Stephanie A. Graves
@stephgraves.bsky.social
Professor, reader, horror nerd, trash goblin. I study intersections of rhetoric and horror, queer rhetorics, & the Gothic / Southern Gothic, film, & TV.
www.stephgraves.net
#academia #rhetoric #horror #gothic #mutantfam
www.stephgraves.net
#academia #rhetoric #horror #gothic #mutantfam
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
I’m loving the format of this week’s #TheLastDriveIn (which, as an academic, tracks). I’m especially loving @donnerpartyofone.bsky.social from @miskatonicihs.bsky.social and her insightful points about Argento & Giallo. #MutantFam @therealjoebob123.bsky.social @darcythemailgirl.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I’m loving the format of this week’s #TheLastDriveIn (which, as an academic, tracks). I’m especially loving @donnerpartyofone.bsky.social from @miskatonicihs.bsky.social and her insightful points about Argento & Giallo. #MutantFam @therealjoebob123.bsky.social @darcythemailgirl.bsky.social
It’s been an incredible weekend at @pcasacas.bsky.social and #pcasacas25. These are the loveliest humans, and I really do love how supportive and friendly and excited these scholars are. As usual, I will leave with my heart full and my head buzzing with all kinds of new ideas and new media to watch!
October 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It’s been an incredible weekend at @pcasacas.bsky.social and #pcasacas25. These are the loveliest humans, and I really do love how supportive and friendly and excited these scholars are. As usual, I will leave with my heart full and my head buzzing with all kinds of new ideas and new media to watch!
So excited that @pcasacas.bsky.social #pcasacas25 starts today!!!
October 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
So excited that @pcasacas.bsky.social #pcasacas25 starts today!!!
#PCASACAS25 starts today in Huntsville—I’m so fond of this conference. It was the first conference I ever presented at, and it’s peopled with the loveliest humans, and it always feels like a homecoming. ❤️
October 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#PCASACAS25 starts today in Huntsville—I’m so fond of this conference. It was the first conference I ever presented at, and it’s peopled with the loveliest humans, and it always feels like a homecoming. ❤️
It’s been so long since I’ve wanted to watch a Blumhouse movie because they tell you the entire fucking story in the trailer. GET BETTER TRAILER EDITORS. #horror #blumhouse
June 27, 2025 at 5:10 AM
It’s been so long since I’ve wanted to watch a Blumhouse movie because they tell you the entire fucking story in the trailer. GET BETTER TRAILER EDITORS. #horror #blumhouse
It’s not too late! Even though the deadline has technically passed, if you have some #SouthernGothic research you’d like to share at PCAS/ACAS 2025, we’d still be happy to see your proposal!
#gothic #cfp #pcasacas #academia
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#gothic #cfp #pcasacas #academia
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June 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
It’s not too late! Even though the deadline has technically passed, if you have some #SouthernGothic research you’d like to share at PCAS/ACAS 2025, we’d still be happy to see your proposal!
#gothic #cfp #pcasacas #academia
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#gothic #cfp #pcasacas #academia
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Who’s ready for Friday!!
We’ve got TWO guest hosts takin’ over the socials! Chris/ @filmagestudios.bsky.social is handling things here on the bird, and Jeff/ @jeffwhitmire.bsky.social has us covered on X!
#MutantFam #TheLastDriveIn
We’ve got TWO guest hosts takin’ over the socials! Chris/ @filmagestudios.bsky.social is handling things here on the bird, and Jeff/ @jeffwhitmire.bsky.social has us covered on X!
#MutantFam #TheLastDriveIn
June 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Who’s ready for Friday!!
We’ve got TWO guest hosts takin’ over the socials! Chris/ @filmagestudios.bsky.social is handling things here on the bird, and Jeff/ @jeffwhitmire.bsky.social has us covered on X!
#MutantFam #TheLastDriveIn
We’ve got TWO guest hosts takin’ over the socials! Chris/ @filmagestudios.bsky.social is handling things here on the bird, and Jeff/ @jeffwhitmire.bsky.social has us covered on X!
#MutantFam #TheLastDriveIn
A little over a week left to submit proposals for papers, panels, and roundtables for the #southerngothic area at @pcasacas 2025 in Huntsville! We want to hear all about your research on the Southern Gothic (broadly interpreted)!
Propose now—& please share!
#cfp #pcasacas25
Propose now—& please share!
#cfp #pcasacas25
June 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A little over a week left to submit proposals for papers, panels, and roundtables for the #southerngothic area at @pcasacas 2025 in Huntsville! We want to hear all about your research on the Southern Gothic (broadly interpreted)!
Propose now—& please share!
#cfp #pcasacas25
Propose now—& please share!
#cfp #pcasacas25
Just a reminder to the universe—and more specifically to all you #gothic scholars out there—that the deadline to submit for the #SouthernGothic area at PCAS / ACAS is June 15. We’d love to hear your work on film, literature, TV, music, & more!
Full #CFP at pcasacasconference.org/wp-content/u...
Full #CFP at pcasacasconference.org/wp-content/u...
May 29, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Just a reminder to the universe—and more specifically to all you #gothic scholars out there—that the deadline to submit for the #SouthernGothic area at PCAS / ACAS is June 15. We’d love to hear your work on film, literature, TV, music, & more!
Full #CFP at pcasacasconference.org/wp-content/u...
Full #CFP at pcasacasconference.org/wp-content/u...
Go. See. #Sinners.
See it in IMAX if you can.
It’s a triumph of a film.
It’s about heritage and culture and struggle, hate and love, found family making and community building. It’s about how music is how we remember our history.
And it’s deep in the Black Southern Gothic tradition.
#horror
See it in IMAX if you can.
It’s a triumph of a film.
