@arosefromthedead.bsky.social
Falmouth University PhD student. scholar of queer horror, Tumblr, vampires, and Ghost. not-so-mild-mannered instructional designer by day.
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Counter-argument:
You should use Sinners to springboard yourself into some other Black American horror like the following
so far Opeth and HEALTH are my top two on-repeat bands while writing
02.04.2025 03:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 01. Sleep Token
2. Bad Bunny
3. Kesha
4. Ghost
5. Glass Animals
6. Green Day
Bluestockings is an amazing feminist (real feminist, intersectional and not terfy) collective here in NYC. Please support them if you can!
01.04.2025 16:25 β π 185 π 43 π¬ 0 π 0why do I see everyone citing Weinstein and Walser but not Arnett or Kotarba in early metal studies?
01.04.2025 17:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Off to record an episode of the pod on Chappell Roan and parasocial and let me tell you @fangirlresearch.bsky.social's article on how fans use and incorporate that as a disciplinary technique is so good and everyone should read it.
20.03.2025 08:32 β π 20 π 4 π¬ 1 π 1new (old, I wrote it in 2021 but whatever) writing about Ghost by me out now: www.revenantjournal.com/contents/bla...
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A ginger cat curled up asleep on a cushion on a green chair in a library corner with books on shelves behind.
A very contented library cat surrounded by tomes here at the British School at Athens. Who wouldn't be content living in a library?
12.03.2025 14:41 β π 39 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
Brian James RIP
Sorry to hear of the passing of the genius guitar player who formed The Damned and created punk rock. louderthanwar.com/brian-james-... via @louderthanwar
ha ha new Ghost and new Sleep Token at the same time, it's fine I'm fine
13.03.2025 15:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I've got a chapter in this that uses autoethnography to explore the boundaries between collecting and curating in aca-fan practice. Also, dinosaurs!
11.03.2025 17:33 β π 11 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1
On the left, a screenshot of the article "Haunting Indonesia: Kuntilanak as the Traumatic Real of a Patriarchal Order" in plain text.
On the right, a poster for the Indonesian film PAKU KUNTILANAK showing a blood-shot-eyed Asian woman with long dark hair licking a line of blood from her upper lip with her tongue, with apparent relish.
Get your head spike ready, the kuntilanak is aflight! Timo Duile writes about the infamous vampire-ghost & her symbolism of "alienation w/in Indonesia's capitalist yet increasingly conservative society." In the latest Supernatural Studies #openaccess
www.supernaturalstudies.com/previous-jou...
in other news iβm back on @polygon.com today with a piece on the changing userbase of AO3! with statistics from @destinationtoast.bsky.social π€©π« www.polygon.com/culture/5324...
10.03.2025 20:08 β π 27 π 13 π¬ 0 π 2finally thought of a good idea for @metalanalysis.bsky.social βs left of metal book. only, what, 2 months late for the CfP? π OH WELL. Iβll keep it in my back pocket for next time
10.03.2025 17:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New Essays for The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie:
β βIn the Flesh & the Queer β¦Zombieβ by John Ziegler.
β ββ¦The Viruses of Resident Evilβ by Freya Fenton.
β ββ¦Vodou/Voodoo as a Cultural Marker of Subaltern Resistance..β by Indrajit Mukherjee
All found here: link.springer.com/referencewor...
Special Issue Call for Papers
Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies
Issue 17.2
Special Issue: 'Ludomythologies: the Creation, Circulation & Transformation of Imaginaries in Games'
28 April 2025: deadline for full proposals
www.intellectbooks.com/catalan-jour...
The cover of the book "The Oxford Handbook of Black Horror Film" featuring a full-page image from the film HIS HOUSE, in which an African couple their 30s stands together against a wall of peeling paint, each with their hands clasped together and a serious look on their face.
BIG new release, all dressed in Black. #OxfordUP's latest handbook is all about horror noire, with a global scope. Still aca-priced, so set your librarian to work! Eds. @robinmeanscoleman.bsky.social + Novotny Lawrence + a huge cast of writing talent.
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
In case you missed it:
CFP: Vampires and Fashion
Details in attached pictures.
Abstracts of 300 words or inquiries of interest contact: vampiresandfashion@gmail.com
do I know anyone who knows Merlin Alderslade of Metal Hammer? I have some early Ghost history questions and his coverage has always been respectful
06.03.2025 17:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff π©Έ Margaret continues talking with Andrew Ti about the mutual aid and solidarity offered by lesbians in the 1980s. @margaret.bsky.social @andrewti.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-cool-people-who-did-cool-96003360/episode/part-two-lesbian-mutual-aid-during-269519162/
New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff π©Έ
Margaret continues talking with Andrew Ti about the mutual aid and solidarity offered by lesbians in the 1980s.
@margaret.bsky.social @andrewti.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Asra and Bow'ee in my coloring book style π
@devilligan.bsky.social @neilnewbon.bsky.social
A few days ago I finished reading Julia Armfield's Private Rites, and it's stayed with me in a big way. A dread-laden, apocalyptic story of three queer sisters discovering their family's secret past in a drowning London that is slowly sinking beneath incessant rain.
06.03.2025 15:17 β π 29 π 1 π¬ 3 π 0
Queer Horror: A Film Guide was nominated for "Book of the Year (Non-fiction)"
**They allow write-in votes for all categories.
**I don't see why "Best Cover" can't include book covers so I'm writing-in @brendohales.bsky.social 's cover for Queer Horror: A Film Guide!
rondoaward.com/rondoaward.c...
REMEMBER KIDS
when flooding a snitch form, DONβT use obvious troll responses that can be filtered out with a query
Use PLAUSIBLE FAKE data that will take TIME and EFFORT to run down.
This poisons the entire data pool and makes it useless
Isabella Rossellini walking the red carpet in a drapey blue velvet gown recalling the film by David Lynch that she starred in.
Isabella Rosselliniβs red carpet ensemble for the Oscars is making me tear up.
03.03.2025 11:51 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0You can get a "damaged" copy of Black Metal Rainbows from @pmpress.bsky.social for $8.98. If you've been wanting a physical copy of the book, now is the time!
pmpress.org/index.php?l=...
"The Philadelphia School District has announced that it will not follow an executive order from Donald Trump, and that it will instead continue to allow transgender athletes to compete on teams that align with their gender identity."
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On the left, a screenshot of issue 11 of Revenant journal, titled "Supernatural Cities: Placing Urban Identities, Memory, and Cultural Crises."
On the right, a promotional image for the TV show IMMORTALS showing 4 main characters in urban "cool" clothes standing in a pink neon glow, glowering at the camera.
Turkish bloodsuckers & hook-wielding motherf***ers! The latest Revenant issue has essays on Istanbul-set vampire TV series YAΕAMAYANLAR (IMMORTALS) + haunted gentrification in CANDYMAN '21. @lindakopitz.bsky.social / Jay Arns #openaccess
www.revenantjournal.com/issues/super...
i'm so sorry to whoever was posting in the #perpetua tag on tumblr before like idk a few days ago
possibly Latin scholars? we'll never know it's full of the fucking half mask now
