Antares Leask
@drtares.bsky.social
Pop culture (esp. Disney, horror, pop music, and cryptozoology), writing, reading, empowering others through education and training.
July 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Ryan Coogler.
And check out this DREAM TEAM!
@plaguedr-richards.bsky.social
@sorchanf.bsky.social
@meredithea.bsky.social
@meanlouise.bsky.social (with us in spirit)
#MAPACA
#MAPACA2025VirtualSymposium
And check out this DREAM TEAM!
@plaguedr-richards.bsky.social
@sorchanf.bsky.social
@meredithea.bsky.social
@meanlouise.bsky.social (with us in spirit)
#MAPACA
#MAPACA2025VirtualSymposium
July 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Ryan Coogler.
And check out this DREAM TEAM!
@plaguedr-richards.bsky.social
@sorchanf.bsky.social
@meredithea.bsky.social
@meanlouise.bsky.social (with us in spirit)
#MAPACA
#MAPACA2025VirtualSymposium
And check out this DREAM TEAM!
@plaguedr-richards.bsky.social
@sorchanf.bsky.social
@meredithea.bsky.social
@meanlouise.bsky.social (with us in spirit)
#MAPACA
#MAPACA2025VirtualSymposium
July 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
July 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Here we go! First panel of the Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association 2025 Virtual Symposium!
#MAPACA
#MAPACAVirtualSymposium2025
#MAPACA
#MAPACAVirtualSymposium2025
July 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Here we go! First panel of the Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association 2025 Virtual Symposium!
#MAPACA
#MAPACAVirtualSymposium2025
#MAPACA
#MAPACAVirtualSymposium2025
Yay for getting to see @emilyaguilo.bsky.social speak about Barbie and meeting in the non-Zoom world!
July 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Yay for getting to see @emilyaguilo.bsky.social speak about Barbie and meeting in the non-Zoom world!
Great social to end the third annual Disney, Culture and Society Research Network conference!
Where else can I show off my dewback collection?
#Disnet2025
See you real soon!
Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA)
Popular Culture Association
Where else can I show off my dewback collection?
#Disnet2025
See you real soon!
Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA)
Popular Culture Association
June 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Great social to end the third annual Disney, Culture and Society Research Network conference!
Where else can I show off my dewback collection?
#Disnet2025
See you real soon!
Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA)
Popular Culture Association
Where else can I show off my dewback collection?
#Disnet2025
See you real soon!
Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA)
Popular Culture Association
Disney fox roundtable with was fun!
The Keynote Roundtable was DOLE WHIP (that is my new adjective for the greatest and sweetest treat).
We are getting ready for our final panel of the day, so make sure to go down this "foxhole" with us and "Out-Foxing Fascism: Has Disney Paid their Debt?"
Starting very soon!
We are getting ready for our final panel of the day, so make sure to go down this "foxhole" with us and "Out-Foxing Fascism: Has Disney Paid their Debt?"
Starting very soon!
a stuffed animal wearing a black mask and a brown jacket
ALT: a stuffed animal wearing a black mask and a brown jacket
media.tenor.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Disney fox roundtable with was fun!
It's always a good day to talk about Disney cat ladies!
@drtares.bsky.social with all of the cats! Wonderful presentation occurring now! So many great presenters so far!
three cats wearing bow ties are sitting next to each other and smiling
ALT: three cats wearing bow ties are sitting next to each other and smiling
media.tenor.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It's always a good day to talk about Disney cat ladies!
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Thank you, @herberthistory.bsky.social, for a wonderful evening of furry friends, endless carbs, and engaging Disney discussions! We loved it! #HATM
For more discussions just like this, make sure to join us at our Third Annual Conference in ONE WEEK! Register to attend: dis-net.org/conference/
For more discussions just like this, make sure to join us at our Third Annual Conference in ONE WEEK! Register to attend: dis-net.org/conference/
Conference – DisNet
dis-net.org
June 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Thank you, @herberthistory.bsky.social, for a wonderful evening of furry friends, endless carbs, and engaging Disney discussions! We loved it! #HATM
For more discussions just like this, make sure to join us at our Third Annual Conference in ONE WEEK! Register to attend: dis-net.org/conference/
For more discussions just like this, make sure to join us at our Third Annual Conference in ONE WEEK! Register to attend: dis-net.org/conference/
June 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Rosita! Same name as the bird who left the (very European) chorus at the Enchanted Tiki Room!
#HATM
#LadyAndTheTramp
#HATM
#LadyAndTheTramp
June 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Rosita! Same name as the bird who left the (very European) chorus at the Enchanted Tiki Room!
#HATM
#LadyAndTheTramp
#HATM
#LadyAndTheTramp
June 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Okay, how many Disney films have water in their romantic scenes? #LadyAndTheTramp, Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Frog...
@disnet.bsky.social
#HATM
@disnet.bsky.social
#HATM
June 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Okay, how many Disney films have water in their romantic scenes? #LadyAndTheTramp, Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Frog...
@disnet.bsky.social
#HATM
@disnet.bsky.social
#HATM
The cats in the live action version are Devon Rex cats named...*consults notes* Devon and Rex, who sing a song called "What a Shame."
@disnet.bsky.social
#HATM
#LadyAndTheTramp
@disnet.bsky.social
#HATM
#LadyAndTheTramp
June 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The cats in the live action version are Devon Rex cats named...*consults notes* Devon and Rex, who sing a song called "What a Shame."
