Laura Kremmel
@lkremmel.bsky.social
Assistant Professor: Gothic/Horror, 18th/19th C Brit Lit, Health Humanities, History of Medicine, Death Studies, Disability Studies | Amateur Artist and cemetery enthusiast
Romantic Medicine and the Gothic Imagination: Morbid Anatomies (2022)
Romantic Medicine and the Gothic Imagination: Morbid Anatomies (2022)
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Laura Kremmel
@lkremmel.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hello, new friends! I'm a teacher of gothic lit, 18th/19th-c Brit lit, health humanities, and generally weird, upsetting, important stuff. Working on the gothic & dementia at the moment. Newly moved to WNY and frequent UK visitor. There will be horror movie, cemetery, academic, and art content here.
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Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
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Mark my words, teaching will be next.
The regime is targeting loans for traditionally female occupations.
The regime is targeting loans for traditionally female occupations.
I realized it was only a matter of time for other professions once I heard the professional, moral, intellectual & ethical requirements to be POTUS were completely eliminated. 🤷🏻♀️
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Mark my words, teaching will be next.
The regime is targeting loans for traditionally female occupations.
The regime is targeting loans for traditionally female occupations.
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Friends, send me your favorite
anti-AI memes! I'm starting a collection to use for next semester.
anti-AI memes! I'm starting a collection to use for next semester.
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Friends, send me your favorite
anti-AI memes! I'm starting a collection to use for next semester.
anti-AI memes! I'm starting a collection to use for next semester.
Friends, send me your favorite
anti-AI memes! I'm starting a collection to use for next semester.
anti-AI memes! I'm starting a collection to use for next semester.
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Friends, send me your favorite
anti-AI memes! I'm starting a collection to use for next semester.
anti-AI memes! I'm starting a collection to use for next semester.
Jesus christ
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Jesus christ
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In memory of Alice Wong, the 10 Principles of Disability Justice. May she rest in power
sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...
sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...
10 Principles of Disability Justice | Sins Invalid
sinsinvalid.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In memory of Alice Wong, the 10 Principles of Disability Justice. May she rest in power
sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...
sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...
Sad to learn of the passing of Alice Wong this morning.
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Sad to learn of the passing of Alice Wong this morning.
Not even a contest.
You can only pick one. I’m sorry.
Jane Austen or Mary Shelley
Jane Austen or Mary Shelley
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Not even a contest.
The moral high ground means nothing if you don't have the conviction to stand up for it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
The moral high ground means nothing if you don't have the conviction to stand up for it.
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
Call your Dem reps!!! Tell them to hold the line... or all this misery has been for nothing, and it's about to get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Call your Dem reps!!! Tell them to hold the line... or all this misery has been for nothing, and it's about to get worse.
Good time to make some calls! I use the 5 Calls app. There's already a script up for this!
🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Good time to make some calls! I use the 5 Calls app. There's already a script up for this!
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It's hard not to conclude the only reason they want people to have more children is to put them to work in the mines or at some current iteration of an Epstein island. Children as servants, tools, objects. Grotesque.
November 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It's hard not to conclude the only reason they want people to have more children is to put them to work in the mines or at some current iteration of an Epstein island. Children as servants, tools, objects. Grotesque.
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An extension: Poor health makes people more likely to vote far right or drop out of politics. Why? Because prolonged exposure to the healthcare system, social care, HR, would make almost anybody distrustful and resentful. Health-> healthcare -> distrust -> anger expressed in politics
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
An extension: Poor health makes people more likely to vote far right or drop out of politics. Why? Because prolonged exposure to the healthcare system, social care, HR, would make almost anybody distrustful and resentful. Health-> healthcare -> distrust -> anger expressed in politics
THIS! I've told my students this: AI wants to convince you that you can't write. I want to convince you that you CAN!
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
THIS! I've told my students this: AI wants to convince you that you can't write. I want to convince you that you CAN!
I've been avoiding reading too much until I can see it... but this is the sense I get as well. The book is amazing, people, please read it!
I think what we’re learning from the new Frankenstein is that almost no one responsible for writing about the new Frankenstein has ever read Frankenstein.
November 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I've been avoiding reading too much until I can see it... but this is the sense I get as well. The book is amazing, people, please read it!
Read this and tell me this company should still be allowed to exist. Though, if the monumental damage done by data centers isn't enough to convince you to write your own damn emails, I don't know if anything will.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Read this and tell me this company should still be allowed to exist. Though, if the monumental damage done by data centers isn't enough to convince you to write your own damn emails, I don't know if anything will.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
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The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
Yessss!!! Tears of joy! Gotta find hope somewhere since my own local community is conservative and disappointing af.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Yessss!!! Tears of joy! Gotta find hope somewhere since my own local community is conservative and disappointing af.
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Remember, remember, the fifth of November... four historians consider the extraordinary longevity of the #BonfireNight celebration and the memory of Guy Fawkes.
🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/head...
🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/head...
Why Has the Gunpowder Plot Been Remembered for Centuries?
www.historytoday.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Remember, remember, the fifth of November... four historians consider the extraordinary longevity of the #BonfireNight celebration and the memory of Guy Fawkes.
🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/head...
🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/head...
Our university is now trying to trap us with "phishing test" emails and punishing us with various lengths of training. As if we don't have enough unnecessary work stress.
Fine, then I just won't open any emails. 😤
Fine, then I just won't open any emails. 😤
November 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Our university is now trying to trap us with "phishing test" emails and punishing us with various lengths of training. As if we don't have enough unnecessary work stress.
Fine, then I just won't open any emails. 😤
Fine, then I just won't open any emails. 😤
New center for horror studies at Pitt... and yet they're never hiring in this area. I would love to go home.
The surprising link between Mr. Rogers and horror
https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/10/pitt-horror-studies-center-pittsburgh-university-george-romero-pennsylvania-local/
https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/10/pitt-horror-studies-center-pittsburgh-university-george-romero-pennsylvania-local/
What do Mr. Rogers and George A. Romero have in common? The answer might shock you.
The University of Pittsburgh's new Horror Studies Center is home to a global research network dedicated to the genre, which has deep Pennsylvania ties.
www.spotlightpa.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
New center for horror studies at Pitt... and yet they're never hiring in this area. I would love to go home.