Alexia Mandla Ainsworth 🦇
@alexiamandla.bsky.social
PhD Student at Stanford | Studying the literature, theatre, and games of the (very) long eighteenth century | Gothicist | Cozy Game Studies | she/her
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Great to celebrate the launch of ‘The Verse of Charles Dickens’ and ‘The Plays of Charles Dickens’ with their respective editors - Lydia Craig and @emilyjlm.bsky.social - and - Joanna Hofer-Robinson and @peteorford.bsky.social - at the Charles Dickens Museum.👏
May 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Great to celebrate the launch of ‘The Verse of Charles Dickens’ and ‘The Plays of Charles Dickens’ with their respective editors - Lydia Craig and @emilyjlm.bsky.social - and - Joanna Hofer-Robinson and @peteorford.bsky.social - at the Charles Dickens Museum.👏
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Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell casts a huge shadow over the book world. I'm seeing a flood of books that borrow its genre-hopping, generation-spanning format.
So in my latest newsletter, I wonder: is Cloud Atlas becoming a bit of a genre on its own?
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So in my latest newsletter, I wonder: is Cloud Atlas becoming a bit of a genre on its own?
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Has "Cloud Atlas" Become a Genre?
Thanks for reading my newsletter! If you wanna consume even more of my words, I have a novel coming out in August. It’s called Lessons in Magic and Disaster,...
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May 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell casts a huge shadow over the book world. I'm seeing a flood of books that borrow its genre-hopping, generation-spanning format.
So in my latest newsletter, I wonder: is Cloud Atlas becoming a bit of a genre on its own?
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
So in my latest newsletter, I wonder: is Cloud Atlas becoming a bit of a genre on its own?
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
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"i dont know what id do widdout my chatgpt 🥺👉👈" Oh my god go back to Baby School you fucking failure
May 9, 2025 at 4:56 AM
"i dont know what id do widdout my chatgpt 🥺👉👈" Oh my god go back to Baby School you fucking failure
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Saw this in Edinburgh a few years ago and have carried the thought with me since 🩷
February 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Saw this in Edinburgh a few years ago and have carried the thought with me since 🩷
Very excited about the two new books I picked up at #SCMS2025! Love @robinmeanscoleman.bsky.social so I'm especially thrilled to have snagged Horror Noire.
Overall a lovely conference - it was so fun to present on creepy little kids in horror games, and the papers I saw on cozy games were super! 👾
Overall a lovely conference - it was so fun to present on creepy little kids in horror games, and the papers I saw on cozy games were super! 👾
April 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Very excited about the two new books I picked up at #SCMS2025! Love @robinmeanscoleman.bsky.social so I'm especially thrilled to have snagged Horror Noire.
Overall a lovely conference - it was so fun to present on creepy little kids in horror games, and the papers I saw on cozy games were super! 👾
Overall a lovely conference - it was so fun to present on creepy little kids in horror games, and the papers I saw on cozy games were super! 👾
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Rest in Power Linda Williams. 💔 (1946-2025) This loss hangs heavy on my heart. Linda was a legend--inspiring feminist scholar, warm interlocutor always generous to students & newbies, and fierce/indomitable presence whose commitment made us all care more. I'm grateful to have known her!! ❤️😢
March 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Rest in Power Linda Williams. 💔 (1946-2025) This loss hangs heavy on my heart. Linda was a legend--inspiring feminist scholar, warm interlocutor always generous to students & newbies, and fierce/indomitable presence whose commitment made us all care more. I'm grateful to have known her!! ❤️😢
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A chairde, as they say, "every wishlist helps!" Our gothic horror game, set in #Ireland - specifically set in the Hellfire Club in #Dublin 😱 - will be going into Early Access this year :))
Find out more below, & wishlist us today. Míle baochas 🙇♀️
Find out more below, & wishlist us today. Míle baochas 🙇♀️
Eyes of Hellfire on Steam
Eyes of Hellfire is a co-op gothic horror game. Hoist the candelabra and, along with your friends, step into the darkened halls of the Hellfire Club.
store.steampowered.com
March 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Just listened to a wonderful talk from @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social about her very interesting (and very beautiful) book! Excited to display it on my bookshelf 🧟♀️
March 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Just listened to a wonderful talk from @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social about her very interesting (and very beautiful) book! Excited to display it on my bookshelf 🧟♀️
I was recently subject to a talk about how to use generative AI for my DISSERTATION. A talk led BY a faculty member, to all English grads currently dissertating. I can understand an individual choosing to be lazy and immoral, but why do the AI-obsessed try to rope everyone else into this junk!
March 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I was recently subject to a talk about how to use generative AI for my DISSERTATION. A talk led BY a faculty member, to all English grads currently dissertating. I can understand an individual choosing to be lazy and immoral, but why do the AI-obsessed try to rope everyone else into this junk!
