Happy this issue is out in the world! Got a little something in here on the monsters of E.M. Carroll’s When I Arrived at the Castle (and maybe make a bold claim about the existence of vampires that my friends have been laughing at me about for months 🙃)

I’m watching my spouse play Silent Hill f (because I’m too much of a chicken to play myself, obviously) and am having a *field day* analyzing with these monster designs. So creepy, so layered, so so good~

trying one more time I need to rehome my cat, been trying dor months woth no luck, he deserves a loving home I am located in eastern PA right next to jersey, im willing to travel a bit alt text has the screenshot info ⚠️please share this, help me find a miracle⚠️ #cat #rehome #help #helpsky

I overlapped with the instructor, Melissa, as grad students in Notre Dame's English department. One of her former ND colleagues has started a GoFundMe for her: gofund.me/3f5b12078

Funding opportunity -- if you are working on improving humanities undergraduate recruitment, retention, and/or career readiness initiatives, apply for support by 29 October! Follow the link to sign up for an information session on 8 September from 2:00–2:45 p.m. ET. Please share!

Time to remind people about the Commercial Pattern Archive — it doesn’t have instructions and search is a bear but there’s two hundred years’ worth of clothing patterns in here including all the big names new and old: copa.apps.uri.edu

💔Renato's family is facing a tough time after his recent detention. They need support for legal fees to keep him with them. Please consider donating or sharing to help. Every bit counts. gofund.me/d7e8eb5a

I’d love to be proven wrong, but it feels like there’s so many new anime every season that we have instant and easy access to, that it feels like there’s no time/space to go back and watch older series. Maybe this is an old head take, but I’ve noticed a change in my own viewing habits, for sure!

The MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @historians.org have filed a lawsuit in federal district court today, seeking to reverse the recent actions to devastate the National Endowment for the Humanities. www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...

Don't miss tomorrow's Info Exchange about the NEH Appeal Process: April 30 at 11 EST on zoom. Hosted by the Association for Computers and the Humanities, the American Historical Association, and the Modern Language Association. Learn more & sign up👇 #DigitalHumanities @ach.bsky.social

JIC you didn’t see it elsewhere, my department at the MLA (academic program services & professional development) is looking for a program associate to join our team. This is a great role for an early-career humanities scholar (she says from experience) - www.mla.org/About-Us/Emp...

I need to reach out to everyone on this list but—excitingly, thanks to @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social & @modernlanguage.bsky.social’s cmte on Contingent Labor—the org now grants awards for BOTH articles AND books by NTT scholars. cc @jasonrhody.bsky.social www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...

Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.

My Modern Comics class *maybe* got a little more of my slightly unhinged, sleepy energy than I intended 🫠 it’s (sometimes) fun when tired Ayanni pokes her head into designated Professional Ayanni ™️ spaces. They seemed to vibe, tho lol

Didn’t realize the release date for this was so soon! Can’t wait to see this in print (including my essay on The Devil is a Handsome Man~)

#FanStudies folks, I'm looking for information on educational attainment in fandom, particularly adult fans (≥25 yo). I've been through the Ao3 2013 & 2024 surveys; Fansplaining 2019 shipping & Overflow survey. No ?. I know acafans are a thing, but not numbers. Any suggestions?

Tbf, I could talk about On a Sunbeam until my face turns blue, so I think I did a good job not taking up the full 45min episode.

One of my new, favorite Thanksgiving traditions is watching the dog show w/ my mother in law. Our top picks never win their categories, but man, these dogs are so cute 💛 Every dog is best dog!

If you’d like a lil’ auditory treat, our spoiler filled deep dive on Last Night at the Telegraph Club is now streaming wherever you get your favorite podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... #podcast

From Golden Books’ 'The Fairy Tale Book', illustrations by Adrienne Ségur. 1958.

For the first time in a long time, I’m working a full day on my birthday. It’s for good reason, I got stuff to do, taking off Friday, etc etc. But, I’m finna have a mini celebration at my desk. Eating cake on every Zoom call, donning a “birthday girl” button. And I’m definitely wearing a party hat.

Seems like it may be time to wake up my account, and what better way to do that than with a lil’ intro post?

The @modernlanguage.bsky.social Public Humanities Incubator is a great opportunity to develop publicly-engaged humanities projects and get some excellent mentoring. There’s still time to apply! Deadline this Friday, 5/24. @ayannidoesthings.bsky.social www.mla.org/Events/2025-...

no this rules actually

I’ve been forgetting to post about new Sex Love Lit episodes, so please accept this photo dump of SLL promo-images. And there’s a new episode out today (if you’re interested ☺️)

One last push! Are you a romance reader? Did you find your reading habits changed during the pandemic? I am an academic librarian researching romance readership before, during, and after the pandemic. Please take my survey! Thank you in advance! www.surveymonkey.com/r/RomancingT... #Romancelandia

PAIN💛

My group has its first publication of data from our TINTIN Corpus comparing of the backgrounds of 60 comics from the US, Japan, China, Spain, Nigeria, and Russia. Since this time we now have 1029 comics in the corpus, and have just started analyzing the full dataset www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

Spotify should have an “elder millennial” switch that allows me to turn on Windows Media Player style visualizations…or like, a dancing sheep.

Soooooo…I think I need this? I mean, I write about the Koyama Press cover in my diss, so I’ll of course need the Silver Sprocket cover. For comparison sake. Yup.

Actually Frankenstein was the name of the scientist. I, the person correcting you on this trivial point, am the monster.

I’m simultaneously impressed and embarrassed with how much money I spent on stickers in the NYCC artists alley…

This time It's only been a week since I last pimped the CFP for my collection of Not Quite Batman essays. Are you an academic? Do you have a take on Batman's supporting cast? Do you want to be in a book? Good! Send me an abstract! tinyurl.com/24pypurp

Graphic Medicine is seeking new folks to join our board! We are a very hands-on, do-the-thing kind of board and that includes everything from the graphic medicine website to the conference to special initiatives like the Frontline Workers Comics project.

By the by, @corinnekathryn.bsky.social and I put out two new Sex Love Lit episodes this weekend on “The Female Gaze” for your listening pleasure! Give them a listen on your fave podcast platform and let me know what you think ☺️ (t.co/OYDbhEnR2B)

I’m gonna start working on a redesign of our podcast cover art soon and my main goal is to make it not scream “graphic design is my passion” 🙃

Started the new Fiona and Cake series and my main reaction has been, “Why yes, I would like to go on magical adventures with my cats.”