The same irreconcilable pain that in the past might have driven people to seek the services of a medium and consult esoteric practices now drives those in mourning towards closer intimacies with technology.
In the absence of religion, the grieving kneel before screens to beg reprieve from newfound technological miracles, and apparitions in pixels.
Grief as a kind of necrophilia.
Constantly caressing memories of the person you've lost, your mind's hand bastardising what was.
Brittle bones breaking.
The digital, our…

Finished the final episode after a long break from it, was busy and also processing how it made me feel.
It's worth looking into Reece Lyons' experiences with Baby Reindeer's creator, writer, and star Richard Gadd, especially if you are amongst the large amount of cis viewers applauding this series uncritically.
What has struck many of you as remarkable and brilliant, is immediately dubious to myself and many other trans people.

For all Gadd's introspection and self-reflexive writing, performing, and…