Dr Janice Deitner
@janiceflux.bsky.social
Scholar of Shirley Jackson and periodical culture, funded by Research Ireland. Research interests include periodicals, Horror, the Gothic, Science Fiction, popular culture in general, zombie bites in narrative and popular discourse. Opinions my own.
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Join us on 25th February at 7 pm Irish Time for the first of our discussions with Irish podcasters! We'll be talking to folks from Petrified & Scream Queens about their work, the genre, and the practice of podcasting. This online event is free & open to all (registration necessary). bit.ly/4qufUTv
Podcasting Fear: Conversations with Irish Podcasters
Join the INGHS in conversation with leading Irish podcasts in the fields of horror, the gothic, and the weird.
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February 2, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Join us on 25th February at 7 pm Irish Time for the first of our discussions with Irish podcasters! We'll be talking to folks from Petrified & Scream Queens about their work, the genre, and the practice of podcasting. This online event is free & open to all (registration necessary). bit.ly/4qufUTv
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We are delighted to announce that our film for our 4 February Film Club (7pm Irish time) will be the 1971 classic The Abominable Dr. Phibes, a truly gothic love story. You can register to receive a link to watch the film & then join our discussion here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1421842121...
#INGHS
#INGHS
January 12, 2026 at 5:26 PM
We are delighted to announce that our film for our 4 February Film Club (7pm Irish time) will be the 1971 classic The Abominable Dr. Phibes, a truly gothic love story. You can register to receive a link to watch the film & then join our discussion here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1421842121...
#INGHS
#INGHS
Back to work today!
January 5, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Back to work today!
Watching the final episode of Stranger Things and it is neverending. Is this just my life now? An eternity stuck in the final episode of Stranger Things?
January 1, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Watching the final episode of Stranger Things and it is neverending. Is this just my life now? An eternity stuck in the final episode of Stranger Things?
Seems about right
January 1, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Seems about right
To ring in the New Year Phil and I watched The Shining and Phil kept making jokes about how Scatman Crothers' symbolized 2026 and that we think 2026 is going to show up and save us. Reader, he knew what he was doing.
January 1, 2026 at 12:20 AM
To ring in the New Year Phil and I watched The Shining and Phil kept making jokes about how Scatman Crothers' symbolized 2026 and that we think 2026 is going to show up and save us. Reader, he knew what he was doing.
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Today is the day a very special man was born, sent to us many years ago to tell fantastic tales and bring messages of peace and understanding. Happy birthday Rod Serling!
December 25, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Today is the day a very special man was born, sent to us many years ago to tell fantastic tales and bring messages of peace and understanding. Happy birthday Rod Serling!
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
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Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
Not a historian but like to research. The AI might summarize what I'm looking for, but it doesn't find what I'm *not* looking for. The book on the shelf next to the one I wanted. The insight in chapter 6 based on the quote I needed from chapter 4.
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
"The one thing I was pretty sure about when I started was that whatever else happens, everyone agreed that Batman smells."
This is important work.
This is important work.
For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Jingle Bells (Batman Smells): an incomplete festive folk-rhyme taxonomy
Gather round the fire, everyone, and let me tell you a story. It has everything you could want in a Christmas blockbuster: superheroes and villains, a car crash, children singing, a mystery to solv…
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December 17, 2025 at 6:42 AM
"The one thing I was pretty sure about when I started was that whatever else happens, everyone agreed that Batman smells."
This is important work.
This is important work.
Got to see Die Hard in the theater for the first time ever and despite having seen it a hundred times or so it was like a whole new experience. I also remembered this "fun" "joke" that @crankandrattle.bsky.social used to do
Some time in the last year @philbot.bsky.social started doing a "bit" that consists solely of the repeated and incorrect assertion that I have never seen Die Hard and he must try to convince me to give it a chance. It is somehow adorable & clever & the most annoying thing ever all at the same time.
