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Help launch Hangsaman!

My “Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson: Exploring a Gothic Campus Mystery” one-month module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) online via Signum University is currently “on the launchpad” for potential launch in the autumn of 2025. Here is the official description: “Shirley Jackson is rightly celebrated as a master of Gothic storytelling thanks to her most well-known novels such as The Haunting of Hill House (1959) and We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962). In recent years, however, her earlier novel Hangsaman (1951) has received new attention and critical appreciation from fans and scholars alike.

"Far ahead of its time when it was published, Jackson’s deeply personal Hangsaman is many things: a psychological study of a young woman’s coming of age; a haunting Gothic mystery; a pointed critique of gender roles, family dynamics, and higher education; a meditation on trauma and mental illness; and an ancestor of today’s dark academia storytelling. Shirley Jackson drew inspiration from a variety of sources to craft this remarkable campus novel, from folk ballads and the Tarot, myth and ritual, to a real college campus and an unsolved New England cold case of a missing sophomore student.

"In this module, we will unpack this gem of a Gothic story, following freshman Natalie Waite as she searches for her “essential self” and discussing why Hangsaman feels freshly relevant and important to many readers today.” Here is more information on the Hangsaman module. To help launch this module, please go here, log in, and put this module on your launchpad short-list. Thanks!
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Will you join me in Panem?

My “The Hunger Games” module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) online via Signum University is currently a candidate for September 2025. This is a proposed first module of five, one for each of the five Hunger Games novels by Suzanne Collins. Each week will include one recorded lecture and one live discussion section. Voting runs through August 1. I hope you will join us as we explore the lessons we may learn from Panem. May the odds be ever in our favor! More information is here.
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Join me in June 2025!

June is almost here! Next month I will be offering my month-long “Meet The Last Man” module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) online via Signum University. Mary Shelley’s novel is one of the most relevant books we can read right now, and I can’t wait to discuss it with students! Watch the teaser here: More information is available here. ALT
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wishlist

I usually have a bottle vs. decant wishlist as seen below but I might be flexible on that. i also have a huge wishlist of OCYL and mainstream, etc brands but didn't feel like putting it all here. I can share that if need be.   Bottles Divinities Implacable, Doom-Laden
Inside the Golden Amber of Her Eyeballs (partial or empty)
Love Me
Luceat
Porcelain Krampus (partial)
The Top (partial or empty)
Vaginal Tales of the Nocturnal Palace   LE decants/unimpables (possibly bottles or partials too, depending-try me) the avenging vase
awake (lupercalia 2020)
The Bath of Venus (may '24)
Bringer of Evil
champagne and roses
Concert (may '24)
dawn: mother
Die Wunderblume
Douglas Iris
Easter Egging (Lilith 22)
epistrophia
Exclamations of Delight and Surprise
faster kittycat
First Class Upgrade (Lilith 22)
The First Veil (Lupercalia 25)
formula 54 (i know, i know )
Fortuna Redux
The Fox Spirit’s Jest (Lupercalia 25)
Golden Tobacco and Beeswax
Honey, Black Lilies & Gardenia Petals
The Hound and the White Milk Doe
Imayo Irokumi No It
Inspecting the Lantern
Kiss of the Sphinx (Oct 24 lunacy)
La Femme de Satan
Lemon Peel, Jasmine Tea, and Honeycomb
Lesbian Maidservants Cavorting with a Tortoiseshell Dildo (Lupercalia 25)
liz (just a tester would be fine. i need to re-try this.)
Lorrainna
lucille's room
Marble Wreath
Mars and Venus (Lupercalia 25)
Mallow Flower, Honeysuckle, & Vanilla Bean
noir (discontinued GC)
Nymph in a Goldfish Pond (may '24)
nyx, night goddess (apr 24)
A Pause in One’s Studies (Lupercalia 25)
Plume of Incense (Lupercalia 25)
Rapturous Couple With Harigata
reflected vulva
The Second Veil (Lupercalia 25)
telling the bees
treasure (apr 24)
une folle enterprise
victoriana goth
White Chocolate Rabbit
Wisteria Blossoms (Lupercalia 22)
White Chocolate Rabbit (Lupercalia 25)   GC Imps Aasimar (RPG)
The Chariot (disc. Tarot, not Neil Gaiman)
The Magician (disc. Tarot, not Neil Gaiman)   Atmosphere Sprays candlelight
edith awakes
the golden hour
halloween in new orleans
lucille's room
lucy's room
phallus festival
the tigress   Hair Gloss Chorion (nts: tried this but i think it had gone off)
Fleur de Citronnier
three couples
With Stars Surrounded (Haute Macabre)   Twilight Alchemy Lab (prefer decants unless noted) catalyst
FOWYB (any amount)
hymn to pan    
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“In particular, the researchers focused on a concept called ‘identification with all humanity.’ This…

