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Yes, I’m a Man and I Love Outlander: One OutMANder’s Perspective

Outlander is not just for women, as this post by guest contributor Glenn Gotling proves. It’s time for OutMANders to come out of the closet. (more…)

Into the Darkness: Finding Personal Light through Outlander

I discovered Outlander this spring when my family moved to a new house. On the day of the move, I went to the house early to wait for the cable installer. My partner was coming later with the movers....

The Need to Belong: Outlander’s Jamie and Claire as Outsiders Looking In

The heart of Outlander is Claire and Jamie’s story, but it is also the stories of outsiders — those who find themselves through circumstance, birth, character or social position outside of society. The need and drive to belong — to a family, a home, a place — and to feel loved is...

Surviving Loss and Claire’s Second Chance

Written by: Anne Hawkinson In the Season 2 finale (“Dragonfly in Amber”), Roger asks Claire, “How do you say goodbye to that one person you’ve loved most in the world?” Claire answers, “Whether you want to say goodbye or not, they’re gone and you have to go on living without...

Behind the Scenes at the BAFTAs: Outlander Up Close and Personal

Written by: Naomi Booker, Guest Contributor Who knew that on the 21st September 2016, I would meet my BFF Outlander friends on a West End Street in Glasgow. Andree, Dora, Morag, Ren, Sabrina and I started the day as strangers with a mutual interest (or should I say obsession?) and ended...

Outlander Casting News! We Have Geneva, Isobel and Young Jamie!

In the vast sea that is Droughtlander III: Attack of the Obsessenachs (more on that in a later post), we welcome casting news announcements like Kate Winslet clinging to that door . . . as if our very lives depend on them. Perhaps no casting was as nervously anticipated as...

#AskCait Q&A on Twitter — Everything you want to know about Outlander’s Caitriona Balfe!

Caitriona Balfe served up a whopper of a Q&A on Twitter today. She promised to do so when she reached 200,000 followers on Twitter, and keep that promise she did! For more than an hour, Caitriona generously answered questions from eager Outlander fans and was joined by a few...

Outlander vs. Poldark: breaking down your conflicted 18th Century guilty pleasures

Outlander vs Poldark? Who would win the battle for the King of Men—Ross Poldark or Jamie Fraser? Our bloggers tackle this vital question. (more…)

LIVE FINALE Blog: Episode 2.13 – “Dragonfly in Amber”

Do you find yourself obsessively gabbing on about Outlander to your friends and family? Wishing your Saturday nights included a living room full of people with whom to watch, discuss, comment, cheers, jeers and well, experience alllllll the feels? Dinna fash, Obsessenach – you are not alone. Good news – we can get...

Claire and the Great Blue Heron

Written by: Anne Hawkinson A Great Blue Heron appears on the page of a library book and soars in the sky as Episode Seven, “Faith” opens. It had to be more than just a pretty image to fill a space in time, so I searched for characteristics of both the...