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Tessa B, MA MRes @academictessa.dftba.social · 11/02/2025

If you’re feeling in need of joy, I honestly and earnestly recommend watching some of the @projectforawesome.bsky.social livestream this weekend. It is always such incredible joy.

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Robert Hove @roberthove.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

🕊️✌🏼

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Where can you get Tudor Gothic, Women's apocalyptic writing, monster-f**king, deadly dance, folklore and landscape, doppelgangers, horror theatre, grave-diggers, horror-making on a budget, Poe and Mesmerism, Gothic tourism and more all in one place? romancingthegothic.com/2025/01/20/g...

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Goths for Breakfast 2025

Romancing the Gothic is running an online charity event to support Magic Breakfast, which provides school breakfasts for children who need them. The event is a day of online classes and workshops w…

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G. Thornton @inkgypsy.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

1/🧵 National Park Service, Librarians, Cartoonists, Historians, Folklorists all unhesitatingly resisting. Sound like a weird "front line"? Here's (a taste of) why #THREAD: NPS looks after natural & CULTURAL resources: education, support of local tribes & communities, preserving local history #resist

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

THIRTEEN TWENTY-EIGHT DAY MONTHS. 364 DAYS. THE 365TH DAY IS A GLOBAL CELEBRATION. #FIXTHEMONTHS

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Tiago Dias @tiagodf.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Robert Eggers "The vampire of folklore is not a nobleman. The vampire of folklore is not a suave, dinner jacket-wearing seducer. The vampire of folklore is a corpse. An undead corpse. These early vampires are visually closer to a cinematic zombie"

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‘I had to make the vampire as scary as possible’: Nosferatu’s Robert Eggers on how folklore fuelled his film

The director of the latest movie in the bloodsucker tradition explains why he went back to the Transylvanian source for his version of one of cinema’s enduring adaptations

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Daniel Rough @haggistamer.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

As the annual celebration of Christ and capitalism smothers us in its holly jolly smog, may your grading be only mildly awful, your research be highly cromulent, and your consumption of cheese/wine/chocolate be simply extravagant! 🎄💜 #academicsky #academicchatter

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Tessa B, MA MRes @academictessa.dftba.social · 23/12/2024

Watching my boyfriend play the old Super Nintendo Donkey Kong: “This is why so many millennials have anxiety”

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The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Fully-funded PhD in Folklore

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Tessa B, MA MRes @academictessa.dftba.social · 16/12/2024

As said in the next post….GO WRITE YOUR FREAKY SHIT I don’t want to read the same story written again and again, I want to read something weird.

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Tessa B, MA MRes @academictessa.dftba.social · 12/12/2024

As you’re making new year’s resolutions be sure to also think about what you accomplished in 2024. So often we focus on what we still need or want to do and forget to reflect on the successes we’ve already had.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Write that thing. Pluck it outta your soul with rusty pliers. Hit the keyboard like it owes you money. Write whenever, wherever you can. Tell your story. Make the words dance. Whatever you want—a novel, a short story, an agent, a movie—it all starts with the writing.

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English and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The science of reading for pleasure 'it’s worth considering what might happen to us as a species if skills like reading become less prioritised. Our capacity to interpret the world around us and understand the minds of others would surely diminish' theconversation.com/people-who-a...

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People who are good at reading have different brains

Reading can change the brain.

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🌼Peace2Day🌼 @peace2day.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

"A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for." - Grace Hopper b today 1906 #pioneer #change #nature #photography

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Tessa B, MA MRes @academictessa.dftba.social · 03/12/2024

Life tip from a moderately successful (I’m not a millionaire but I have a career I enjoy, I’m worth more $ than I owe, and I have two Master’s degrees) person: Find clothes that make you feel powerful and wear them as much as possible. When you feel good, you will do good.

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Tessa B, MA MRes @academictessa.dftba.social · 02/12/2024

You know what kind of family you have when you pull the couch cushions off and find bookmarks.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 24/11/2024

CFP: Sea changes: The fairytale Gothic of mermaids, selkies, & enchanted hybrids of ocean & river Open Graves, Open Minds Conference 2025 5–6 Sep 2025, @britishlibrary.bsky.social & online Deadline for abstracts for papers/panel proposals: 7 Feb 2025 www.opengravesopenminds.com/cfp-conferen...

