At a recent girls night in it was unanimously agreed that Johnny Depp and Alan Rickman were the two yummiest men in the entire universe. The jury is still out on Sam Jackson but that's a different story. So, two hugely lovely men in the same film is a huge plus point to start with. The story is a given, it's well known and not too messed about with but what gives it the edge is the songs. Helena BC singing about how bad her pies are, while crushing bugs with her rolling pin, is hillarous... Read Full Story

I have just come accross Bitch Buzz. It has well written, edgy posts about a wide range of topics from sex to kids and gadgets. I think I have a new favourite read Read Full Story

I've been pulling the wool over your eyes, dear reader. Your visual image of me is in fact about 6 years old and was taken well before I became the fantastic Goth Mum that I am now. A few weeks ago Chocolate Nana, Myself and Little Miss went to her nursery school and had a photo session. This is the first time for ages that I've glamed up and had my photos taken. In my head I still look like the skinny, dread haired gothling that you see above. However, when I look in the mirror... Read Full Story

I can in now way recommend or condone these parenting tips but this came to me through the ether and cheered me up after a long day at work. I give you Duct tape as a Parenting tool. Read Full Story

We've all got a tummy bug. So between mopping up sick and various other bodily fluids I have been trying to keep Little Miss quiet yet entertained. Daddy is quite happy to be left alone with a book and I don't get the luxury of being ill *sigh* I found this fantastic online app for creating your own super hero. We have been playing with it all day, along with watching Howell's Moving Castle and the Cat in the Hat, and have created this. It is suposed to be me. I tried to veto the... Read Full Story

As a complete sucker for a chick flick I often find myself drowning in a sea of sacharine. If you are in the same situation I give you my list of the top 4 Goth Chick Flicks. Amazon.co.uk Widgets 4. Practical Magic. For sisterhood and over zealous lovers. 3. The Corpse Bride. For when you need to be watching wth the kids 2. The Crow. Love across the mmortal divide and the very lovely Brandonm Lee (may he rest in piece) 1. Moulin Rouge. Love, corsets and comsuption with singing... Read Full Story

Captain Mack is Little Miss' latest TV obsession. Every day we have to watch him save the day at least twice. More often than not it is this lovely lad that is causing the trouble. Marty Medler is terribly clever and very good with machines (so he thinks) but more often than not it all goes horribly wrong. As a Goth icon he is well groomed, quirkily made up and has a thing for technlogy borderiung on a fetish. Also he reminds me of a DJ I knew a few years back *giggle* I like to make... Read Full Story

Gothic: Dark Glamour I have just found out about a fantastic exhibition at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). I want to go to New York, just for this exhibition. ""The dark glamour of the gothic has made it perversely attractive to many designers," said Dr. Valerie Steele, director of The Museum at FIT and curator of this exhibition. "John Galliano told me that he saw the ‘Gothic girl’ as ‘edgy and cool, vampy and mysterious,’ while Rick Owens said that whenever he saw... Read Full Story

The news today included a piece about Princess Beatrice and how certain parts of the media think that being 19 and size 10 is fat. You can read the BBC online take on it here. OH MY GODDESS. If people are saying that a perfectly healthy young woman is overweight then how are any of us going to raise confident, beautiful daughters. I am pear shaped, not wholly happy with my butt and thighs, but generally body confident. It has taken me nearly 20 years to get to this point. I am already... Read Full Story

I came accross this little gem online from the Augusta, Georgia Metro Spirit. Professor Edgar Johnson says “As more punk and goth people come of age and have kids and so forth, I think they project their own tastes onto their children, but we’ve also seen a mainstreaming of goth and punk culture to the extent that you can even go to Target and find punky boots. It’s like Hot Topic for kid’s stuff.” It's nice to know that we're not the only ones who have grown up and got a bit sensible... Read Full Story