conor hilton
@theconorhilton.bsky.social
scrappy, queer, guerrilla mormon utopian cinephile phd candidate (ABD) studying the postsecular, the gothic, and 19thC British lit // any pronouns
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i often think of how Frank Frazetta — maybe the greatest scifi/fantasy artist to ever do it, the guy who single-handedly defined the whole swords-and-sorcery aesthetic — also did this moving sketch titled "Give Us Barabbas."
January 25, 2024 at 7:34 PM
i often think of how Frank Frazetta — maybe the greatest scifi/fantasy artist to ever do it, the guy who single-handedly defined the whole swords-and-sorcery aesthetic — also did this moving sketch titled "Give Us Barabbas."
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tangentially, Simon Bisley also does some great Gospels art:
January 25, 2024 at 7:47 PM
tangentially, Simon Bisley also does some great Gospels art:
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Friendly reminder that Condé Nast workers are on strike until midnight EST tonight. Don't click on or share links from Condé Nast pubs! This includes
-Vogue/Teen Vogue
-Them
-GQ
-Bon Appétit
-Vanity Fair
-Self
-Architectural Digest
-Glamour
-Epicurious
-Allure
(Wired & New Yorker are a diff union)
-Vogue/Teen Vogue
-Them
-GQ
-Bon Appétit
-Vanity Fair
-Self
-Architectural Digest
-Glamour
-Epicurious
-Allure
(Wired & New Yorker are a diff union)
January 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Friendly reminder that Condé Nast workers are on strike until midnight EST tonight. Don't click on or share links from Condé Nast pubs! This includes
-Vogue/Teen Vogue
-Them
-GQ
-Bon Appétit
-Vanity Fair
-Self
-Architectural Digest
-Glamour
-Epicurious
-Allure
(Wired & New Yorker are a diff union)
-Vogue/Teen Vogue
-Them
-GQ
-Bon Appétit
-Vanity Fair
-Self
-Architectural Digest
-Glamour
-Epicurious
-Allure
(Wired & New Yorker are a diff union)
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"Ben Park’s American Zion: A New History of Mormonism is a monumental achievement."
Very grateful for this Association for Mormon Letters review of my book, which captures my attempt at showing "many Mormonisms." www.associationmormonletters.org/reviews/curr...
Very grateful for this Association for Mormon Letters review of my book, which captures my attempt at showing "many Mormonisms." www.associationmormonletters.org/reviews/curr...
Park, “American Zion: A New History of Mormonism” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton) - Dawning of a Brig...
Ben Park’s American Zion: A New History of Mormonism is a monumental achievement.
www.associationmormonletters.org
January 15, 2024 at 2:49 PM
"Ben Park’s American Zion: A New History of Mormonism is a monumental achievement."
Very grateful for this Association for Mormon Letters review of my book, which captures my attempt at showing "many Mormonisms." www.associationmormonletters.org/reviews/curr...
Very grateful for this Association for Mormon Letters review of my book, which captures my attempt at showing "many Mormonisms." www.associationmormonletters.org/reviews/curr...
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Very excited to be here to announce my forthcoming book, _Lusting for Kinship: Queering the Mormon Cosmos_ expected late 2024/early 2025! @uncpress
December 15, 2023 at 12:02 AM
Very excited to be here to announce my forthcoming book, _Lusting for Kinship: Queering the Mormon Cosmos_ expected late 2024/early 2025! @uncpress
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Over the past couple years I've let my file management habits atrophy big time, with random folders and git repos all over my computer, so I finally consolidated everything and I'm happy with this categorization
December 14, 2023 at 1:00 AM
Over the past couple years I've let my file management habits atrophy big time, with random folders and git repos all over my computer, so I finally consolidated everything and I'm happy with this categorization
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with @faineg.bsky.social’s guillotine discourse, I just remembered this birthday cake my then-13-yo made in 2020, complete with cupcake heads
December 9, 2023 at 7:57 PM
with @faineg.bsky.social’s guillotine discourse, I just remembered this birthday cake my then-13-yo made in 2020, complete with cupcake heads
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My new novella is out today. This is aimed towards college-educated liberal Mormons & unlike much of my Mormon-centric work isn’t weird/genre fiction. It’s lit fic. It’s about academic disappointments & the pull of home & Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead novels, so ymmv: motleyvision.org/unseating-of...
The Unseating of Dr. Smoot
The Unseating of Dr. Smoot takes the typical structure of a Mormon Sunday meeting (sacramement meeting) and uses it to tell the story of Dr. Rebecca Smoot, an academic who visits Provo, Utah, after a ...
motleyvision.org
December 5, 2023 at 8:04 PM
My new novella is out today. This is aimed towards college-educated liberal Mormons & unlike much of my Mormon-centric work isn’t weird/genre fiction. It’s lit fic. It’s about academic disappointments & the pull of home & Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead novels, so ymmv: motleyvision.org/unseating-of...