Science fiction may help foster a sense of global solidarity by evoking awe, study finds “In particular, the researchers focused on a concept called ‘identification with all humanity.’ This refers to how much individuals feel connected to all people, regardless of nationality, race, or background. It reflects a broad, inclusive identity that supports concern for others around the globe. Previous studies have linked this identification to prosocial behaviors such as donating to international causes, supporting refugees, and caring about the environment. The authors theorized that science fiction, with its imaginative worlds and frequent focus on humanity’s shared future, might encourage people to adopt this global perspective.”
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The Dystopian Tradition

My graduate course on the Dystopian Tradition will be offered again this summer online at Signum University if there’s sufficient interest. I hope the class will make, because it seems more relevant than ever. ALT The Dystopian Tradition - Signum University
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Meet The Last Man!

I’m delighted to say that it’s back! My month-long “Meet The Last Man” module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) online via Signum University is currently up for candidacy for June 2025. Voting is open through May 1. Those who sign up will have a voice in the scheduling of the live discussion sessions. Mary Shelley’s novel The Last Man is one of the most relevant books we can read right now, and I’m really looking forward to exploring it with students! Here is more information.
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Lupercalia 2025 breakdown

Might take a couple days to get through this!  There are lots of "maybes" this time.  Posting here because I want to come back and edit, probably multiple times.   Box of Chocolates 2025 
Choco-Goblin Perfume Oil        Coconut covered chocolate lumps, gnarly patchouli, and sweet benzoin. Pass - not usually a big chocolate fan (in my perfume), but I am interested in the white chocolate ones.  (Sometimes there are exceptions though).  I like Goblin but this combination doesn't sound great to me.
Choco-TKO Perfume Oil A soporific dessert: Hidcote lavender, golden hops, and vanilla bean dusted with cacao. Pass - have enough TKO in various forms.
Chocubus Perfume Oil  Frozen white chocolate and the heart-stopping chill of sheared mint, fanned by caramel-touched body heat, and the diabolical sensuality of black musk, nicotiana, and sage. Interested, decant?  I tried Incubus a long time ago and it's fine but I never wear it (I think it gave me nightmares or something), but this combination of notes has potential. 
Horreur Choco-Tique Perfume Oil   Dark chocolate, ruby cocoa, blood musk, golden honey, thick black wine, champagne grapes, tobacco flower, plum blossom, tonka bean, oakmoss, carnation, benzoin, opoponax, and sugar cane. Pass - mainly due to honey, we don't get along.  Although looking at this I wonder if it smells anything like Temple Viper?  It's a stretch but TV gives me grape + incense vibes, and they do share the sugar cane note.
Sea Foams Chocolate Perfume Oil  White chocolate froth and marshmallow fluff cresting on an ocean wave. Don’t drink it! Interested!  I really liked Supposed To Be A Pretzel, I know this isn't the same but still my mind is connecting them for some reason.  Decant.
The Dark Chocolate Rider Perfume Oil    Dark chocolate, leather, sweet myrrh, tobacco absolute, and black amber.
The Ruby Chocolate Rider Perfume Oil     Ruby chocolate, red leather, red musk, red berries, red mosses, balsam, and passion flower cordial.
The White Chocolate Rider Perfume Oil    White chocolate, frothed milk, sandalwood, and leather. Don't need any of the Riders, tried them when they first came out and they weren't for me.
White Chocolate Rabbit Perfume Oil     White chocolate filled with black tea and cream, splooged with white pepper, ginger, honey and vanilla. Interested, I like gc White Rabbit and also the snow one, and I'd like to try this one too.  Decant.   Girth of Venus Cake for Breakfast Perfume Oil         Peach silk, cherry fizz, pain au chocolat, and a cup of generously creamed black tea. Pass but it was close.