December 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Got to see Die Hard in the theater for the first time ever and despite having seen it a hundred times or so it was like a whole new experience. I also remembered this "fun" "joke" that @crankandrattle.bsky.social used to do
Got to see this beautiful short film by Charlie Kaufman and Eva H.D. at @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social today, with both filmmakers in attendance for a Q and A. Just a lovely experience overall
December 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Got to see this beautiful short film by Charlie Kaufman and Eva H.D. at @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social today, with both filmmakers in attendance for a Q and A. Just a lovely experience overall
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BILLY EICHNER ANGRY VOICE: It's an 8 bit animated feature film set in the Frogger-verse starring live action George Clooney and it's called "Michael Clayton 2 Colon This Time He's Frogger" and it's a GOLDMINE because BABIES LOVE INTRIGUE!
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
BILLY EICHNER ANGRY VOICE: It's an 8 bit animated feature film set in the Frogger-verse starring live action George Clooney and it's called "Michael Clayton 2 Colon This Time He's Frogger" and it's a GOLDMINE because BABIES LOVE INTRIGUE!
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Its Christmas season, time to watch the The Riverbottom Nightmare Band win again. 😂
a bear wearing sunglasses singing into a microphone with a green light behind him
ALT: a bear wearing sunglasses singing into a microphone with a green light behind him
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December 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Its Christmas season, time to watch the The Riverbottom Nightmare Band win again. 😂
Tonight!
Join @irishgothichorror.bsky.social next week for a discussion of Guillermo Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaptation! 7pm December 3rd Irish time!
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Tonight!
Got back from the annual @popmec.bsky.social conference yesterday. Recovering today. Such an inspiring experience, and I had many exciting conversations. Thank you Anna, Laura, and the whole conference team!
I also wholeheartedly recommend this organization to any Americanists out there.
I also wholeheartedly recommend this organization to any Americanists out there.
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Got back from the annual @popmec.bsky.social conference yesterday. Recovering today. Such an inspiring experience, and I had many exciting conversations. Thank you Anna, Laura, and the whole conference team!
I also wholeheartedly recommend this organization to any Americanists out there.
I also wholeheartedly recommend this organization to any Americanists out there.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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This was my post on my birthday last year. This year, as we approach my birthday things are looking up. It's always a mixed bag with a birthday near or on election day.
Well, what a horrible fucking birthday, but at least my significant other made me French toast for dinner.
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This was my post on my birthday last year. This year, as we approach my birthday things are looking up. It's always a mixed bag with a birthday near or on election day.
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Seeing as it's #IrishBookWeek, I've put together a Starter Pack of bricks 'n' mortar bookshops. Terrified I've forgotten someone obvious so please let me know of additions
go.bsky.app/G4kmxVq
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October 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Seeing as it's #IrishBookWeek, I've put together a Starter Pack of bricks 'n' mortar bookshops. Terrified I've forgotten someone obvious so please let me know of additions
go.bsky.app/G4kmxVq
go.bsky.app/G4kmxVq
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October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Spooky film fest 2025! Every October I try to catch up on spooky films I've missed or brand new things I'm excited about. Film #1! Promising start but eventually convoluted & disappointing. I actually kinda fell asleep. Distracting wigs & anachronistic-looking take-out coffee cups. #spookyfilmfest25
October 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Spooky film fest 2025! Every October I try to catch up on spooky films I've missed or brand new things I'm excited about. Film #1! Promising start but eventually convoluted & disappointing. I actually kinda fell asleep. Distracting wigs & anachronistic-looking take-out coffee cups. #spookyfilmfest25
Having trouble dealing with all of the Americans in football jerseys all over Dublin today.
September 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Having trouble dealing with all of the Americans in football jerseys all over Dublin today.
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In the very early stages of a blog about GIFs of femme monsters from horror films and how they recontextualise moving images for humour, relatable and activist content. Have a look!
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Femme Monsters
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September 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
In the very early stages of a blog about GIFs of femme monsters from horror films and how they recontextualise moving images for humour, relatable and activist content. Have a look!
femmonsterarchive.wordpress.com
femmonsterarchive.wordpress.com