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Doctoral candidate in rhetoric at Texas Woman's University. Writer on critical theory, visual rhetoric, and the weird. "Tell me strange things."
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Here's blast from the past! A couple of ancient zines from the 1980s Leeds Occult Scene.

it’s incredibly annoying how correct everyone was warning the dangers of going status quo with the democratic party 6 years ago

[Born 100 years ago today, Russell Hoban, creator of Frances the Badger, author of The Mouse and his Child, Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas, and the post-apocalyptic Riddley Walker. He painted Joan Baez for the cover of Time in 1962. These illustrations for Poe were published in 1963.]

"Minerva Reflecting" by William Holbrook Beard, ca. 1870 #OwlishMonday

I could use some help spreading the word about my Etsy shop. These are all handmade creatures designed and hand-sewed by me. They each take many hours to make. A sale or two would be a colossal help. jeremycreature.etsy.com

IMBOLC by Ithell Colquhoun (February 2) With covens of sharp cries. Bride-shepherdess Revealed in them and in the celandines Their zig-zag wing your territory defines Who wear the yellow flowers like a dress

Today I Dentoned.

😔 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/a...

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

Late Movie is Microcosmos (1996). www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYHY...

If you are reading this, post a gif from a game you love

Watch Fantasmagorie, the World’s First Animated Cartoon (1908)

Happy Friday, everyone

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The science fiction of Playboy Press, the magazine’s short lived mass paperback publishing arm in the 1970s. Great cover art

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Loved James Mangold's A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, which I saw today.

Can't sleep, so for any fellow space age pop fans, a cache of moog tracks from various albums. blog.wfmu.org/freeform/200...

Watch David Bowie & Annie Lennox in Rehearsal, Singing “Under Pressure,” with Queen (1992)

A day in Denton: picked up a book, had Indian food, and took in an evening movie. #dentoning

Franz Ferdinand perform "Take Me Out" on Letterman (2004)

A quiet afternoon.

New Year's Day

Now seated

Tune into your local NPR affiliate TODAY at 5 PM EST/3 PM PT to hear me live on @npratc discussing my book, Y2K. The segment airs around the 20 minute mark. If you’re not in the US, the segment should be up on the NPR website by tomorrow.