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Friends, I’m teaching my television class again this spring. So I have to ask the media studies peeps: what’s your favorite piece of television criticism, ever? Favorite critic to look into, old or new? Looking especially for older pieces 🙏🏻
November 27, 2023 at 3:24 PM
Friends, I’m teaching my television class again this spring. So I have to ask the media studies peeps: what’s your favorite piece of television criticism, ever? Favorite critic to look into, old or new? Looking especially for older pieces 🙏🏻
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we failed this movie so hard. closest america ever got to its own Miyazaki.
November 27, 2023 at 5:50 PM
we failed this movie so hard. closest america ever got to its own Miyazaki.
an advent invitation from the wonderful cece proffit! absolutely worth a few minutes of your time today to think about how to honor/celebrate/worship this advent season
www.wayfaremagazine.org/p/come-lord-...
www.wayfaremagazine.org/p/come-lord-...
Come, Lord Jesus
An Advent Invitation
www.wayfaremagazine.org
November 26, 2023 at 3:34 AM
an advent invitation from the wonderful cece proffit! absolutely worth a few minutes of your time today to think about how to honor/celebrate/worship this advent season
www.wayfaremagazine.org/p/come-lord-...
www.wayfaremagazine.org/p/come-lord-...
loved this! has me thinking about BLUEY as a model of utopian storytelling and how i could draw on it for some of my own utopian fic efforts
(and of course, hit hard in the feels with the reflections on trying to be more present for kids and my own wrestles with that)
(and of course, hit hard in the feels with the reflections on trying to be more present for kids and my own wrestles with that)
New today:
"BLUEY shows the world at its best. It’s not an impossible standard. It’s something to aspire to: basically perfect art about a world of realistically imperfect characters striving to be a little better one day at a time."
-@ethanwarren.bsky.social
(plus: an audio version, too!)
"BLUEY shows the world at its best. It’s not an impossible standard. It’s something to aspire to: basically perfect art about a world of realistically imperfect characters striving to be a little better one day at a time."
-@ethanwarren.bsky.social
(plus: an audio version, too!)
This Essay on Bluey is Called "For Real Life"
There is no bad Bluey. Every episode is just as good as every other one, which is to say: basically perfect.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
November 21, 2023 at 8:19 PM
loved this! has me thinking about BLUEY as a model of utopian storytelling and how i could draw on it for some of my own utopian fic efforts
(and of course, hit hard in the feels with the reflections on trying to be more present for kids and my own wrestles with that)
(and of course, hit hard in the feels with the reflections on trying to be more present for kids and my own wrestles with that)
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New today:
"BLUEY shows the world at its best. It’s not an impossible standard. It’s something to aspire to: basically perfect art about a world of realistically imperfect characters striving to be a little better one day at a time."
-@ethanwarren.bsky.social
(plus: an audio version, too!)
"BLUEY shows the world at its best. It’s not an impossible standard. It’s something to aspire to: basically perfect art about a world of realistically imperfect characters striving to be a little better one day at a time."
-@ethanwarren.bsky.social
(plus: an audio version, too!)
This Essay on Bluey is Called "For Real Life"
There is no bad Bluey. Every episode is just as good as every other one, which is to say: basically perfect.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
November 21, 2023 at 7:58 PM
New today:
"BLUEY shows the world at its best. It’s not an impossible standard. It’s something to aspire to: basically perfect art about a world of realistically imperfect characters striving to be a little better one day at a time."
-@ethanwarren.bsky.social
(plus: an audio version, too!)
"BLUEY shows the world at its best. It’s not an impossible standard. It’s something to aspire to: basically perfect art about a world of realistically imperfect characters striving to be a little better one day at a time."
-@ethanwarren.bsky.social
(plus: an audio version, too!)
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A Grand Yuletide Theory: THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL is the Best Adaptation of A Christmas Carol
- @ethanwarren.bsky.social
(art by Brianna Ashby)
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2019/12/20/a...
- @ethanwarren.bsky.social
(art by Brianna Ashby)
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2019/12/20/a...
November 19, 2023 at 2:41 AM
A Grand Yuletide Theory: THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL is the Best Adaptation of A Christmas Carol
- @ethanwarren.bsky.social
(art by Brianna Ashby)
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2019/12/20/a...
- @ethanwarren.bsky.social
(art by Brianna Ashby)
www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2019/12/20/a...
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Bro. Bro. Listen! Bro, shit is turning, bro, turning in the widening gyre, man.
The falcon, dude, cannot hear the fuckin falconer, I swear it's true bro,
Things fall apart man; the centre? The center cannot fuckin hold bro, not even a little bit
It's just anarchy, bro, loosed upon the world, man
The falcon, dude, cannot hear the fuckin falconer, I swear it's true bro,
Things fall apart man; the centre? The center cannot fuckin hold bro, not even a little bit
It's just anarchy, bro, loosed upon the world, man
November 19, 2023 at 2:30 AM
Bro. Bro. Listen! Bro, shit is turning, bro, turning in the widening gyre, man.
