Kaddish (The X-Files) that love is the central conceit of the episode. Although, in the myth of the Golem, the creature is soulless, Gordon took "some liberties" with the legend. He wanted "Kaddish" to "literally be about resurrection". Ariel creates an imperfect reflection of her husband by crafting the Golem from mud. In essence, she is trying to play God, a role that Gordon later likened to Victor Frankenstein, the scientist from Mary Shelley's famous novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" (1823). However, Ariel and Frankenstein differ in the fact that Ariel's flaw was related to her "loving [Isaac] too much, not being
Sub Rosa (novel) how Dawn manages to subvert expectations in the development of her novel, addressing significant issues revolving around gender, sexuality, and human rights. Later in the year, the novel was also selected by Bartley as one of the “Top 5 Novels of the Year.” Both Bartley and David Chau from "The Georgia Straight" similarly positively commented on Dawn's approach to imagination and memory as a means of achieving redemption in the novel. Sarah Pinder from "The Broken Pencil" magazine stated that despite being non-exhaustive in its representations of sex workers, "Sub Rosa" "definitely fills a void," as it "highlights sex workers