New video essay! I talk all about the child psychopath film and the troubling underlying philosophies about childhood. Spoiler alert: I don't like these movies! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMEQ...
#childhoodstudies #monsterstudies #videoessays #publicscholarship
Eine Frau mit dunklen kurzen Haaren und Brille, die einen leuchtend blauen Pullover trägt, schaut in die Kamera. Sie steht vor einem dunklen Hintergrund, in dem ein Gerüst für die Montage von Bühnenbeleuchtung zu sehen ist.
Wenn das Monströse Grenzen in Frage stellt: #Theater als einzigartiger Forschungsraum für #MonsterStudies – Forscherin der #JLUGiessen wirbt @dfg.de-gefördertes interdisziplinäres Netzwerk „Monstrous Matters“ ein www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns... #Monster #Monstrosität #Theaterwissenschaft
Forgot to post my latest video! If monsters are so scary, why are there so many stories that use them to teach young children to be less afraid? Join me as I discuss monster picturebooks and #MonstersInc! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqvz... #childhoodstudies #monsterstudies #Grover
I did an AMA (in two parts) on YouTube! Curious about #publicscholarship in #childhoodstudies and #monsterstudies? Come on over and join the conversation!
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New video! Come talk about the one and only #Animorphs, and how it refused to pull even a single punch in its depiction of child characters at war. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSlr... #childhoodstudies #monsterstudies
New video is up! If childhood is so precious and beautiful, then why is the idea of eternal childhood so tragic and terrifying? Come explore these questions with me by delving into the figure of the child vampire. youtu.be/y_cZqDnwqPY
#childhoodstudies #monsterstudies #iwtv #lettherightonein
The Monster & The Child: "The Monsters of Childhood Innocence: Eugenics in Old Hollywood ... and Today" | #ChildrenStudies #MonsterStudies #Disability #Childhood #Marginalization #Objectification #Monstrosity #Ableism #HumanNature #SurvivalOfTheFittest #MAHA
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New video - the second part of my discussion of the queer child shapeshifter, this time in #MyFavoriteThingIsMonsters by Emil Ferris and Jane Schoenbrun's #ISawTheTVGlow! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lItK... #childhoodstudies #monsterstudies #publicscholarship
The Monster & The Child: "The Trope of the Disabled Imposter Child in The Brood, Orphan, and the works of Ari Aster" | #Disability #DisabilityStudies #ChildrenStudies #HorrorStudies #MonsterStudies #SocialConstruct #MonsterStudies #TheBrood #Orphan #Ableism
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Our latest for @sequentialscholars.bsky.social talks Frankenstein+ seven theses of monstrosity! #ComicsStudies #MonsterStudies #Frankenstein
I keep forgetting I have this account. Too many years off of the Other App! Anyway, new video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHSb... #childhoodstudies #monsterstudies #frankenstein #darkwater #thesixthsense
Metamorphosis – Studies in changing relations between people and supernatural beings Call for abstracts: To a special issue of the journal Arv – Yearbook of Nordic Folklore, we invite articles that study changes in the interaction patterns between human beings and beings that are more than human. Supernatural beings come in many sizes and shapes, from the largest dragon to the tiniest gnome. As variable are their attitudes, inclinations and habits, and their relations with the human world, ranging from indifferent, to beneficial, to deeply malevolent. What is more, this gamut of variability, including shapes, inclinations and human relations, is subject to historical changes. While the concept of metamorphosis is applicable to many aspects of monster studies, for instance to how supernatural beings may have the power to alter their appearances, or to how their origin stories may contain mythical alterations, or to how they can disturb and change the fate of a person who happens to cross their path, the title for this publication marks the specific intention to orchestrate analytical close encounters with significant changes in the human/monster interaction patterns, when you for instance can see that people start describing supernatural beings in different genres, sorting them in different categories, experiencing different kinds of encounters with them, or placing their images in different locations and on different objects. We want articles that use a range of research strategies for describing, exploring and interpreting these kinds of changes and leave you at liberty to apply the theoretical and methodical approaches that you prefer. This whish for methodical and analytical plurality is motivated by how the supernatural beings themselves are multi-faceted and moldable, and on the assumption that no single approach can hold them. Abstract deadline: December 15th, 2025. Abstracts (250–500 words) should include: working title, description of source materials and …
Call for abstracts! Special issue of the journal Arv – Yearbook of Nordic Folklore. We invite articles that study changes in the interaction patterns between human beings and beings that are more than human. #folklore #academicsky #monsterstudies
Photo of a small part of an article. Underlined with red pen: "Combining the temporal and spatial perspectives, it seems safe to say that monsters are deeply embedded in the socio-cultural contexts of the respective human societies they haunt, and as human societies change, so do monsters."
Sunday reading #monsterstudies Yasmine Musharbash' lovely intro to an anthology on Monster Anthropology.
New video up! Come for the weird old movies, stay for the condemnation of RFK Jr. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhFg...
#childhoodstudies #monsterstudies #disabilitystudies #publicscholarship #Freaks1932 #TheBlackStork
Forgot to post about last week's video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=efrf.... Want to know why the phrase "childhood innocence" makes your friendly neighborhood Childhood Studies scholar grind their teeth? Look no further! #childhoodstudies #monsterstudies #publicscholarship #TheOmen #AttacktheBlock
New video essay! Interested in learning about #adultism through monsters? This video is for you!
#childhoodstudies #monsterstudies #publicscholarship #Matilda #TheHungerGames
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Currently writing about the Trunchbull from Matilda as a monster. What other not-technically-nonhuman-but-definitely-still-a-monster characters from children's media can you think of? #childhoodstudies #monsterstudies
Doing research for my next video and having a very fun time on the "cultural variants" section of Wikipedia's bogeyman page. World peace could possibly be achieved by appealing to humanity's collective love of freaking out our kids. #monsterstudies #childhoodstudies en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogeyman
Ever wonder what we can learn about childhood from monster stories? Wonder no more! Or, actually, wonder a lot more after diving into the topic with me on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEfO... #childhoodstudies #monsterstudies
A special issue of The Journal of Gods and Monsters has just released focused on the Exorcist! godsandmonsters-ojs-txstate.tdl.org/godsandmonst...
#monsterstudies #monsters #exorcist #horrorstudies
A Monster Hunter Fan? Eagerly awaiting the new game to release? Well meet two new monsters I designed to fit into the expansive universe!
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#MonsterHunter #Fanart #MonsterStudies #2Drendering #ConceptArt #Monsters #SplashArt
Pixar's Pete Docter talks Monsters with Michael Chemers and Mike Halekakis on the latest ep. of our podcast, The Show Where They Talk About Monsters! www.monsterstudies.ucsc.edu/podcast #monsters #podcast #monsterstudies #pixar #monstersinc