It’s about heritage and culture and struggle, hate and love, found family making and community building. It’s about how music is how we remember our history.
And it’s deep in the Black Southern Gothic tradition.
#horror
April 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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How did we get 2 Slasher flicks with no breasts? That's some winning lottery numbers level of rarity.
Ruby Tombsday/ @rubytombsday
#MutantFam
#TheLastDriveIn
Ruby Tombsday/ @rubytombsday
#MutantFam
#TheLastDriveIn
April 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
How did we get 2 Slasher flicks with no breasts? That's some winning lottery numbers level of rarity.
Ruby Tombsday/ @rubytombsday
#MutantFam
#TheLastDriveIn
Ruby Tombsday/ @rubytombsday
#MutantFam
#TheLastDriveIn
All the love and respect to #thelastdrivein but I don’t know if I buy Torso as the first slasher film… @themutantfam.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
All the love and respect to #thelastdrivein but I don’t know if I buy Torso as the first slasher film… @themutantfam.bsky.social
It’s amazing how pub trivia never manages to ask questions about the immense body of useless knowledge I have, but instead only about the bits that have yet escaped my hyperfixations.
March 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It’s amazing how pub trivia never manages to ask questions about the immense body of useless knowledge I have, but instead only about the bits that have yet escaped my hyperfixations.
CFP for the Southern Gothic area at PCAS / ACAS 2025 in Huntsville, AL! We want your Appalachian noir, your Southern folklore & monsters, your Southern fried true crime… we want it all! #southerngothic #cfp #southernstudies #gothic
PLEASE SHARE!
PLEASE SHARE!
March 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
CFP for the Southern Gothic area at PCAS / ACAS 2025 in Huntsville, AL! We want your Appalachian noir, your Southern folklore & monsters, your Southern fried true crime… we want it all! #southerngothic #cfp #southernstudies #gothic
PLEASE SHARE!
PLEASE SHARE!
Caught Mickey 17 in IMAX tonight and I have a lot of thoughts and a lot of feelings. First: the trailer doesn’t give away the whole film and I really appreciate that. Second: there is a lot of CGI, but it’s not that obnoxious uncanny valley kind with no texture of reality. #mickey17 #film
March 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
#TheMonkey was great—delightful & engrossing & well done. Gory as hell. Such good setups & payoffs. Also absurdly hilarious, which made it a joy to watch (the opposite of the experience of watching #Longlegs, tbh). And there is a wonderful, creepy, perfect moment at the end. 5 stars for me. #horror
February 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
#TheMonkey was great—delightful & engrossing & well done. Gory as hell. Such good setups & payoffs. Also absurdly hilarious, which made it a joy to watch (the opposite of the experience of watching #Longlegs, tbh). And there is a wonderful, creepy, perfect moment at the end. 5 stars for me. #horror
Finally seeing #TheMonkey tonight with @bchorror.bsky.social, and I hope everyone else in the theater will forgive how loud I cackle at absurd horror movie deaths. #horror
February 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Finally seeing #TheMonkey tonight with @bchorror.bsky.social, and I hope everyone else in the theater will forgive how loud I cackle at absurd horror movie deaths. #horror
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Any university that voluntarily shutters a DEI program, office or personnel “Because of Trumps Executive Order” is making a PR decision. Not a legal one.
Trumps EO does not change anti discrimination law. If anything, the EO is unlawful.
Universities should treat it that way.
Trumps EO does not change anti discrimination law. If anything, the EO is unlawful.
Universities should treat it that way.
January 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Any university that voluntarily shutters a DEI program, office or personnel “Because of Trumps Executive Order” is making a PR decision. Not a legal one.
Trumps EO does not change anti discrimination law. If anything, the EO is unlawful.
Universities should treat it that way.
Trumps EO does not change anti discrimination law. If anything, the EO is unlawful.
Universities should treat it that way.
Reposted by Stephanie A. Graves
Death Drop Gorgeous (2020): Dragula Season 2 finalist Victoria Elizabeth Black (along with her assistant and fiancé, Opulence Black) created the special effects in three of the film's goriest scenes. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Death Drop Gorgeous (2020): Dragula Season 2 finalist Victoria Elizabeth Black (along with her assistant and fiancé, Opulence Black) created the special effects in three of the film's goriest scenes. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social
Started watching Hotel Hell with my boo @bchorror.bsky.social and am delighted to report that so far, Gordon Ramsay has gotten his bare ass out in every episode. 🍑
#hotelhell #gordonramsay #tv
#hotelhell #gordonramsay #tv
January 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Started watching Hotel Hell with my boo @bchorror.bsky.social and am delighted to report that so far, Gordon Ramsay has gotten his bare ass out in every episode. 🍑
#hotelhell #gordonramsay #tv
#hotelhell #gordonramsay #tv
You know how UTIs make old people crazy? At what age does that start to happen? Just curious…
January 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
You know how UTIs make old people crazy? At what age does that start to happen? Just curious…
This is an important thread, a peek behind the curtain of #academic publishing from the perspective of editors, and frankly, it’s harrowing to know this is what happens when we submit something on which we worked so hard.
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Guest Post: An Editor’s Perspective on “My Very Last Issue.” - The Scholarly Kitchen
BMJ's Medical Humanities Editor-in-Chief Brandy Schillace reflects on changes in publishing that are making important work harder to do.
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January 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is an important thread, a peek behind the curtain of #academic publishing from the perspective of editors, and frankly, it’s harrowing to know this is what happens when we submit something on which we worked so hard.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/01/15/g...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/01/15/g...
Man, I picked a hell of a semester to teach rhetoric and media. 😵💫
January 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Man, I picked a hell of a semester to teach rhetoric and media. 😵💫