Gothic Auntie
@gothicauntie.bsky.social
Gothic literature, history, and folklore. Blog, podcast etc can be found here https://linktr.ee/gothicauntie
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Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.
Here’s how to use them:
Here’s how to use them:
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.
Here’s how to use them:
Here’s how to use them:
I had a surprising amount of fun putting this list together, maybe because I wasn't writing an affiliate list like I used to for work. #stockingstuffers #gothicliterature #christmas
Gothic Heroine Lifestyle: Stocking Stuffers for your Gothic Heroine
Sourced from Canva There’s little a certain sort of reader likes more than feeling like they’ve been drawn into their favourite genre, and Christmas is an ideal time to get them some little ni…
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November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I had a surprising amount of fun putting this list together, maybe because I wasn't writing an affiliate list like I used to for work. #stockingstuffers #gothicliterature #christmas
Tea and coffee pairings to try and encourage people to read one of my favourite novels #gothiclit #darkacademia #tea
Tea for Too Many; Drink Pairings for “The Moth Diaries” and it’s Leads
Teenagers make ideal gothic protagonists. The intense emotions and confusing desires of adolescence align so well with the genres’ themes that the narrative practically drives itself, something Rac…
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September 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Tea and coffee pairings to try and encourage people to read one of my favourite novels #gothiclit #darkacademia #tea
Some more Mirror of the Graces. Reading this has been an experience.
Extracts from “The Mirror of the Graces” Very Much With Commentary
I’ve been doing research into what the daily lives of historic gothic heroines might have looked like in those rare periods of stability when they weren’t running from castles or finding extra wive…
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August 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Some more Mirror of the Graces. Reading this has been an experience.
I had to read The Mirror of the Graces so I'm inflicting parts of it on you #history #regency #women'shistory
Extracts from “The Mirror of the Graces” Very Much With Commentary
I’ve been doing research into what the daily lives of historic gothic heroines might have looked like in those rare periods of stability when they weren’t running from castles or finding extra wive…
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July 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I had to read The Mirror of the Graces so I'm inflicting parts of it on you #history #regency #women'shistory
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June 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I made a gothic literature playlist, inspired by how well the lyrics of Can't Catch Me Now fit within the genre. gothicauntie.com/2025/06/10/a...
A Gothic Literature Playlist
Glastonbury Abbey I was listening to Can’t Catch Me Now from the newest Hunger Games movie and was struck by how gothic it is. Not in the musical sense, though it’s resemblance …
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June 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I made a gothic literature playlist, inspired by how well the lyrics of Can't Catch Me Now fit within the genre. gothicauntie.com/2025/06/10/a...
I wrote a little guide on jumping in points for classic gothic literature gothicauntie.com/2025/03/17/w... #gothiclit #gothicliterature #horror #gothichorror #gothicromance #booksky
Where to Start With Classic Gothic Novels
Gothic literature has a timeless appeal. As long as people are horrible to each other in grand, sweeping ways, as long as there are unbalanced power dynamics and people willing to exploit them, as …
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March 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I wrote a little guide on jumping in points for classic gothic literature gothicauntie.com/2025/03/17/w... #gothiclit #gothicliterature #horror #gothichorror #gothicromance #booksky
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Spotted in San Francisco
March 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Spotted in San Francisco
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What's Re: Carmilla? It's a full cast full sound designed full scored adaptation of the novella by J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Not familiar with the story? I'll sell you with a few words: Lesbian Vampire, Gothic Isolation Horror, Méabh de Brún as Carmilla.
February 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
What's Re: Carmilla? It's a full cast full sound designed full scored adaptation of the novella by J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Not familiar with the story? I'll sell you with a few words: Lesbian Vampire, Gothic Isolation Horror, Méabh de Brún as Carmilla.
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There are approximately 6,000 unionized workers at Columbia, including 3,000 grad/undergrad student workers. The university’s repression of anti-genocide protests has directly led to the Trump regime’s seizure of Mahmoud Khalil.
It cannot be business as usual.
It’s time to strike.
It cannot be business as usual.
It’s time to strike.
March 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
There are approximately 6,000 unionized workers at Columbia, including 3,000 grad/undergrad student workers. The university’s repression of anti-genocide protests has directly led to the Trump regime’s seizure of Mahmoud Khalil.
It cannot be business as usual.
It’s time to strike.
It cannot be business as usual.
It’s time to strike.
