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Dr. Melanie A Marotta @melanieamarotta.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

@middleagewitch.bsky.social and I would like to thank everyone who submitted to our call for papers. The call has now concluded.

Dr. Melanie A Marotta @melanieamarotta.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

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@middleagewitch.bsky.social & I are co-editing a special issue of Horror Studies: Women and Horror (so many amazing books from women writers coming out this month!) Abstract submission date: August 1, 2025 call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/04/... @intellectbooks.bsky.social

Sophie Gilbert @sophiegilbert.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

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Girl on Girl is out today! And got the review of my literal dreams from the Washington Post—I am truly a bit emotional at someone seeing what I was trying to do with the book so clearly. wapo.st/3ECIW0t

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Review | How 2000s pop culture taught us that sex is a currency

In “Girl on Girl,” Sophie Gilbert turns a critical eye on misogyny without settling into outrage or pity.

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Dr. Melanie A Marotta @melanieamarotta.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

The panel, Gothic II, remains open for submissions! Submit by June 30 or until panel is full. I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the 2025 @pamlaorg.bsky.social conference in San Francisco. Submit: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19483 #WomensGothic #GothicFilm #GothicHouse #Secrets

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Dr. Melanie A Marotta @melanieamarotta.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Today's the day! Submit your Gothic abstracts! I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the 2025 @pamlaorg.bsky.social conference in San Francisco. See link: www.cfplist.com/CFP/44406 Submit: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19483 #WomensGothic #GothicGaming #GothicFilms #GothicNovels

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The CFP List

An academic call for papers database.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 09/05/2025

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BREAKING: President Donald Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.

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President Donald Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.

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Dr. Melanie A Marotta @melanieamarotta.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

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Submit your Gothic abstracts by May 15! It's coming up fast! I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the 2025 @pamlaorg.bsky.social conference in San Francisco. See link: www.cfplist.com/CFP/44406 Submit: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19483 #WomensGothic #EcoGothic #GothicGaming

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The CFP List

An academic call for papers database.

Dr. Melanie A Marotta @melanieamarotta.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Submit your gothic abstracts by May 15! I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the 2025 @pamlaorg.bsky.social conference in San Francisco. See link: www.cfplist.com/CFP/44406 Submit here: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19483

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Middle-Aged Witch @middleagewitch.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

UPenn site has been updated, so you can now find our CFP for the Horror Studies special issue on women and horror here: cfplist.com/CFP/44405 @intellectbooks.bsky.social @melanieamarotta.bsky.social

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Dr. Melanie A Marotta @melanieamarotta.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

‪Deadline is 1 month from today! Submit your gothic abstracts! I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the 2025 @pamlaorg.bsky.social conference in San Francisco. See link: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/03/...

Middle-Aged Witch @middleagewitch.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

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I am so excited to be working on this special issue of Horror Studies with @melanieamarotta.bsky.social Send more cops, or, you know, abstracts.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/04/2025

The Department of Education said on Friday that it was moving to cut off all federal funding for Maine’s public schools because the state had ignored President Trump’s executive order banning transgender athletes from girls’ sports teams.

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Education Department Is Threatening to Cut All Federal Funding for Maine Schools

The Trump administration has been targeting Maine since the president sparred with Gov. Janet Mills over transgender athletes at the White House in February.

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Middle-Aged Witch @middleagewitch.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

@melanieamarotta.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue of Horror Studies on post-2010 horror texts by women. Abstracts due August 1st call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/04/...

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Dr. Melanie A Marotta @melanieamarotta.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Our call for papers is out! @middleagewitch.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue of Horror Studies: Women and Horror @intellectbooks.bsky.social Abstract submission date: August 1, 2025 call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/04/...

Dr. Melanie A Marotta @melanieamarotta.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

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I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the @pamlaorg.bsky.social 2025 conference in San Francisco. Deadline for abstracts is May 15! See link for more info: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/03/...

PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

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PEN America responds to action taken today by the Department of Education dismissing complaints about book bans and referring to them as a “hoax”: "All students deserve to see themselves and the world around them reflected in the books shelved within their public schools.“ pen.org/press-releas...

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PEN America Criticizes "Alarming" and "Dismissive" Language on Book Bans by U.S. Education Department - PEN America

Kasey Meehan, director, Freedom to Read, at PEN America, said: "For over three years we have countered rhetoric that book bans occurring in public schools are a “hoax.” They are absolutely not. This k...

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Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Indigenous Gothic, Ghosts, & Speculative Fiction Proposals due by: Friday, January 24. www.asail.org/asail-2025-c...

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ASAIL 2025 Conference CFP – ASAIL

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

#CFP: Fairy-Tale trouble and the art of fluidity: gender, genre, media Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge 21-22 March 2025 Deadline: 20 December 2024 Email: conferencefairytaletrouble@gmail.com Website: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/44790/

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Jennifer Schell @jenniferschell16.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

For all ecocritics interested in Gothic studies! Join us at ASLE 2025: @asle-us.bsky.social CFP: AIRBORNE GOTHIC ASLE 2025 Panel Organized by the Society for the Study of American Gothic July 8-11, 2025 University of Maryland, College Park 1/2 🧵

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Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society @signsjournal.org · 18/11/2024

Hello BlueSky! We are a leading feminist academic journal celebrating our 50th anniversary this year. In addition to traditional scholarly work, we also publish freely available work as part of our Feminist Public Intellectuals Project. We have some exciting stuff planned, so give us a follow!

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Feminist Public Intellectuals Project

Free & accessible feminist analysis from Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society

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Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I’m excited to announce this new CFP for scholarly chapters to be included in “Contemporary Indigenous Horror” edited by myself and Krista Collier-Jarvis! The CFP is open to self-identifying Indigenous scholars and creatives, as well as allies. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/11/...

Dr. Melanie A Marotta @melanieamarotta.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

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Dr. Melanie A Marotta @melanieamarotta.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

My book from #mcfarland is on sale! Use code holiday24 for 35% off. mcfarlandbooks.com/product/wome...