First time listening to @drawingbloodpod.bsky.social and it's excellent. Crimes Of The Future is such an elusive / allusive film and this is a great dissection. pca.st/episode/7cc2...

Calling all musicians / producers! We’re looking for someone to make new [& on brand] music for the show, and possibly also join our sound production team. Listen to the full announcement on: Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/25Yz... Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Found this lovely lady at the MFA Boston and I *wish* we'd known about her when we did our tattoos episode for @drawingbloodpod.bsky.social Anyway, here it is 😘 drawingbloodpod.com/tattoos-devi...

Oh for new (and old) followers, if you're interested in histories of visual culture, science & medicine, and the macabre, you should follow @drawingbloodpod.bsky.social ! In the Drawing Blood pod, @emmamerkling.bsky.social & I chat about all of the sciency / spooky / beautiful things that we love.

Slowly thinking thru a BA lecture on “materiality” as an art historical tool/lens. My focus will prob be on Victorian painting & the many “materialities” & “materialisms” of the #c19th. Soliciting recs for a good set text on art history and materiality to accompany it 👀👀 #arthistory #c19th

If you're interested in Victorian tattoos, see our @drawingbloodpod.bsky.social episode "Tattoos, 'Deviant' Signs, and Surveilled Skins"! open.spotify.com/episode/0IqE...

Folks in Manchester & surrounds: anyone know of any jobs going (or soon to be posted) in conservation? A v talented conservator friend is relocating and looking for work, has worked at the British Museum, NHM, & also freelance… pls share!

Hi all! There’s some amazing starter pack lists to help build networks, I thought I’d make one for those engaged with trans studies. Please let me know if you want to be added along with a brief summary of your interests/research! go.bsky.app/BdMEQoC

Welcome new followers! To quickly see a list of past episodes you can either look us up on your platform of choice, or go here on our website: drawingbloodpod.com/episodes/ On each episode page is a carousel of images so you can follow along! #histmed #histstem #arthistory #c19

🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨 join us to discover the strange & beautiful creations of Welsh singer Margaret Watts Hughes, made by the direct action of her voice c.1885–1904. We discuss early sound recordings, scientific ‘instruments’ (it’s a pun), occult science, Bell's severed ear... (contd.)

Love talking about Cronenberg with @emmamerkling.bsky.social 🥰 Listen to the new Drawing Blood episode, watch Crimes of the Future, and let me know your thoughts!!

Our new Cronenberg ep is out! In 'David Cronenberg's "Crimes of the Future", Surgery, and Performance Art,' we get into body horror, surgery as sex, cyborgs, the cosmetic gaze, and meaning making (and more!!) Have a listen and let us know what you think drawingbloodpod.com/david-cronen...

New episode on tattoos!! In episode 4 of season 3, we discuss the material and visual culture of tattooing (example in image below), the art history of tattoos, contagion and pathologization, and criminal anthropology. Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!! drawingbloodpod.com/tattoos-devi...

New ep of @drawingbloodpod.bsky.social ! I've loved Remedios Varo's work since I was an undergrad - it was such a pleasure to get deep into her engagement with the history of science, alchemy, androgyny, and the occult. Have a listen & let me know what you think! open.spotify.com/episode/0ZtD...

We've published a brand new ep!! "Alchemy, Androgyny, and the Paintings of Remedios Varo" explores female alchemists, science and occultism, Carl Jung and esotericism in psychoanalysis, the Fourth Dimension, and alchemical androgyny. (And more!!) Enjoy! open.spotify.com/episode/0ZtD...

Episode 2 of Season 3 has dropped!! 'Cannibalism on Film, Empathy, and Eating Disorders' In this episode, we discuss 'Grave (Raw)', a 2016 film by Julia Ducournau - a French body horror film in which a vegetarian veterinary medicine student devolves into cannibalism.

Are you afraid of the dentist? Do teeth freak you out? In this brand new episode, "Dental Phantoms, Tooth Horror, and Medical Simulation," we look at the long history of dental phantoms (pictured here) to figure out the root of some of those fears. drawingbloodpod.com/dental-phant...

While we're planning season 3 of Drawing Blood, we wanted to bring some other history of science & med art historians to the podcast. Learn about early modern mines, the women who worked (or didn't work!) them, and how blood, alchemy, and the occult all fits into the story!! 🩸

Surprise - it's a minisode! Minisode 1 - Women and Early Modern Mines with Dr Gabriele Marcon We talk women, mining, menstrual blood, midwifery, and (?) Mount Rushmore in this episode. Dig in (ha) on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! drawingbloodpod.com/women-and-ea...

NEW EPISODE ALERT!! We talk about Alfred Gilbert’s c. 1905–7 sculpture of Eliza & Edward Macloghlin at the Royal College of Surgeons in London — which to this day houses the remains of the couple it depicts ! This ep is all about atheist relics, cremation, free love, & Victorian ‘infidels’

The dramatic Nightingale monument by Roubiliac at Westminster Abbey. Joseph Nightingale tries in vain to protect his wife as death emerges from the locked vault. Death is partially shrouded and stares up at the pair. 🗃️ #c18th

Drawing Blood is now on Bluesky! Follow for posts about our episodes (on topics like bad horror, plastic surgery, the paranormal internet, and forensic dollhouses) and for news about upcoming eps (stay tuned for cremated throuples, Victorian atheism, and unloved surgical sculptures!)