated Argentinian fringe rebels, Camila O’Gorman and Father Ladislao Gutiérrez. Theirs is a tragic story about love and expectation in 19th century South America. Though they died scorned and hated by many, they died together and their death caused a revolution in Buenos Aires.
“I can do one of two things. I can be President of the United States or I can control Alice Roosevelt. (His 19-year-old daughter.) I cannot possibly do both.”
The first time I heard of Alice Roosevelt, it was this quote. I knew nothing about her, nothing about her life, but I knew from this one quote from her dad that she was a total fucking badass. Where to even start with Alice Roosevelt- with the pet snake she carried around called Emily Spinach or with the fact that she was banned from the white house after her father’s term ended? I suppose the best place to start is at the beginning. Read More
H.P. Lovecraft was, in many ways, the father of modern horror. His writings melded the worlds of scifi and fantasy into something that was utterly unsettling. Yet he was almost completely ignored in his time. Why was a man that is so celebrated today all but forgot in his own time? Our illustrator and Lovecraft aficionado Nikki Smith explains.
HP Lovecraft is a name many people will know- be it through his writings, his infamous monsters or his influence over modern media and pop culture. He was a master of horror fantasy, creating immersive dismal worlds that were crawling with eldritch beings. He may be a well-known in alternative literature now, but this reclusive loner was underappreciated and unrecognised in his time, on the fringe of society for most of his life.
This week’s Fringe Rebel is about one of the more… infamous figures in history. We do not condone, nor celebrate the work of this notorious killer, though it’s hard not to be somewhat impressed by their ability to evade capture to this day. This piece is written by our wonderful illustrator, Nikki Smith, an archaeologist, Ripperologist and historian. Enjoy and Happy Halloween!
– Please do not go out murdering prostitutes, sex workers are people too!-
Jack the Ripper is one of the most infamous and mysterious serial killers in the world. Never identified and never captured, Jack seemed to disappear into the busy London streets as quickly as they appeared. With five confirmed ‘canonical’ victims and a host of other bodies piling up until 1891, Jack the Ripper established a horrific reputation that was spurred on by the large scale sensational news coverage of the killings, creating a morbid fascination among the populace. Read More
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