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News everyday here is like
- Trump fires everyone who was hired, hires everyone who was fired
- Plane carrying bird flu crashes into measles factory, creating rare superbug, Flusles
- DOGE eliminates workers that run the facility that imprisons the Deep Gods
- Your mother has been detained by ICE
- Trump fires everyone who was hired, hires everyone who was fired
- Plane carrying bird flu crashes into measles factory, creating rare superbug, Flusles
- DOGE eliminates workers that run the facility that imprisons the Deep Gods
- Your mother has been detained by ICE
March 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
News everyday here is like
- Trump fires everyone who was hired, hires everyone who was fired
- Plane carrying bird flu crashes into measles factory, creating rare superbug, Flusles
- DOGE eliminates workers that run the facility that imprisons the Deep Gods
- Your mother has been detained by ICE
- Trump fires everyone who was hired, hires everyone who was fired
- Plane carrying bird flu crashes into measles factory, creating rare superbug, Flusles
- DOGE eliminates workers that run the facility that imprisons the Deep Gods
- Your mother has been detained by ICE
I love doing these tea pairings (this is a member only story, so if you don't have that you can read it for free at the link in my next post). #gothiclit #booksky #tea
Tea Pairings for Gothic Novels; the Horror Classics, Part 1
I’m back, with more tea pairings for gothic novels. This time I’ve collected together some of the horror classics where, though the…
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March 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I love doing these tea pairings (this is a member only story, so if you don't have that you can read it for free at the link in my next post). #gothiclit #booksky #tea
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Welcome to the public domain, TOAD OF TOAD HALL (1929) by A. A. Milne. The author of WINNIE-THE-POOH brought Toad from Kenneth Graham's THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS to the stage. 🐸🎭🚗
Learn more. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025
#InternetArchive #PublicDomain
Learn more. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025
#InternetArchive #PublicDomain
February 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Welcome to the public domain, TOAD OF TOAD HALL (1929) by A. A. Milne. The author of WINNIE-THE-POOH brought Toad from Kenneth Graham's THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS to the stage. 🐸🎭🚗
Learn more. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025
#InternetArchive #PublicDomain
Learn more. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025
#InternetArchive #PublicDomain
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Today is Victor Hugo’s birthday! 🎂 His 1831 novel THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME helped spark efforts to preserve Paris’s iconic cathedral.
Illustrated edition ➡️ https://archive.org/details/cu31924008126900/
#VictorHugo #PublicDomain #InternetArchive #LetReadersRead #NotreDame #literature
Illustrated edition ➡️ https://archive.org/details/cu31924008126900/
#VictorHugo #PublicDomain #InternetArchive #LetReadersRead #NotreDame #literature
February 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today is Victor Hugo’s birthday! 🎂 His 1831 novel THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME helped spark efforts to preserve Paris’s iconic cathedral.
Illustrated edition ➡️ https://archive.org/details/cu31924008126900/
#VictorHugo #PublicDomain #InternetArchive #LetReadersRead #NotreDame #literature
Illustrated edition ➡️ https://archive.org/details/cu31924008126900/
#VictorHugo #PublicDomain #InternetArchive #LetReadersRead #NotreDame #literature
A long journey from gothic literature to child friendly horror. #booksky #gothicliterature
The Grim Origins of The Girl With the Grim Ribbon
You’ve likely come across the story of the girl whose head is held on with a ribbon at some point in your journey as a horror fan, but what…
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February 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A long journey from gothic literature to child friendly horror. #booksky #gothicliterature
If you're looking for something romantic yet frightening to read over Valentine's Day I have a list of suggestions right here. The best part is that, because they're all out of copyright classics, finding a free copy online is as easy as googling the title medium.com/p/0202d1399cd5
#booksky
#booksky
The Best Early Gothic Novels for Valentine’s Day
Romance and horror have been tied together since Horace Walpole wrote The Castle of Otranto and launched the gothic genre, permanently…
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February 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If you're looking for something romantic yet frightening to read over Valentine's Day I have a list of suggestions right here. The best part is that, because they're all out of copyright classics, finding a free copy online is as easy as googling the title medium.com/p/0202d1399cd5
#booksky
#booksky
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For most of history, people didn’t read books, they listened to them. Audiobooks are not a shortcut, they’re a return to our roots. 📖 #BookSky
February 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
For most of history, people didn’t read books, they listened to them. Audiobooks are not a shortcut, they’re a return to our roots. 📖 #BookSky
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February 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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