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September means one good thing for both parents and non-parents alike: The kids go back to school, yay! If you are a parent, this means that you get a lot of your free time back, and if like me you’re not, it means that you’re not tripping over rugrats at every turn, and no longer…

I’m not much of a gardener, due to a combination of laziness and a general dislike of getting dirty. However, I do find that certain types of plants appeal to me, and these tend to be a bit weird in general, and if their whole appearance basically screams “FUCK OFF” due to a combination of…

“If you got Gothing problems, I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems, but a Goth ain’t one…” Ok yeahbut sometimes it is. I spent pretty much half an hour yesterday trying to find one specific top in the shitshow that I call my chest of drawers, much to the consternation of my…

I don’t actually own a TV, and not only because I’m trying my best to live up to my alternative lifestyle Goth/hippy boat-dwelling stereotype, but because as a general rule, up until a couple of years ago I couldn’t find anything worth watching enough to merit the purchase. However in recent years, telly, and how…

Maybe I am the only Goth in the village that is not intimately familiar with Kvlt, but on the off chance that some of you are as clueless as I was until recently, I’m here to evangelise to you about this niche genre of thrash metal that’s home seems to be the Scandinavian countries, such…

Every couple of years, something “new” seems to happen in hair, which appeals to a wide demographic of different people from all walks of life, and suddenly seems to be the look that every fifth person you see is sporting out and about. A couple of years ago it was lilac hair, then the ombre,…

If you’re anything like me, you’re probably not adverse to buying shit on a whim, and when it comes to haircare and skin stuff, there’s not a lot I won’t purchase. This is largely why I own a goodly selection of completely useless crap, as well as half of the contents of Lush. However, I…

What kind of humour do Goths dig? DEADPAN humour, AMIRIGHT? Yeah yeah, I’m not funny and I know it! The internet-at-large spends a reasonable amount of effort and bandwidth taking the right piss out of Goths a lot of the time, and not all of this is well intentioned or particularly kind in terms of…

I like dogs. What kind of freak doesn’t like dogs? No freak, that’s who! Although I grew up with dogs, I haven’t owned my own dog in my adult life, because my tiny home won’t comfortably accommodate a dog larger than a Chihuahua, and I am still secretly convinced that Chihuahuas are a type of…

So anyhoo, my boat engine is currently FUBAR, my fridge died, my tin opener broke, and I got literal ring sting from a nettle, as well as feeling like I’d been dipped in dog shit while dragging my piece-of-crap boat all the way home. To be fair, things brightened up after I got a replacement…

T’would be fair to say that in Lady Gothique’s world, July was overall a month full of shit. You know when everything you own falls apart all at once, and you’re left with nothing functional, needing megabucks to replace or fix all your crap with, generally feeling like shit? That was my July. So because…

LGBT+ Goths and allies! Have you ever wished there was a website, meetup group or forum dedicated to LGBT+ folk who also live a Goth or otherwise alt lifestyle? Then it’s your lucky day, because now there is. Enter The Queer Alternative. The Queer Alternative first came to my attention when I was looking through…

As anyone with a pulse will realise, 21st-28th June was the week of the Pride Arts Festival in London, culminating in a huge, carnival-esque parade on Sunday the 28th. Over a million people attended this year’s Pride event in London, with other well attended events going on simultaneously across the UK in other towns and…

One thing that I have learnt in my travels through this life as a Goth with a black cat (because stereotypes, duh!) is that Goths as a whole love their animals a whole lot. Fortunately, the internet was invented for sharing cat pictures, and so there are millions of pages of the web dedicated to…

For some reason, Manchester and the surrounding districts in Lancashire seem to be one of the UK’s key hotspots for hate crime against Goths, although I am prepared to accept that this may simply be due to a combination of the sheer number of Goth and alt folk who live in the area, along with…

It is hot. No shit Sherlock, but you know what hot weather means? You have a good reason to buy some new clothes, and nobody except for maybe your bank manager can complain. In this blog post, I’m going to share a few of my must-have summer picks for the stylish Goth girl on the…

In my recent KNIT KNIT KNIT blog post, I talked a little about music to knit to, with Moloko’s Things to Make and Do topping my list. Digging through my old CD collection from the late 90’s and early noughties took me on a right nostalgia trip, and reintroduced me to some of my faves…

Right minions, I shared with you last month the tale of my drunken initiation into knitting, thanks to my long-suffering and very patient crafty friend. Well now I am back once again to let you all know that I am apparently a totally badass knitter, and you should all bow down in awe at my…

Gothing in hot weather I think it is fair to say that summer is one of the shittest times of the year to be Goth, when it comes to clothes, staying cool, and not looking like a melted candle within half an hour of putting your face on. There’s a whole blog devoted to taking…

If you’re still looking for inspiration on where to go on your holibobs this year, why not try something Goth-friendly or otherwise a little bit alt for a memorable holiday without busting the bank. If you’ve not booked your two weeks in Malaga with the 18-30’s yet, wait; there are a metric fucktonne of better…