@disnet.bsky.social
#HATM
#LadyAndTheTramp
@disnet.bsky.social
#HATM
#LadyAndTheTramp
You know Aunt Sarah is evil because she's a cat lady...but more on that at the conference!
@disnet.bsky.social
#DisneyTropes
#HATM
#LadyAndTheTramp
@disnet.bsky.social
#DisneyTropes
#HATM
#LadyAndTheTramp
June 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
You know Aunt Sarah is evil because she's a cat lady...but more on that at the conference!
@disnet.bsky.social
#DisneyTropes
#HATM
#LadyAndTheTramp
@disnet.bsky.social
#DisneyTropes
#HATM
#LadyAndTheTramp
Tramp is certainly no Abraham de Lacy Giuseppe Casey Thomas O'Malley... @disnet.bsky.social
#HATM
@beeldridge.bsky.social
#LadyAndTheTramp
#HATM
@beeldridge.bsky.social
#LadyAndTheTramp
June 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Tramp is certainly no Abraham de Lacy Giuseppe Casey Thomas O'Malley... @disnet.bsky.social
#HATM
@beeldridge.bsky.social
#LadyAndTheTramp
#HATM
@beeldridge.bsky.social
#LadyAndTheTramp
Who's joining #HATM and @disnet.bsky.social tonight?
Folks I made an error in scheduling so Mohicans will be a bit later. Instead, join us on Disney+ this Sunday June 15 at 8pm eastern for LADY AND THE TRAMP.
Keep #HATM out of the pound by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Keep #HATM out of the pound by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
June 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Who's joining #HATM and @disnet.bsky.social tonight?
A Disney Scholar and a Horror Scholar walk into a 10am movie...
#Sinners
#IDidnthidemyeyes
#ALotToUnpack
#ExploringThemes
#IFeelAPaperComingOn
#MAPACA
#NEPCA
#PCA
#Sinners
#IDidnthidemyeyes
#ALotToUnpack
#ExploringThemes
#IFeelAPaperComingOn
#MAPACA
#NEPCA
#PCA
May 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
A Disney Scholar and a Horror Scholar walk into a 10am movie...
#Sinners
#IDidnthidemyeyes
#ALotToUnpack
#ExploringThemes
#IFeelAPaperComingOn
#MAPACA
#NEPCA
#PCA
#Sinners
#IDidnthidemyeyes
#ALotToUnpack
#ExploringThemes
#IFeelAPaperComingOn
#MAPACA
#NEPCA
#PCA
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We also have @drtares.bsky.social, my co-chair for Disney! Come to our virtual, one day event this summer! Come hang out in person this November!
Disability Studies Co-Chair @meredithea.bsky.social & I are here for you!
You can also submit paper & panel proposals for the in-person conference Nov 6-8 in Philly but please be mindful you’re submitting to the correct event! 2/2 mapaca.net
You can also submit paper & panel proposals for the in-person conference Nov 6-8 in Philly but please be mindful you’re submitting to the correct event! 2/2 mapaca.net
MAPACA | Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association
mapaca.net
May 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
We also have @drtares.bsky.social, my co-chair for Disney! Come to our virtual, one day event this summer! Come hang out in person this November!
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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt, Four Freedoms Speech, January 1941
― Franklin D. Roosevelt, Four Freedoms Speech, January 1941
Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
March 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt, Four Freedoms Speech, January 1941
― Franklin D. Roosevelt, Four Freedoms Speech, January 1941
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Pitt's library just acquired the Blair Witch Project archive. Eee! Yet more reason for @meanlouise.bsky.social and @drtares.bsky.social to come visit!
‘The Blair Witch Project’ archive has joined Pitt’s Horror Studies Collection
See props, original marketing materials and more on display at the University Library System’s Archives and Special Collections Exhibit Gallery.
www.pittwire.pitt.edu
February 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Pitt's library just acquired the Blair Witch Project archive. Eee! Yet more reason for @meanlouise.bsky.social and @drtares.bsky.social to come visit!
This weekend, Romancing the Gothic is hosting an online charity teachathon with 13 classes and workshops on history, literature and film
Check it out
Come join us!
Recorded so if you miss, you don't miss out.
You can pick and mix what you join us for.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1141089402...
Check it out
Come join us!
Recorded so if you miss, you don't miss out.
You can pick and mix what you join us for.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1141089402...
Goths for Breakfast
An online days of Gothic and horror classes and workshops to support the charity Magic Breakfast
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Yesterday was chapter proof day!
February 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Yesterday was chapter proof day!
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“The unifying theme here is that the federal government has been taken over by bad people who are also stunningly ignorant.
So much damage—to U.S. credibility, the Constitution and the rule of law, and possibly even to the very functioning of the government. And Trump only took power 2 weeks ago.”
So much damage—to U.S. credibility, the Constitution and the rule of law, and possibly even to the very functioning of the government. And Trump only took power 2 weeks ago.”
What the Musk is Happening?
It’s a catastrophe, but what kind of catastrophe?
open.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“The unifying theme here is that the federal government has been taken over by bad people who are also stunningly ignorant.
So much damage—to U.S. credibility, the Constitution and the rule of law, and possibly even to the very functioning of the government. And Trump only took power 2 weeks ago.”
So much damage—to U.S. credibility, the Constitution and the rule of law, and possibly even to the very functioning of the government. And Trump only took power 2 weeks ago.”