“Marchmain Academy felt like a painted world”: Academia, Horror, and TENDERLY, I AM DEVOURED, a guest post by Lyndall Clipstone

“Marchmain Academy felt like a painted world”: Academia, Horror, and TENDERLY, I AM DEVOURED, a guest post by Lyndall Clipstone

My experiences with academia are messy and complicated. As I started my first year as an English PhD candidate at my city’s oldest university, I had a clear and determined vision for my future. I wanted to complete my doctorate, take on an academic position, and devote my life to the institution which I—a gifted student who struggled with severe anxiety—had found to be a refuge. In my regular meetings with my advisor, a whip-smart woman who I’d …