Zoë Eckman
@hedgerows.bsky.social
Media-loving blatherskite. Ex-Duke PhD of 18th-c lit & film. Likes: searching for ecstatic truth, making strangers laugh, rambling about.
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Zoë Eckman
@hedgerows.bsky.social
· Mar 1
MY BOOK IS ON SALE TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pre-order link and book tour dates here: maryaegates.com/cinemaherway/
A little bit about the book's journey: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/cinema-her...
pre-order link and book tour dates here: maryaegates.com/cinemaherway/
A little bit about the book's journey: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/cinema-her...
In these dark times, at least there is some glint in the power and hope provided by feminist art. I first “met” Marya more than a decade ago on Tumblr, & was so inspired by her. Now her project is physically present & you need to buy it &, if possible, see her speak about it/its progress. FIGHT ON.
In these dark times, at least there is some glint in the power and hope provided by feminist art. I first “met” Marya more than a decade ago on Tumblr, & was so inspired by her. Now her project is physically present & you need to buy it &, if possible, see her speak about it/its progress. FIGHT ON.
MY BOOK IS ON SALE TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pre-order link and book tour dates here: maryaegates.com/cinemaherway/
A little bit about the book's journey: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/cinema-her...
pre-order link and book tour dates here: maryaegates.com/cinemaherway/
A little bit about the book's journey: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/cinema-her...
March 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
In these dark times, at least there is some glint in the power and hope provided by feminist art. I first “met” Marya more than a decade ago on Tumblr, & was so inspired by her. Now her project is physically present & you need to buy it &, if possible, see her speak about it/its progress. FIGHT ON.
I was about to “bird” a link (what’s this site’s version of “tweet”?) to a non-copyrighted version of a film starring the greatest jazz songs and dance sequences of all time, then realized that’d probably still could contribute to get it taken down because of the power of platform holders. Ugh.
February 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I was about to “bird” a link (what’s this site’s version of “tweet”?) to a non-copyrighted version of a film starring the greatest jazz songs and dance sequences of all time, then realized that’d probably still could contribute to get it taken down because of the power of platform holders. Ugh.
Using social media to promote my beliefs:
February 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Using social media to promote my beliefs:
Oh great, and now I’ve caught the flu. At least it’s not Covid, I guess! *facepalm*
February 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Oh great, and now I’ve caught the flu. At least it’s not Covid, I guess! *facepalm*
From the Reddit threads I’ve been reading, it looks like I’m fucked because interviews were not a thing when I got into my program (12 years ago, DM me if you’re thinking about Duke… I’ll give you all the tea).
February 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
From the Reddit threads I’ve been reading, it looks like I’m fucked because interviews were not a thing when I got into my program (12 years ago, DM me if you’re thinking about Duke… I’ll give you all the tea).
Received my U Chicago application rejection while I was on the L to a seminar downtown on 18th-century literature. Gee wiz, it’d hurt if it wasn’t objectively hilarious.
January 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Received my U Chicago application rejection while I was on the L to a seminar downtown on 18th-century literature. Gee wiz, it’d hurt if it wasn’t objectively hilarious.
Long live the New California Republic!
Must be a day ending in y. California's tired of being here again.
January 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Long live the New California Republic!
Reposted by Zoë Eckman
Basically, the country’s been taken over by a bunch of internet trolls and podcasters who thought running the government would be as easy as complaining about it.
January 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Basically, the country’s been taken over by a bunch of internet trolls and podcasters who thought running the government would be as easy as complaining about it.
Lol to this flashback from five years ago, and, hello properly, Bluesky (thank you for being better):
January 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Lol to this flashback from five years ago, and, hello properly, Bluesky (thank you for being better):
Met a random person from Côte d’Ivoire today when I went to buy groceries, and, when I said I’d studied French for 7 years, we switched to speaking in that language. Which means I’m now restarting my Duolingo lessons because, damn, I’ve forgotten so much…!
January 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Met a random person from Côte d’Ivoire today when I went to buy groceries, and, when I said I’d studied French for 7 years, we switched to speaking in that language. Which means I’m now restarting my Duolingo lessons because, damn, I’ve forgotten so much…!
Happy Valentine’s Day to me, I guess!
January 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day to me, I guess!
Met some recent Duke undergrads at the coffee shop who’d just moved to Chicago because they saw the WXDU sticker on my laptop and asked if I was from Durham. So I gave them the lowdown on cool places in the city to watch music for free!
January 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Met some recent Duke undergrads at the coffee shop who’d just moved to Chicago because they saw the WXDU sticker on my laptop and asked if I was from Durham. So I gave them the lowdown on cool places in the city to watch music for free!
The few friends I have in town aren’t answering my texts, so what am I doing for NYE? I’m watching as many Coen Brothers movies as I can before they expire from @criterion streaming at midnight! Whooo!
a man wearing glasses is dancing in a crowded room with a sign that says ' hearts ' on it .
ALT: a man wearing glasses is dancing in a crowded room with a sign that says ' hearts ' on it .
media.tenor.com
December 31, 2024 at 4:34 PM
The few friends I have in town aren’t answering my texts, so what am I doing for NYE? I’m watching as many Coen Brothers movies as I can before they expire from @criterion streaming at midnight! Whooo!