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CFP OGOM Conference 2025: Sea changes - Open Graves, Open Minds

Sea changes: The fairytale Gothic of mermaids, selkies, and enchanted hybrids of ocean and river Venue: The British Library, London, UK (and online) Date: 5–6 September 2025 Full fathom five thy fathe...

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Tessa B, MA MRes @academictessa.dftba.social · 29/11/2024

Stringing cranberries for the Yule tree 🌲

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I love this and also hate it so, so much.

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 21/11/2024

If you are a trans person in Illinois arrested, harassed, or discriminated against for using a public bathroom, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com.

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Wish I could buy ads for the good.store on BlueSky. But since I can't: Give the gift of good store this holiday season! Coffee! Tea! Puzzles! Socks! Soap! Shampoo bars! 100% of profit goes to charity. It's a great gift that you can feel great about.

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Good Store

Founded by John and Hank Green with the belief that humanity can be good news. At Good Store, we’re searching the world for the best versions of the products that you use daily, like socks, coffee, or...

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CNN @cnn.com · 19/11/2024

The elusive deep-water oarfish – considered to be a harbinger of bad news – was spotted yet again on the shores of Encinitas, California. It was the state’s third spotting of the species in the last three months, and only the 22nd over the past century.

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The ‘doomsday fish’ returns to California shores for the second time this year. Scientists don’t know why. | CNN

Considered to be the origin of the sea serpent tale, giant oarfish are a species yet to be largely researched by scientists.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Anti-book ban legislation has been proposed in Michigan. I had a chance to look at the proposals from the state library association months ago and they're GOOD. Michigan may join several other states in being an anti-book ban leader soon. www.wnem.com/2024/11/13/m...

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Michigan Library Association backs proposed bills about book banning procedure

New state legislation is aiming to standardize how residents can request libraries to remove books and materials.

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mitty13 @mitty13.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

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Tessa B, MA MRes @academictessa.dftba.social · 18/11/2024

Anyone around that studies numerology in folklore/mythology? Or know where I would look to learn more? #folklore

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Tessa B, MA MRes @academictessa.dftba.social · 17/11/2024

My family were very early protestant American colonists, and as such I’m related to basically every white family in the US.

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Tessa B, MA MRes @academictessa.dftba.social · 17/11/2024

Bluesky academics, let’s get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about 1) Trauma in fairy tales 2) Monsters and pagan gods in modern pop songs

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Tessa B, MA MRes @academictessa.dftba.social · 16/11/2024

It’s 5:30 and I just realized my t-shirt’s been backwards all day. They let me own a house. They let me work with children. They let me fill out government forms. Follow me for more shenanigans, I guess. #ADHD

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Roxi Horror 💀🌸 @roxiqt.com · 15/11/2024

Life is short. Write that novel. Paint that painting. Try new recipes. Learn black magic. Go into the forest at night. Summon a demon. Earn that demon's trust. Become best friends with it. Brag to everyone else about your new cool demon best friend. Knit that sweater.

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Queer Liberation Library @queerliblib.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Books save lives. 🌈

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Tessa B, MA MRes @academictessa.dftba.social · 15/11/2024

It’s amazing! I second this recommendation!

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Mayhem Mudkip @mayhemmudkip.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

It's honestly great that in the great Twitter Collapse all the Influencers, Brands, Crypto and AI Fanboys all scattered to Threads. Meanwhile, all the Artists, Activists, Sex Workers, Furries, News Sources, and various Misfits, Heretics and Degenerates all came here. These are my people.

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Tessa B, MA MRes @academictessa.dftba.social · 14/11/2024

My feed here is 100% folklorists, nerdfighters, and witches, and that’s exactly the vibe I’ve wanted at every party I’ve ever attended.

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Tessa B, MA MRes @academictessa.dftba.social · 14/11/2024

I’m glad to be back on social media after a hiatus and see so many familiar faces from that other place!

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Tessa B, MA MRes @academictessa.dftba.social · 14/11/2024

I am terrible at introductions, but I’m an academic with research interests in fairy tales and folklore. I’m particularly interested in trauma within these stories. I’m also a special needs teacher and an advocate for educational rights. Also, I like to make things with yarn.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Sorry but all the fables and fairy tales I read as a kid led me to believe people would be learning WAY more lessons than they actually do

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