Ian Brodie
@avulgarart.bsky.social
Folklore daddy. Good at very few things. (he/him)
Not that anybody’s asking, but The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie where everyone’s a Muppet except for Florence Pugh.
December 30, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Not that anybody’s asking, but The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie where everyone’s a Muppet except for Florence Pugh.
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Hey! I have a New Yorker cover today! Glad to have the opportunity to do a fun issue, the annual games and puzzle issue www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
Kate Beaton’s “A Murder Mystery”
Take a closer look at the cover of the annual Cartoons & Puzzles Issue.
www.newyorker.com
December 16, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Hey! I have a New Yorker cover today! Glad to have the opportunity to do a fun issue, the annual games and puzzle issue www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
Given that the first parking meter wasn’t installed in England until 1957, “Lovely Rita, Meter Maid” was about someone with a reasonably brand new, unprecedented job description. #ResearchingParkingMeterHistory #UnderusedHashtags
December 7, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Given that the first parking meter wasn’t installed in England until 1957, “Lovely Rita, Meter Maid” was about someone with a reasonably brand new, unprecedented job description. #ResearchingParkingMeterHistory #UnderusedHashtags
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We’ve been podcasting for nearly a year now & it feels like we’re reaching more widely -Ian’s a top bloke -& also a Canadian comedy & folklore academic. *Suddenly awestruck by technology*
Had quite a few people saying it’s opening a window on neurodivergent experience. Heartening.
Had quite a few people saying it’s opening a window on neurodivergent experience. Heartening.
I’ve been catching up on Nic King and @katefoxwriter75.bsky.social ‘s “Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws” podcast and it is equal parts informative and delightful. As basically neurotypical, it’s opening up a lot of ideas to me.
neurotypicalsdontjugglechainsaws.co.uk
neurotypicalsdontjugglechainsaws.co.uk
Neurotypicals Don't Juggle Chainsaws
neurotypicalsdontjugglechainsaws.co.uk
December 5, 2024 at 10:23 AM
We’ve been podcasting for nearly a year now & it feels like we’re reaching more widely -Ian’s a top bloke -& also a Canadian comedy & folklore academic. *Suddenly awestruck by technology*
Had quite a few people saying it’s opening a window on neurodivergent experience. Heartening.
Had quite a few people saying it’s opening a window on neurodivergent experience. Heartening.
I’ve been catching up on Nic King and @katefoxwriter75.bsky.social ‘s “Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws” podcast and it is equal parts informative and delightful. As basically neurotypical, it’s opening up a lot of ideas to me.
neurotypicalsdontjugglechainsaws.co.uk
neurotypicalsdontjugglechainsaws.co.uk
Neurotypicals Don't Juggle Chainsaws
neurotypicalsdontjugglechainsaws.co.uk
December 5, 2024 at 2:01 AM
I’ve been catching up on Nic King and @katefoxwriter75.bsky.social ‘s “Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws” podcast and it is equal parts informative and delightful. As basically neurotypical, it’s opening up a lot of ideas to me.
neurotypicalsdontjugglechainsaws.co.uk
neurotypicalsdontjugglechainsaws.co.uk
Bestie @thylacinedreamer.bsky.social is doing a thing, so go support them. gofund.me/ff0871ad
Donate to The Thyla-Zine: a zine of Thylacines, legend, and folklore, organized by Daisy Ahlstone
This zine is about how the thylacine’s story is told and reto… Daisy Ahlstone needs your support for The Thyla-Zine: a zine of Thylacines, legend, and folklore
gofund.me
November 25, 2024 at 3:24 AM
Bestie @thylacinedreamer.bsky.social is doing a thing, so go support them. gofund.me/ff0871ad
Clueless meets the brilliance of bestie Veronica.
Ugh As If!
Ugh As If! uncovers the complex layers beneath the glossy surface of the 1995 classic film Clueless. Litt investigates not just the Austen satire b...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 24, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Clueless meets the brilliance of bestie Veronica.
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Today is a great day to start or get back into 99% Invisible. It's a show about the objects and systems we design and what these things say about us and our values.
Start with any episode! Jump around! Pick one about something you're into. Find one about something you're not
99percentinvisible.org
Start with any episode! Jump around! Pick one about something you're into. Find one about something you're not
99percentinvisible.org
99% Invisible
99% Invisible with Roman Mars is a tiny radio show about design, architecture & the ninety-nine percent invisible activity that shapes our world.
99percentinvisible.org
November 23, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Today is a great day to start or get back into 99% Invisible. It's a show about the objects and systems we design and what these things say about us and our values.
Start with any episode! Jump around! Pick one about something you're into. Find one about something you're not
99percentinvisible.org
Start with any episode! Jump around! Pick one about something you're into. Find one about something you're not
99percentinvisible.org
Since I have a whole lotta people following (more than I warrant, surely), they shall be rewarded with a picture of this cool… cactus?
November 22, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Since I have a whole lotta people following (more than I warrant, surely), they shall be rewarded with a picture of this cool… cactus?
CFP now open for this lonely online conference; I’m giving a keynote type thing, so yay!
2025 Humor Research Conference - East Texas A&M University
inside.tamuc.edu
November 21, 2024 at 6:12 PM
CFP now open for this lonely online conference; I’m giving a keynote type thing, so yay!
A vast improvement could be had in the world if every busker, girl singer, and bar band everywhere added “(Billy) Don’t Lose My Number” to their active repertoire.
November 20, 2024 at 12:56 AM
A vast improvement could be had in the world if every busker, girl singer, and bar band everywhere added “(Billy) Don’t Lose My Number” to their active repertoire.
Since we’re here, a reminder about our panel at SIEF in Aberdeen (building off our AFS session in Albuquerque).
Body02: Finding Joy: The Affective Dimensions of Folklore
In this panel and roundtable, we attempt to unwrite the disciplinary hesitation to engage with the affective dimensions of folklore, vernacular tradition and creativity, a hesitation that leaves a gap...
nomadit.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Since we’re here, a reminder about our panel at SIEF in Aberdeen (building off our AFS session in Albuquerque).
I feel that, had it been more successful, Frankenstein would have been totally cool with the eponym: you never hear “Actually, Ford was the engineer: you mean a Ford motorcar,” or “Sandwich was the creator: you mean Sandwich’s foodheap.”
November 17, 2024 at 5:58 PM
I feel that, had it been more successful, Frankenstein would have been totally cool with the eponym: you never hear “Actually, Ford was the engineer: you mean a Ford motorcar,” or “Sandwich was the creator: you mean Sandwich’s foodheap.”
To tie myself to the news of @theonion.com buying Infowars, some transparent self-promotion.
doi.org/10.5406/jame...
#askafolklorist
doi.org/10.5406/jame...
#askafolklorist
Pretend News, False News, Fake News: The Onion as Put-On, Prank, and Legend
Abstract. The Onion parodies the rhetorical strategies of local, national, and tabloid newspapers. As its mediation shifted from newsprint to website and ultimately to social media, the cues suggestin...
doi.org
November 16, 2024 at 1:30 AM
To tie myself to the news of @theonion.com buying Infowars, some transparent self-promotion.
doi.org/10.5406/jame...
#askafolklorist
doi.org/10.5406/jame...
#askafolklorist
This thing has real MeWe energy. But I’m here.
November 13, 2024 at 11:58 PM
This thing has real MeWe energy. But I’m here.