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Dr. Chris White Writes
@chriswhitewrites.bsky.social
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PhD in Medieval Weirdness - ghosts, werewolves (and werecats!), things that go bump in the night.

Tokyo raised. Husband, father. Certified human. Terrible at origami.
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Excerpt from a paper in currently finishing up:
Black text on a white background, reading: Today, the best-known example of human animal transformation is the werewolf. The symbolic meaning of the werewolf in modern Western culture can vary - but they are primary used to summon three emotional reactions, all beginning with F: fright, as in horror movies; fun, as in Teen Wolf(1985); or reproduction| as is the trend in contemporary "romantasy" novels.
September 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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I will be speaking (online) at @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social, on the 5th/6th of June, talking about two "Ethiopian" demons in Orderic Vitalis's Historia ecclesiastica:
A poster advertising my talk on Ethiopian demons, "Black Skin, Black Sin"
May 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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April 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Time to pack up and quit offering student surveys everyone, I win:
A screenshot of anonymised student feedback, which reads "He studies werewolves and is cool"
December 3, 2024 at 12:15 AM
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Tough day today:
A photo of Kirra beach, clear blue skies and golden sands, with the surf breaking
September 27, 2023 at 7:41 AM
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First snake of the season, the day after spring equinox (would love to know the Jagera word for both the green tree snake - bulla means snake in general - and the season)
September 23, 2023 at 10:52 PM