The holidays/me gifting myself a Criterion subscription (aka playing the 24/7 in the background as I sleep and waking up to discover something brilliant at 3am I can’t pull myself away from (yesterday was THE LOVE DEVIL)), means my body’s clock is so confused now I’m making my Spam Alfredo at 5am. 🤦🏼♀️
December 28, 2024 at 11:25 AM
The holidays/me gifting myself a Criterion subscription (aka playing the 24/7 in the background as I sleep and waking up to discover something brilliant at 3am I can’t pull myself away from (yesterday was THE LOVE DEVIL)), means my body’s clock is so confused now I’m making my Spam Alfredo at 5am. 🤦🏼♀️
“What is there to fight for? Everything! Life itself, isn't that enough? To be lived, suffered, enjoyed! What is there to fight for? Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish.” If you’ve never seen Chaplin’s 1952 film LIMELIGHT, give yourself a gift and watch it now.
December 24, 2024 at 7:12 PM
“What is there to fight for? Everything! Life itself, isn't that enough? To be lived, suffered, enjoyed! What is there to fight for? Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish.” If you’ve never seen Chaplin’s 1952 film LIMELIGHT, give yourself a gift and watch it now.
First selfie with my new baby girl was a success. I’ll believe in love at first sight forever now.
December 20, 2024 at 8:44 PM
First selfie with my new baby girl was a success. I’ll believe in love at first sight forever now.
The CTA is making me late to another event even though I set out 30 minutes early because I’ve become the kind of person who HATES being late. So the troll on the Red Line who called me a “ho” almost got a lecture about the history of prostitution, but I managed to stop myself.
December 7, 2024 at 9:16 PM
The CTA is making me late to another event even though I set out 30 minutes early because I’ve become the kind of person who HATES being late. So the troll on the Red Line who called me a “ho” almost got a lecture about the history of prostitution, but I managed to stop myself.
OH HOLY SHIT. I switched my “background sleeping show” to STAR TREK: TNG and just woke up to the argument between Data/Lor (S01E12) which is the EXACT SAME ARGUMENT we’re currently seeing about AI-involvement in writing. This episode came out 3 WEEKS AFTER I WAS BORN & is on our side.
December 4, 2024 at 1:19 PM
OH HOLY SHIT. I switched my “background sleeping show” to STAR TREK: TNG and just woke up to the argument between Data/Lor (S01E12) which is the EXACT SAME ARGUMENT we’re currently seeing about AI-involvement in writing. This episode came out 3 WEEKS AFTER I WAS BORN & is on our side.
I love when I think I’m good, then I see something I’ve never heard of on one of my SM timelines like this, that makes me know the media obsession with Austen needs to be mediated (pun intended):
November 25, 2024 at 1:17 AM
I love when I think I’m good, then I see something I’ve never heard of on one of my SM timelines like this, that makes me know the media obsession with Austen needs to be mediated (pun intended):
God, the application process today is a misery. It’s re-entering the same information over and over in slightly different ways for no explicable reason. (Unless it’s to prove applicants aren’t bots?) And I’m going to pay $ hundreds $ for the opportunity. That money should go towards site redesigns.
November 24, 2024 at 1:06 AM
God, the application process today is a misery. It’s re-entering the same information over and over in slightly different ways for no explicable reason. (Unless it’s to prove applicants aren’t bots?) And I’m going to pay $ hundreds $ for the opportunity. That money should go towards site redesigns.
Reposted by Zoë Eckman
Some of you need this look tonight.
November 24, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Some of you need this look tonight.
Dear Application Committee,
I’m applying to your PhD program in order to be able to afford the ad-free version of streaming services so I won’t be awoken at 1am by obnoxiously loud ads for Bob’s Discount Furniture stores when I’m playing TWILIGHT ZONE in the background while sleeping.
Sincerely,
Zoë
I’m applying to your PhD program in order to be able to afford the ad-free version of streaming services so I won’t be awoken at 1am by obnoxiously loud ads for Bob’s Discount Furniture stores when I’m playing TWILIGHT ZONE in the background while sleeping.
Sincerely,
Zoë
November 23, 2024 at 6:53 AM
Dear Application Committee,
I’m applying to your PhD program in order to be able to afford the ad-free version of streaming services so I won’t be awoken at 1am by obnoxiously loud ads for Bob’s Discount Furniture stores when I’m playing TWILIGHT ZONE in the background while sleeping.
Sincerely,
Zoë
I’m applying to your PhD program in order to be able to afford the ad-free version of streaming services so I won’t be awoken at 1am by obnoxiously loud ads for Bob’s Discount Furniture stores when I’m playing TWILIGHT ZONE in the background while sleeping.
Sincerely,
Zoë
Reposted by Zoë Eckman
I'm not saying you SHOULD do this -- merely that, if you do a search-and-replace on a collection of Greek mythology and accidentally turn every occurrence of "Furies" into "furries," the past gets a lot more interesting.
November 23, 2024 at 3:30 AM
I'm not saying you SHOULD do this -- merely that, if you do a search-and-replace on a collection of Greek mythology and accidentally turn every occurrence of "Furies" into "furries," the past gets a lot more interesting.
In the “writing sample draft” I’ve sent to people, I’d had my title as “SOMETHING KIND OF WITTY.” And I’ve just thought of the greatest quote to use… Simon to Daphne (but also me to my audience): “This may hurt a bit.”
November 23, 2024 at 12:16 AM
In the “writing sample draft” I’ve sent to people, I’d had my title as “SOMETHING KIND OF WITTY.” And I’ve just thought of the greatest quote to use… Simon to Daphne (but also me to my audience): “This may hurt a bit.”