Erotes’ Valentine Perfume Oil     Pink buttercream roses, wingbeats of pearly suede, and whorls of dark musk. Pass - for now
Mars and Venus Perfume Oil     A stolen moment preserved for eternity in a gleaming amber jewel, entombed in malachite swirls of oakmoss and velvet. Pass, pretty confident on this one.
The Crimson Perfume Oil     Burnished rosewood, clove cigarette smoke, oozing apple slices, and plum cashmere cushions fouled with trickles of labdanum. Pass on this one. 
The Pearl Perfume Oil     A salt-encrusted cocoon overflowing with almond blossoms, sweet patchouli, and dried peony petals whipped into orris butter. I feel like I have more than one thing like this already but not sure.  Pass for now.    Lupercalia 2025
Amoretti LXXV Perfume Oil         A great and golden love: immortal, undying, infinite. A love brightly burned into the stone of eternity: golden amber and scarlet musk, black vanilla absolute, red apple, Siamese benzoin, and sweet fig. Pass, mostly because of apple, it tends to take over the whole scent on my skin and ends up smelling like shampoo.
Like the Very Gods Perfume Oil     Shuddering, sweat-warmed skin gleaming with sheer musk, honeyed olive blossoms, vanilla cedar, white sandalwood, and orris butter. Pass for sure because of the honeyed part, I know it would dominate on me.
Luperci Perfume Oil    This scent is for the Luperci, the Chosen of Faunus, the Brothers of the Wolf: raw, down and dirty patchouli, Gurjam balsam, and essence of Sampson Root sweetened with the heightened sexuality of beeswax, virile juniper, oakmoss, ambrette seed over honey and East African musk. Pass, tried before and didn't work for me.
Penetralia Perfume Oil    That heavenly spot where creamy, angel-pink hibiscus petals meet the pale, juicy-green pistil. Pass, for now but could change my mind.  I don't really know what hibiscus smells like.
Pink Fuzzy Handcuffs Perfume Oil     It’s not quite as fun when you lose the key. Pink cotton candy, candied rose, and vanilla sugar. Pass, pretty confidently.  I like some sweet scents but this sounds VERY sweet. 
Red Lantern Perfume Oil     A tribute to the opium den cum bawdyhouses of Shanghai in the 1930’s. Golden amber, blonde tobacco, Sudanese black coconut, rich caramel, black currant, white opium and delphinium laced with a sensual blend of Asian spice. I will pass for now. I think I tried this before and didn't get alomg with it.
Rose Milk Tea Perfume Oil     An impossibly sweet concoction of green tea and frothed almond milk poured over fresh rose petals and glistening tapioca pearls. Had to really think about it but I'm going to pass for now.  I'm not really in the mood for rose right now.   Smut Perfume Oil     We are the smuttiest. Three swaggering, smutty musks sweetened with sugar and woozy with dark booze notes. Like it, but my 1 bottle is enough.
Snake Skin Perfume Oil     A sinuous leather variant of BPALs Snake Oil. Have it and don't need more.
The Elephant is Slow to Mate Perfume Oil     A rolling, unhurried, volcanic passion sustained by a love that is slow, shy, patient, and wise – and expressed through a scent as warm, languorous, luxuriant, and comforting as a cloak of heavy, soft red velvet: deep burgundy musk, red labdanum, smoked rose petals, opoponax, 17-year aged patchouli, blackened vanilla bean, dried black cherries, blackberries, and tobacco absolute. Have it and don't need more, although I should try it again, it has been a while. 
The Serpent in the Carnations Perfume Oil     Snake Oil-soaked carnation petals, spiked with a dash of clove and allspice. I have a bottle and don't need more, even if it's different this year (not sure if it is).
The Serpent in the Lilacs Perfume Oil   Spring’s first lilac branches dunked in 3-year aged Snake Oil. I really just feel like I have enough SO variants. 
The Serpent in the Opium Poppies Perfume Oil    Snake Oil, opium tar, indigo poppy petals, plum cognac, and a dribble of laudanum. Pass but the hype is testing me. 
The Serpent in the Roses Perfume Oil     Snake Oil dribbling across a cluster of amber-flecked, blackened rose petals. Already have it and don't need more.