The falcon, dude, cannot hear the fuckin falconer, I swear it's true bro,
Things fall apart man; the centre? The center cannot fuckin hold bro, not even a little bit
It's just anarchy, bro, loosed upon the world, man
The falcon, dude, cannot hear the fuckin falconer, I swear it's true bro,
Things fall apart man; the centre? The center cannot fuckin hold bro, not even a little bit
It's just anarchy, bro, loosed upon the world, man
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hello it is Transgender Awareness Week! I am trans and I wrote a trans book. You can buy it if you want. Or show it to a friend. Or simply admire the cover art and contemplate your stay on this planet, and then make some art about that 🌱 be aware!!
Hi Bluesky! I wrote a book :)
BIRDS TO BONES is a collection of art and writing I’ve made throughout the last decade, while processing grief, mortality, chronic pain, life as a queer Mormon, and faith transition. I hope there’s something in it to resonate with everyone.
Available now on Amazon 🕊️🦴
BIRDS TO BONES is a collection of art and writing I’ve made throughout the last decade, while processing grief, mortality, chronic pain, life as a queer Mormon, and faith transition. I hope there’s something in it to resonate with everyone.
Available now on Amazon 🕊️🦴
November 17, 2023 at 4:06 AM
hello it is Transgender Awareness Week! I am trans and I wrote a trans book. You can buy it if you want. Or show it to a friend. Or simply admire the cover art and contemplate your stay on this planet, and then make some art about that 🌱 be aware!!
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The Israeli bombing campaign in Gaza is reportedly killing children at a rate unprecedented in 21st-century conflict, according to data www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
November 14, 2023 at 7:38 AM
The Israeli bombing campaign in Gaza is reportedly killing children at a rate unprecedented in 21st-century conflict, according to data www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
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2023's bday wishes from me to all of you:
1. Make a little peace (could make a BIG peace, but that feels a lil' overly ambitious)
2. Watch/read/listen to something you’ve been longing to check out forever
3. Tell an artist/writer/creative/filmmaker you appreciate their work and why!
1. Make a little peace (could make a BIG peace, but that feels a lil' overly ambitious)
2. Watch/read/listen to something you’ve been longing to check out forever
3. Tell an artist/writer/creative/filmmaker you appreciate their work and why!
November 13, 2023 at 1:45 PM
2023's bday wishes from me to all of you:
1. Make a little peace (could make a BIG peace, but that feels a lil' overly ambitious)
2. Watch/read/listen to something you’ve been longing to check out forever
3. Tell an artist/writer/creative/filmmaker you appreciate their work and why!
1. Make a little peace (could make a BIG peace, but that feels a lil' overly ambitious)
2. Watch/read/listen to something you’ve been longing to check out forever
3. Tell an artist/writer/creative/filmmaker you appreciate their work and why!
2023's bday wishes from me to all of you:
1. Make a little peace (could make a BIG peace, but that feels a lil' overly ambitious)
2. Watch/read/listen to something you’ve been longing to check out forever
3. Tell an artist/writer/creative/filmmaker you appreciate their work and why!
1. Make a little peace (could make a BIG peace, but that feels a lil' overly ambitious)
2. Watch/read/listen to something you’ve been longing to check out forever
3. Tell an artist/writer/creative/filmmaker you appreciate their work and why!
November 13, 2023 at 1:45 PM
2023's bday wishes from me to all of you:
1. Make a little peace (could make a BIG peace, but that feels a lil' overly ambitious)
2. Watch/read/listen to something you’ve been longing to check out forever
3. Tell an artist/writer/creative/filmmaker you appreciate their work and why!
1. Make a little peace (could make a BIG peace, but that feels a lil' overly ambitious)
2. Watch/read/listen to something you’ve been longing to check out forever
3. Tell an artist/writer/creative/filmmaker you appreciate their work and why!
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New promotional posters from Norton/Liveright.
Only two months till release.
Only two months till release.
November 13, 2023 at 12:17 AM
New promotional posters from Norton/Liveright.
Only two months till release.
Only two months till release.
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When I die, please take every unfinished story, poem and article on my hard drive and combine them into one massive, intricately interconnected work that aggrieved English majors will be forced to analyze for years to come.
Use all the one-line story ideas in my phone as footnotes. Just anywhere.
Use all the one-line story ideas in my phone as footnotes. Just anywhere.
November 11, 2023 at 3:58 AM
When I die, please take every unfinished story, poem and article on my hard drive and combine them into one massive, intricately interconnected work that aggrieved English majors will be forced to analyze for years to come.
Use all the one-line story ideas in my phone as footnotes. Just anywhere.
Use all the one-line story ideas in my phone as footnotes. Just anywhere.
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I agree with what @jbouie.bsky.social said yesterday: If you decide not to release something and you take a tax write-off, it should pass into the public domain, since effectively the public has now subsidized it and you are claiming you can’t make money from it anyway.
November 10, 2023 at 2:31 PM
I agree with what @jbouie.bsky.social said yesterday: If you decide not to release something and you take a tax write-off, it should pass into the public domain, since effectively the public has now subsidized it and you are claiming you can’t make money from it anyway.