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How is the top University in the Bluest state in the US reacting to Trump’s attacks on Academic Freedom in the form of the “Anti-DEI order? The answer is: NOT good. A thread 🧵 about how the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa is responding to these attacks.
March 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
How is the top University in the Bluest state in the US reacting to Trump’s attacks on Academic Freedom in the form of the “Anti-DEI order? The answer is: NOT good. A thread 🧵 about how the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa is responding to these attacks.
Devastating read.
"'You would have thought at some point you escape the poverty trap,' said Nathaniel Hendren, a Harvard economist and an author of the study. Black boys — even rich black boys — can seemingly never assume that."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"'You would have thought at some point you escape the poverty trap,' said Nathaniel Hendren, a Harvard economist and an author of the study. Black boys — even rich black boys — can seemingly never assume that."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys (Published 2018)
A study of 20 million children shows the fragility of the American Dream.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Devastating read.
"'You would have thought at some point you escape the poverty trap,' said Nathaniel Hendren, a Harvard economist and an author of the study. Black boys — even rich black boys — can seemingly never assume that."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"'You would have thought at some point you escape the poverty trap,' said Nathaniel Hendren, a Harvard economist and an author of the study. Black boys — even rich black boys — can seemingly never assume that."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Saw this in Edinburgh a few years ago and have carried the thought with me since 🩷
February 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Saw this in Edinburgh a few years ago and have carried the thought with me since 🩷
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Interesting. Here's my alternative take: Kill it with fire.
February 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Interesting. Here's my alternative take: Kill it with fire.
My hometown!
School play gets canceled for "inappropriate content".
In response students write [REDACTED], their own anti-censorship play skewering the school district, sells out performances, and ultimately takes gold at the Lenaea High School Theatre Festival.
www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...
In response students write [REDACTED], their own anti-censorship play skewering the school district, sells out performances, and ultimately takes gold at the Lenaea High School Theatre Festival.
www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...
After Censorship, Santa Rosa Students Write Their Own Play — and Take the Gold | KQED
A state festival awarded top honors to ‘REDACTED,’ which ruthlessly lampooned district officials.
www.kqed.org
February 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
My hometown!
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Yesterday, I discovered a(n apparently v famous) theatre tradition 'Grand-Guignol' that was both unbelievably gross, but also cool af.
I'm kind of ashamed I hadn't heard of it before...
Massive props (no pun intended) to @alexiamandla.bsky.social for her enthusiastic/detailed gore descriptions.
I'm kind of ashamed I hadn't heard of it before...
Massive props (no pun intended) to @alexiamandla.bsky.social for her enthusiastic/detailed gore descriptions.
February 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Yesterday, I discovered a(n apparently v famous) theatre tradition 'Grand-Guignol' that was both unbelievably gross, but also cool af.
I'm kind of ashamed I hadn't heard of it before...
Massive props (no pun intended) to @alexiamandla.bsky.social for her enthusiastic/detailed gore descriptions.
I'm kind of ashamed I hadn't heard of it before...
Massive props (no pun intended) to @alexiamandla.bsky.social for her enthusiastic/detailed gore descriptions.
Every clothing website is now an endless battle. 10% OFF IF YOU SIGN UP FOR TEXTS! ACCEPT COOKIES, EVEN IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THIS WEBSITE 100 TIMES! SPIN OUR WHEEL TO GET 15% OFF IF YOU SIGN UP FOR TEXTS! FREE SHIPPING IF YOU SPEND $300! GIVE US YOUR PHONE NUMBER SO WE CAN TEXT YOU!
I'm exhausted.
I'm exhausted.
February 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Every clothing website is now an endless battle. 10% OFF IF YOU SIGN UP FOR TEXTS! ACCEPT COOKIES, EVEN IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THIS WEBSITE 100 TIMES! SPIN OUR WHEEL TO GET 15% OFF IF YOU SIGN UP FOR TEXTS! FREE SHIPPING IF YOU SPEND $300! GIVE US YOUR PHONE NUMBER SO WE CAN TEXT YOU!
I'm exhausted.
I'm exhausted.
Ann Radcliffe tries to joke
They wound through black woods of pine as even the last tints of stars died in the savage foliage, seeking safety in the wretched inn; if Misery ever had local habitation, this may have been "her dearest place of seclusion," where even the moon declined to shed her rays.
They wound through black woods of pine as even the last tints of stars died in the savage foliage, seeking safety in the wretched inn; if Misery ever had local habitation, this may have been "her dearest place of seclusion," where even the moon declined to shed her rays.
[any 18th-centry novelist tries to tell a joke]
THE ALEHOUSE; or the SURPRIZING HISTORY of A TAVERN
containing the CHARACTER of A Rabbi, A Prieſt, & A Miniſter
WITH An Account of how, having left their Lantern at a Table found themſelves loſt in a Wood & were at laſt Deliver’d by a HIGHWAYMAN.