White Flowers, Red Ink, Black Paper Perfume Oil     If this year’s Lupercalia fragrance collection was a book, it would be printed in blood-red ink rolled across the soft, stubborn bodies of dream-pale flowers, and stamped onto heavy black paper. We’d pass it around before the letters had a chance to dry, staining fingers with the turn of every page, marking the curious as aspiring erotes, as fellow Lupercalians. The sanguine contents of this text were made to be devoured by the eyes, the skin, the heart, and then the story continued by its readers, passed along to others. Pass on this one, not really calling to me.  I'm not big on ink and paper scents, from my experience.
Womb Furie Perfume Oil  An itch that needs to be scratched: Snake Oil and three types of honey. No thank you!   On Lovers' Lips Coquette Red Perfume Oil         A flirty strawberry-tinged rose lipstick.
Dominatrix Red Perfume Oil     Latex, leather, and blood-red lipstick.
Egyptian Red Perfume Oil     Cleopatra’s vibrant carmine suffused with myrrh, blue lotus absolute, cinnamon bark, elemi resin, and cassia.
Elizabethan Red Perfume Oil     Orange blossom water, fig milk, clove bud, madder root, and gum arabic smeared on an ambergris-dabbed white leather glove.
Jiroft Red Perfume Oil     Ground hematite and manganite pounded into vegetable waxes and scented with dates, narcissus, rosewater, and oud.
Vixen Red Perfume Oil     Confidence, sensuality, glamour. Ripe black cherries, velvety red rose, and a flirtatious sparkle of pink pepper glide seamlessly through iris-touched vanilla bean wax. Don't need any of these - they just don't sound that appealing to me but I would sniff if any of them came my way (I guess that's true for just about any scent).   Raunchy Hearts 2025 Aces Wild Perfume Oil         A big, wet blue raspberry blown to the idea that asexual people never get off, don’t enjoy relationships, or are generally anti-sex.
Cuck Me Perfume Oil     A sticky-sweet love letter to the stranger (coworker? lifelong friend?) who’s been sleeping in your bed: candy cigarettes and root beer barrels.
Don’t Peek Perfume Oil     Lychee tears soaking through a blindfold of opium tar.
Findom Perfume Oil     An arrangement in which eros is expressed via liquid assets and cold, hard cash: shiny butterscotch and pale green vanilla mint.
U Tried Wild Perfume Oil     You sure did! Here’s your participation award: a bright, sweet lemon candy lightly dusted with sugar to soothe the sting of rejection.
UNF Perfume Oil    Hot, heavy slaps of dragon fruit punctuated with pink pepper whimpers and a grunt of patchouli.
Yelp Perfume Oil     Make some noise if it feels good! Make some noise if it feels bad! A paper pouch of popping peach and sour cherry candy Don't need any of these.  I can't afford to try a whole lot so I'm kind of glad when I can pass on a whole section.  Happy for those who are getting them, though. Edit: Ok I might want to try the lemon candy one.   The Seven Veils The Fifth Veil Perfume Oil         Putrefaction, the veil of decay. A yellowing shroud of raw-edged Muga silk, banana-spotted with chunks of fermented fig and exuding rich, earthy puffs of mushroom dust. Pass for sure
The First Veil Perfume Oil     Calcination, the black veil. A densely-ruffled carapace of peppered ambergris, sandalwood smoke, and charred silk Doesn't sound like something I would like.
The Fourth Veil Perfume Oil     Conjunction, the veil of reunion. Ripples of sage-green silk covered in a mossy velvet-burnout pattern of wildflowers and slithering ivy. Probably pass, but there is some potential here.  On the fence about this one.
The Second Veil Perfume Oil     Dissolution, the flowing veil. A crystal-sequined torrent of lilac-wine organza soiled with trampled grapeskins, cinnabar smudges, and smears of liquid myrrh. Undecided - probably pass but I weirdly want to try it.
The Seventh Veil Perfume Oil     Coagulation, the veil that lays bare. Bare skin visible through a glittering web of blood-red garnet beads strung on threads spun from filaments of pure gold. I'd like to smell this just out of curiosity but overall I think I can skip it for now. 
