The world’s burning right now and there’s so much cool TV on. How am I supposed to properly stress and attempt at being a good person when there’s new Daredevil, Maul: Shadow Lord, Invincible, The Boys, and Rooster Fighter?
Literally
There’s been some recent Bad Religion and Tolkien intersections online and for me, Bad Religion—and punk in general—has served as my artistic means of deconstructing systems of status quo and Tolkien, my means of reenchantment and reconstructing meaning from the scrap
Hey, thanks so much! Hopefully I’ll have more sooner rather than later!
Just in time for Easter Weekend! In this short paper, I begin attempting to connect Tolkien to Christian Atheism and process theology via Owen Barfield. I’d love to hear your thoughts! open.substack.com/pub/tolkienp...
Genuinely moved by how many people thought this April Fools joke was real 🥹
Exciting news! Just got hired on as a consultant for the upcoming LOTR movie with Stephen Colbert! 🤘🏼
If anyone wants the full episode on Durin and the faces behind Middle Earth, check out this website exclusive too! 😎
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Got to talk Durin with @trippfuller.bsky.social and Will Rose for @systematicgeek.bsky.social. When someone asks a Tolkien fan to lore dump, is does the heart good podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Tolkien Pop! podcast episode drop! I got to hang out with Ralph, Kirk, and Jock, the filmmakers behind the upcoming documentary series The Forge of Friendship, which highlights the lives and friendships of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. It’s a fun one: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers - the Tolkien Reading Day Special Edition!
Including:
Global map of events; a new film "Shadow of the Past"; Minas Ithil and Minas Morgul; the Oakenshield Marionettes; genAI & Tolkien; JTR next issue; and much more...
TOLKIEN READING DAY 2026 📚
A global map of events 🗺️ 🌏
Do you have an event to add? Let me know!
Doesn't matter whether it has already happened or not - I would LOVE to add it.
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With Tolkien Reading Day around the corner, there are some awesome Tolkien events this weekend!
Saturday, March 21 Holy Moot, organized by David Rowe: www.eventbrite.com/e/holy-moot-...
Sunday, March 22 Tolkien Reading Day Soundscape, organized by Jordan Rannells: www.youtube.com/live/cAK0XuU...
Has anyone else watched the first episode of Rooster Fighter yet? Because I need to talk to someone about the absolute insanity of this anime lol
I did a thing!
A thumbnail with a selfie from Tolkien scholar Mercury Natis with the label “Tolkien, Queer Theory, and Punk Rock” for the Tolkien Pop podcast
Latest podcast episode with @mercuryreads.bsky.social and it is a nerdy, hopeful, and fun one! 🤘🏼 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
I appreciate Marcel’s work in covering Tolkien happenings around the world and am honored to be included in his recent edition of Roving Ranger!
Three vinyl albums: MxPx’s Panic, Van Halen’s 1984, and Bon Jovi’s best of Cross Road and one cassette tape: Hilary Duff’s Luck…or Something
Birthday music pulls!
A kid with glasses and wearing a backpack, winding up a punch with the caption “POV you just told me there’s only one way to interpret The Lord of the Rings”
POV you just told me there’s only one way to interpret The Lord of the Rings:
Thanks, dude! 😁 I tried to channel your energy in “Concerning ‘Concerning Racism and Tolkien’” 🤘🏼
Thanks, dude! I told someone else, I’m not against the views that Castagno and Pascual have, but them trying to essentialize and impose their position on everyone else is not good—and their analysis about the internet is wrong haha
Radical! I’d love to hear your thoughts whenever you finish 🤘🏼
If you’re interested in more work that acknowledges the importance of Tolkien’s faith, but doesn’t make it a hermeneutical requirement or an authoritative standard of exclusion, Abby’s writing is fantastic
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No self-deprecation allowed! You’re work is killer
Holding Tolkien nerds gently by the hand and saying “yes there are Christian things in the legendarium but there are other things too”
Here is my latest Substack where I give a friendly and critical response to “Between Mount Doom and the Wall of ‘Likes’” by Paola Castagno and Leandro Pascual, which was published in the latest issue of Amon Hen, the bulletin of the @tolkiensociety.org open.substack.com/pub/tolkienp...
Had the opportunity to talk with The White City podcast about my work on holiness and Tolkien’s works and my own particular Christian application of the legendarium if you’re into that sort of thing!
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@tolkienpop.substack.com @clarelmoore.bsky.social the Mîm referenced earlier