THE ALEHOUSE; or the SURPRIZING HISTORY of A TAVERN
containing the CHARACTER of A Rabbi, A Prieſt, & A Miniſter
WITH An Account of how, having left their Lantern at a Table found themſelves loſt in a Wood & were at laſt Deliver’d by a HIGHWAYMAN.
[George Eliot tries to tell a joke]
One night, walking into a bar, a beautiful woman—but why always a beautiful woman? Was her point of view the only possible one with regard to this joke? I pity the poor barkeep subjected to such endless torrents of beautiful women, priests, rabbis, parrots, dogs,
One night, walking into a bar, a beautiful woman—but why always a beautiful woman? Was her point of view the only possible one with regard to this joke? I pity the poor barkeep subjected to such endless torrents of beautiful women, priests, rabbis, parrots, dogs,
February 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Ann Radcliffe tries to joke
They wound through black woods of pine as even the last tints of stars died in the savage foliage, seeking safety in the wretched inn; if Misery ever had local habitation, this may have been "her dearest place of seclusion," where even the moon declined to shed her rays.
They wound through black woods of pine as even the last tints of stars died in the savage foliage, seeking safety in the wretched inn; if Misery ever had local habitation, this may have been "her dearest place of seclusion," where even the moon declined to shed her rays.
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Now here's an attractive CFP: Railway Aesthetics: Experiencing Locomotion across Media and Cultures. Takes place ON THE TRAIN Vienna-Bucharest-Istanbul, 10-13 September 2025. Deadline for submissions: May 2, 2025 call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/02/...
February 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Now here's an attractive CFP: Railway Aesthetics: Experiencing Locomotion across Media and Cultures. Takes place ON THE TRAIN Vienna-Bucharest-Istanbul, 10-13 September 2025. Deadline for submissions: May 2, 2025 call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/02/...
Does anyone have experience writing on an ereader? I'm thinking about getting one of those nifty "ereader + keyboard + Microsoft word" devices, but I haven't ever owned an ereader so I'm not sure how people feel about them for long-term writing. I just really need something lightweight for my diss!
February 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Does anyone have experience writing on an ereader? I'm thinking about getting one of those nifty "ereader + keyboard + Microsoft word" devices, but I haven't ever owned an ereader so I'm not sure how people feel about them for long-term writing. I just really need something lightweight for my diss!
How I think I look when I teach / How I actually look when I teach
February 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
How I think I look when I teach / How I actually look when I teach
During the Vietnam war, my grandfather was a "conscientious objector" and misfiled copious amounts of paperwork at his government job. They didn't notice for months. Misfile! Object! Don't give in!
Switch the default font of every document to dingbats. Put chewed gum on keyboards & spill soup on monitors. Loosen screws on chair legs. Turn down thermostats to 54 & then smash the dials. Unplug monitors & destroy input connectors. Pretend you don't understand every single order they give you.
I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
February 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
During the Vietnam war, my grandfather was a "conscientious objector" and misfiled copious amounts of paperwork at his government job. They didn't notice for months. Misfile! Object! Don't give in!
I'll be giving the class on horror theatre! 🦇🎭
Where can you get Tudor Gothic, Women's apocalyptic writing, monster-f**king, deadly dance, folklore and landscape, doppelgangers, horror theatre, grave-diggers, horror-making on a budget, Poe and Mesmerism, Gothic tourism and more all in one place?
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Goths for Breakfast 2025
Romancing the Gothic is running an online charity event to support Magic Breakfast, which provides school breakfasts for children who need them. The event is a day of online classes and workshops w…
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February 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I'll be giving the class on horror theatre! 🦇🎭
Well, if we're all going to be waking up in a cold sweat at 4:00am for the rest of this presidency, someone's going to need to open a ~very~ early morning coffee shop so we can at least be productive!
February 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Well, if we're all going to be waking up in a cold sweat at 4:00am for the rest of this presidency, someone's going to need to open a ~very~ early morning coffee shop so we can at least be productive!
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Should universities double down on DEI? If excellence is the goal, the answer is simple: 100% yes.
A synopsis of the science explaining why 👇🏼
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
A synopsis of the science explaining why 👇🏼
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DEI is secret sauce of University of Michigan's success | Opinion
Critics of DEI often suggest that it leads to inferior outcomes. At the University of Michigan, that's just not true.
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January 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Should universities double down on DEI? If excellence is the goal, the answer is simple: 100% yes.
A synopsis of the science explaining why 👇🏼
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
A synopsis of the science explaining why 👇🏼
www.freep.com/story/opinio...
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Montgomery County Public Schools comes out and tells Trump to pound sand with his EO telling schools that they have to discriminate against transgender students.
This is how you refuse to comply.
This is how you refuse to comply.
January 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Montgomery County Public Schools comes out and tells Trump to pound sand with his EO telling schools that they have to discriminate against transgender students.
This is how you refuse to comply.
This is how you refuse to comply.