The Sixth Veil Perfume Oil     Distillation, the veil of steam. Condensation gathering in clouds of tulle, white tea, aqua vitae, rosemary liqueur, and bourbon vanilla. Same as above except I might actually look for a decant of this one. 
The Third Veil Perfume Oil     Separation, the veil of distinction. A tumble of pearly pale-blue chiffon shot through with slashes of white ginger and lined with ivory satin rosettes. Not sure, this is another wild card, maybe a decant?   Shungas 2025 A Cluster of Red Chrysanthemums Perfume Oil         Red chrysanthemum petals, guava pulp, crimson-tipped peonies, and sandalwood incense. Ok now we're talking.  I can't help but think of Chrysanthemum Moon but "sandalwood incense" could turn on me.  Probably a decant. 
A Pause in One’s Studies Perfume Oil     Luminous amber, white tea, sweet heliotrope, golden lotus petals, toasted almond blossom cream, and a smear of ink. Sounds nice but I have to be selective and this doesn't stand out a lot.  I will watch reviews though.  Maybe decant down the road.
A Record Book of Ships Entering the Harbor Perfume Oil    Vanilla sandalwood and vanilla cream with a hint of tobacco absolute and blackcurrant bud. Sounds nice but again, does this stand out? I feel like I've smelled lots of things with these notes already.  Possible decant. 
Affair Between an Amorous Doctor and a Wanton Married Woman Perfume Oil     Gurjum balsam, lemon peel, ginger root, and clove. Sounds a little too zingy for what I've been in the mood for lately.  But I do love a good lemony scent.... have to think some more on this one
An Intriguing Observation Perfume Oil     Pomegranate milk, scarlet musk, red sandalwood, frankincense, and white almond. Passing for now, I feel like I have plenty of red musk scents and it can sometimes take over. 
Aroused Demon Perfume Oil     Red and black vegetal musks, pink peppercorn, lychee, wild plum, green tea, oakmoss, and matcha Not a combo I'm really interested in right now.   Battledore and Shuttlecock Perfume Oil     Calla lilies, green tea, peony milk, and blue lilac. Now this is something I want to try and actually have a bottle in my cart at the moment!  (Edit: I got a decant to try first)
Cascade of Tissues Perfume Oil     Marshmallow cream, red silk musk, pomegranate juice, and red currant. Interested in the marshmallow cream but not the red musk.  Possible decant. 
Celestial Beings Making Love Above the Sea Perfume Oil     Eucalyptus blossom, salty foam, ambergris accord, blue spruce, white mint, lotus root, and blue musk. Sounds nice but I'm passing for now.  I like aquatics but there are a couple iffy notes here.
Contest of Flowers: Iris Perfume Oil     Iris, peony, and carnation petals soaked in strawberry cream and lotus milk. Has potential but I need to be strict and this doesn't quite make the cut. 
Convivial Vulva Perfume Oil     Cherry blossom cream, blush marshmallow, white amber, and wild pink strawberries.  This has potential but I'm skipping it for now.
Couple Engaged in Intimate Acts as the Man Pours Tea Perfume Oil     Jasmine tea, yuzu rice, and smoked vanilla. Decant - potential, but I also feel I have some other scents like this. 
Discarded Weapons Perfume Oil    Toasted rice, almond cream, champaca resin, fig, and roasted coconut meat. Again this has potential but I'm skipping for now.  It sounds similar to some other things I have.  I am interested in the rice note though.  Possible decant at some point.
Enthusiastic Recreation Perfume Oil     Vanilla-soaked sugared pear, frankincense, osmanthus blossoms, and hazelnut. This is a wild card and I can't decide.
Festival Acrobatics Perfume Oil     Akebia, guava pulp, pink sandalwood, melon, green bergamot, Florentine iris, and sandalwood. Undecided, potential decant?
Gongsun Sheng Uses Magic to Cause Heavy Rain and Strong Winds Perfume Oil     Ebony musk shot through with scarlet, tobacco absolute, a crack of ozone, and sandalwood-dusted rosy skin musk. Not quite what I'm looking for at the moment.
Great Pleasures for Women and Their Treasure Boxes Perfume Oil     Amber incense, guava cream, almond milk, and sandalwood. Pass for now, not calling out to me.
