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The Byronic hero with a dark past is just a bad husband

By now, it’s no longer news that the 2020 film adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca was a failure. Critics have said the film brings…

Jan 25, 2021

A screenshot from the 2020 film Rebecca. Lily James stands in the background Armie Hammer stands in the foreground.

Jan 25, 2021

What Avril Lavigne’s “Let Go” taught me

Two decades ago, a high school dropout dropped into my young life and changed it. What was it about Avril Lavigne that had me fixated?

Jun 2, 2022

The album cover of Avril Lavigne’s “Let Go.” Lavigne stands in a crowded street with people and cars blurred behind her.

Jun 2, 2022

Joan and me

In an interview with Time at the start of 2021, Joan Didion was asked if she feared death. “No,” she said. Then: “Well, yes. Of course.” I…

Dec 24, 2021

Becky, a brunette white woman, sits on a bench in Central Park. The bench has a plaque that reads, “John Gregory Dunne 1932–2003 / Quintana Roo Dunne Michael 1966–2005 / In summer time and winter time.”

Dec 24, 2021

Holding out hope for a queer main character in Star Wars

Star Wars has always been about love and family. So, why can’t we see explicitly queer characters onscreen?

Aug 26, 2021

Finn (John Boyega) and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) in Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens.

Aug 26, 2021

For Dad (a poem)

I wrote this piece/poem/thing a couple of months before my father died (five years ago now). I never shared it with him. I thought about…

May 5, 2021

A photo of Ron (a man with salt-and-pepper hair wearing a grey sweater) behind the desk on the set of 22 Minutes in Halifax.

May 5, 2021

Why I went alcohol-free for a month

I’m a beer enthusiast and I went alcohol-free for a month. In fact, I think just about everyone should take a break from drinking at least…

Feb 28, 2021

A person in a white sweater holding a dark cup of tea. The teabag is still in the water.

Feb 28, 2021

Rediscovering fanfiction while the world is burning

In fanfiction, there’s a subgenre called “fix-it.”

Jan 12, 2021

A screenshot from the website “Archive of Our Own.”

Jan 12, 2021

Cisgender adults: it’s past time we let Harry Potter go

This is less of an organized post and more of a brief rant. Folks, it’s time for us to Harry Potter go. It’s been time for months now.

Dec 17, 2020

A screenshot of the Hogwarts Legacy title screen. Gold text overlays an image of Hogwarts castle.

Dec 17, 2020

One mind diverged

When I was in kindergarten, my teacher wrote on my report card, “Rebecca is very sensitive and her feelings get hurt easily.”

Nov 19, 2020

One mind diverged

Nov 19, 2020

ckyLove in the time of gestures vaguely all of this

On Sept. 6, 2020, I married my partner of six years. It wasn’t the wedding we wanted, but it was the one we needed.

Sep 21, 2020

ckyLove in the time of *gestures vaguely* all of this

Sep 21, 2020

Becky Dingwell

Becky Dingwell

I’m a writer or something. I don’t post on Medium so much these days, but you can check out my blog on rebeccadingwell.com.

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