Jill Galvan
@jillgal.bsky.social
Lit (& other fiction) scholar; writer; teacher; person. Local AAUP board, active for higher ed. Research: media, emotions, marriage, horror.
Still looking at you.
March 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Still looking at you.
Just a girl and her football.
March 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Just a girl and her football.
Taking a break from the chaos to recommend this character-driven mystery. It's a slow burn and one of the best of its type I've read in a long time. Can't believe it's Walsh's first novel.
February 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Taking a break from the chaos to recommend this character-driven mystery. It's a slow burn and one of the best of its type I've read in a long time. Can't believe it's Walsh's first novel.
If you're caught up on AITA, have you tried Glitch in the Matrix?
January 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If you're caught up on AITA, have you tried Glitch in the Matrix?
November 28, 2024 at 5:27 PM
I keep thinking about Dylan's avocado entremets on GBBO.
November 26, 2024 at 1:36 AM
I keep thinking about Dylan's avocado entremets on GBBO.
and, a few weeks ago, the atavism of Jekyll and Hyde:
November 22, 2024 at 5:22 PM
and, a few weeks ago, the atavism of Jekyll and Hyde:
because I just taught Mexican Gothic (Agnes, Howard Doyle, and the GLOOM!)
November 22, 2024 at 5:22 PM
because I just taught Mexican Gothic (Agnes, Howard Doyle, and the GLOOM!)
or the original Alien:
November 22, 2024 at 5:22 PM
or the original Alien:
this is a gross one....
horror/gothic folks, I'm thinking about Kelly Hurley's concept of the abhuman, which seems to go by the name of "body horror" today
like in "The Substance":
horror/gothic folks, I'm thinking about Kelly Hurley's concept of the abhuman, which seems to go by the name of "body horror" today
like in "The Substance":
November 22, 2024 at 5:22 PM
this is a gross one....
horror/gothic folks, I'm thinking about Kelly Hurley's concept of the abhuman, which seems to go by the name of "body horror" today
like in "The Substance":
horror/gothic folks, I'm thinking about Kelly Hurley's concept of the abhuman, which seems to go by the name of "body horror" today
like in "The Substance":
final girl energy this Halloween
October 30, 2024 at 4:51 PM
final girl energy this Halloween
Great piece. Students are not buying the anti-"woke," anti-DEI discourse that red-state legislators are trying to sell the public. Instead, they're far more concerned about how these states are relaxing gun-control laws.
March 28, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Great piece. Students are not buying the anti-"woke," anti-DEI discourse that red-state legislators are trying to sell the public. Instead, they're far more concerned about how these states are relaxing gun-control laws.
As well as the part where the an influential Harvard alum who egged on her congressional persecution literally said: her presidency attests to the fact that DEI elevates the unworthy.
January 4, 2024 at 5:30 PM
As well as the part where the an influential Harvard alum who egged on her congressional persecution literally said: her presidency attests to the fact that DEI elevates the unworthy.
Subject of my last manuscript chapter, Killer of Sheep. This brilliant film is everything and has been like a godsend to me for this project.
December 11, 2023 at 3:04 PM
Subject of my last manuscript chapter, Killer of Sheep. This brilliant film is everything and has been like a godsend to me for this project.
Finished the penultimate episode. Gutted and confused in the best way.
December 9, 2023 at 6:20 PM
Finished the penultimate episode. Gutted and confused in the best way.
October 13, 2023 at 4:49 PM
Something I think about like every other week is when Homer Simpson is about to lose his job and Lisa tries to help the family by squeezing all the soap pieces together.
September 20, 2023 at 4:43 PM
Something I think about like every other week is when Homer Simpson is about to lose his job and Lisa tries to help the family by squeezing all the soap pieces together.
From Rebecca Makkai's great I Have Some Questions for You. A snippet that does and doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the novel. (This sent me down a rabbit hole about Rita Hayworth when I read it this summer.)
September 10, 2023 at 4:29 PM
From Rebecca Makkai's great I Have Some Questions for You. A snippet that does and doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the novel. (This sent me down a rabbit hole about Rita Hayworth when I read it this summer.)
Hard day yesterday. Consuming vast quantities of this fabulous show, Starstruck, got me through.
August 23, 2023 at 4:42 PM
Hard day yesterday. Consuming vast quantities of this fabulous show, Starstruck, got me through.
David Brooks is now an expert on marriage, an expert on work, and a literary critic.
August 18, 2023 at 4:07 PM
David Brooks is now an expert on marriage, an expert on work, and a literary critic.