Hazy Moon Cats Perfume Oil     Sandalwood incense, dusky violet petals, mauve orris root, sweet labdanum, jasmine sambac, frankincense, and ti leaf. Not totally sure but probably pass for now.  Orris can sometimes come across like baby oil on me, and it's not a deal breaker but sometimes it stomps on the other notes.   In the Hallway of a Brothel Perfume Oil     Lemon cream, incense smoke, and candle wax. I usually pass on waxy scents.  I love the sound of lemon cream, though.   Intimate Experiments During Household Activities Perfume Oil    Mango cream, black cherry cordial, blackcurrant, and neroli. I'm wary of mango cream because I think it went wrong on me in the past.  And cherry notes can be very sweet and strong.
Jealousy, Fingering, Masturbation Perfume Oil    Green tea with mint cream, jasmine petals, lotus root, and sugared violets. This is very much the kind of thing I'm interested in right now - except the jasmine, it could take over.  Maybe just a decant for now?
Lesbian Maidservants Cavorting with a Tortoiseshell Dildo Perfume Oil   Polished amber and honeyed teak draped in red silk brocade and soft mosses. Not calling to me at the moment 
Lingering Plum Scent in the Sleeping Chamber Perfume Oil     Ume blossom and ripe black plums, clove incense, mogra, and a gentle mist of lavender and white honey. I was somewhat interested until we got to white honey, not for me.
Lu Zhishen Pulls the Weeping Willow Upside Down Perfume Oil     Willow boughs tangled with strawflower, patchouli root, cypress, clary sage, vetiver, ho wood, and golden musk. Undecided, pass for now.
Michiyuki Koi No Futozao Perfume Oil    Brandy-soaked pears, plum incense, and honeyed amber. Pass, not my thing.  But I wish for a plum incense single note!
Onnagata Making Love at a Tea House as Mane’emon Watches While Holding a Kite Perfume Oil     Orange blossom caramel, yellow tobacco flower, and sugared patchouli. Hmmm....I'm wary of the caramel, but otherwise really interested I think.  Decant probably.
Playful Abalone Divers Perfume Oil  Lotus petals, jasmine sambac, orris root, coconut, clove, and honey. Probably pass, mostly because of honey.
Plume of Incense Perfume Oil     Tendrils of sandalwood, agarwood, and cypress incense, moss silk, calla lilies, and yellow amber. There was a time I would have jumped on this but now I feel like I have lots of incense scents already.  Might possibly want a decant but maybe pass?
Radiant Entanglement Perfume Oil     Dragonfruit, honeyed hibiscus, fuchsia orchid, and white tea. I'm just not sure, but it has potential.  Possible decant.  It sure sounds pretty and joyful..something I need right now!
Rapturous Spouses and Curious Cat Perfume Oil     Lemon blossom, neroli, white honey, Himalayan cedar, ylang ylang, white frankincense, and a fuzzy purr of musky amber. Probably pass because of white honey.
Scarlet Blossoms Perfume Oil    Beeswax, white tea, amber-warmed skin musk, cherry juice, wild plum, and a cascade of cherry and plum blossoms dipped in silky red musk. Several notes here can go wrong.  Safe pass for me.
The First Tea Ceremony of the Year Perfume Oil    Matcha tea and nerikiri. I think I just am not crazy about matcha in my perfume.  I already have the matcha cheesecake Beaver Moon and that is enough for me.
The Fox Spirit’s Jest Perfume Oil    Russet musk, red silk, rose chypre, wildflower honey, and patchouli root. Definitely a safe pass for me, too much red and I don't like honey notes for the most part.   Shunga HG 2025
Annual Events of the Vagina Hair Gloss         Pine needle, crushed grass, jasmine absolute, and juniper.
Chart of the Muscles of the Hand Hair Gloss     Toasted almond cream, white musk, and hazelnut sandalwood.
Diver Combing her Hair Hair Gloss     Salt-dusted lilac and lavender petals splashed by sea water.
Glowing Vulva at Ryogoku Bridge Hair Gloss   Cream accord, amber, teak, and lotus blossom.
The Harbor of Love on the Island of Women Hair Gloss     White tea, cherry rose petals, marshmallow, frothed cream, and amber.   Diver Combing is the only one I'm mildly interested in but I don't need any more Hair gloss.
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2024 Wrap-Up: Talks

Some of the university and conference talks I gave this year are now online.
Why You Should Read The Last Man by Mary Shelley
Why You Should Read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
“A Fortnight in the Wilderness” with Alexis de Tocqueville
“Missing Students & Their Fictional Afterlives: True Crime, Crime Fiction, and Dark Academia" (presented at the Popular Culture Research Network’s “Guilty Pleasures: Examining Crime in Popular Culture” conference). View this presentation here.
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2024 Wrap-Up: Podcasts

2024 Wrap-Up: Podcasts Thank you to all of the podcasts that invited me on this year! My “Looking Back on Genre History” science fiction segment ran each month on StarShipSofa. I talked to Potterversity about my book chapter “Dark Arts and Secret Histories: Investigating Dark Academia”; to Trash Compactor and New Books Network about my book Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away; and to New Books Network about my book Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier. I also talked about Alexis de Tocqueville with the Vital Remnants podcast and Mary Shelley (twice, once about The Last Man and once about Frankenstein) with The McConnell Center podcast. Links to all of these podcast episodes are here.
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2024 Wrap-Up: Publications

New Publication in 2024:
An essay, “‘Lifting Old Curses’: The mirror dance of The Flowers of Vashnoi and The Mountains of Mourning” in Short But Concentrated #2: a second essay symposium on the works of Lois McMaster Bujold, edited by @unamccormack. New in Paperback in 2024 (previously published in hardback & ebook in 2023):
Two books, Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier and Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away, both co-edited with Emily Strand.
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Revisiting Frankenstein

I’ve been on a Mary Shelley roll lately! On my latest “Looking Back at Genre History” segment on the StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 747), I revisit the brilliant Frankenstein. Here is the episode. ALT ALT
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