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Rebecca Stone Gordon

@meanlouise.bsky.social

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Coffee enthusiast. Gothicist. Biocultural archaeologist - history of anatomy & museums, forensic anthro, mummies, Nuclear Culture Writes about archaeology horror, mummy films, Scooby-Doo Also @excavatinghorror.com Not weird at all

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · Feb 17

I need to quit watching this but it’s too delightful to fade away yet so I’m pinning it for a spell.

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · Feb 13

The Ninth Configuration (1979) is a gothic horror-comedy set in a secret military asylum in a gothic castle on an island in the Pacific NW. Jason Miller understood the assignment. His intensity & commitment is a marvel. youtu.be/_hAA_ppWwks?...

The Ninth Configuration - Jason Miller Scene

YouTube video by Journey To The Center Of The Cinema

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 28m

I hope it survives the hellscape. I got to spend a few days there when I was in Chicago to give a paper about Museum Horror (that featured The Relic, which was shot in & set at the Field lol). Beautiful museum & well-designed exhibits. I can’t believe how long it’s been since I’ve been there.

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 1h

@elenah.bsky.social & @lightmikey.bsky.social no doubt already have their plans made 🤣

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 1h

See you in Chicago next summer for the Pokemon Fossil Museum at the Field Museum. www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibition/p...

Yellow background with stylized image of the Field Museum’s Archaeopteryx fossil skeleton against a black pokemon-style outline. The image background is yellow and says Pokémon Fossil Museum down the side.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 1h

So excited for you & @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social & all your familiars who’ve done another cool thing.

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 1h

The weather’s not looking great but don’t forget the annual Poe reading at Ivy Hill Cemetery on Saturday Oct 11th at 7pm. ivyhillcemetery.net/event/the-de...

The Death of a Beautiful Woman - Ivy Hill Cemetery

Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 2h

*whispers* but you could post it here to get it out of your system b/c you know there are weirdos here who’d love to learn more about it.

Or at least me

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 2h

I cannot WAIT for my free mansion

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

@fortune.com
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Cultura @culturalgutter.bsky.social · Apr 3

The Mothra Summoning will continue until everything improves. youtu.be/9lmZRRqF6wA?...

Yuji Koseki - Mothra's Song

YouTube video by wesgriff1

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 4h

Im glad i saw this & held off on a post about frostbitten toes because it would have 💯 looked like a subtweet.

I’ll be be sure to tag you instead 😜

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 5h

Eric wants a disgruntled GenX flannel alert system. I’m not sure if the system is meant to be disgruntled or wearer, tho. Why not both?

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 5h

🖤🖤🖤

Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · 1d

AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION is an INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!!! I'm SO GRATEFUL! Could not be more thrilled about this, I'm physically woozy with joy! Thank you to my co-author Andrea Janes of @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social & our @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social team!

USA TODAY BESTSELLER LIST with a heart around our title, out of 150 titles, AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC co-authored by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes clocks in at 74 its release week, making it an instant BESTSELLER, Leanna drew a blue heart around their placement on the list 🖤

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 5h

That’s going to be such a lovely gathering of weirdos. I hope everyone has a blast. 🖤

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 20h

That’s amazing & fantastic & I hope you have cake to celebrate!!!

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 21h

Did you know @nightmare-magazine.com turned 13 this month??!?
www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/e...

Editorial: October 2025 - Nightmare Magazine

We always try to pull out the stops in our birthday issues, and this year is no different. There’s no real theme this month---although regret and reparation loom large---but every single piece is out ...

www.nightmare-magazine.com

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Jens Notroff @jensnotroff.com · 20h

Variation of the goose chase meme, the goose asking: "What happened to the Weimar Republic?" in this version.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 20h

There have been some great vege places in F’burg over the years but the s’mores incident threatens to overshadow all their memories 🤣🤣🤣

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 20h

Thank @beckyhammer.bsky.social! I regret not catching my DJ/reformed ethnomusicologist husband’s reverent “There are…tabs.” on video when he first saw it. A perfect acknowledgement of this fan-fueled labor of love.

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 21h

When we worked early my boss & I used to have dance parties between the coffee kicking in & the doors opening (library) & when Clandestino came out…Whew. On repeat for WEEKS. The dean finally came down to tell us to turn it down one morning & that’s when we learned she was a hell of a dancer 😂

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 22h

I got to meet Elizabeth

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 23h

@drskyskull.bsky.social

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve probably had this conversation but pretend I’m not a broken record on this: this is a fantastic double feature with The Night House (2020).

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 1d

Then I felt bad so we had a nice chat & then I escaped & went to the pharmacy because I’m way too tired to be interacting with human beings today.

In conclusion, Halloween’s not just for breakfast anymore.

But if you’re having Halloween breakfast, Count Chocula is the best.

Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 1d

I appreciate the Halloween pop-up bar guy who wasn’t Bill earnestly selling me on how Halloween is a season, not just a day. I kept a polite expression until somewhere between “You can celebrate Halloween all month long!” & “Horror movies aren’t just for October 31st!” but then I started laughing.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely worth the read, to be clear. Especially as a group w a text chain of academic besties. Also, pride as a university library is hilarious. (Page flag was for picture, not a call out. Probably)

"Oh, yes. You wouldn't believe the sort we get in here." Moore kept pointing as they walked. "That one there, he rejected submissions if they hadn't cited his own work.
"That one gave eighty-two presentations on Goethe.
"That one likes to remind folks that Dartmouth is in the Ivy
League.
"And over there— creative writing students." This was said in reference to a study room of eight Shades, all glowering at one another in silence. Somehow they always come in groups. Can't understand why."
They passed another study room, where one Shade was droning on to another in a very loud voice,"... of course, it's all very Derridean, which I am uncomfortable with because of Derrida's obsession with feces. Did you know I saw Derrida speak at a conference once? All anyone could talk about was how he got high on LSD and smeared feces all over the walls."
"Continental philosophers." Moore shuddered. "Here we
have dozens."
The procession of petty sins continued as they circled up the floors. Moore seemed to delight very much in explicating the moral failure of his fellow residents, for his hushed whispers nevertheless carried over the floors, eliciting the occasional peeved glare. "Now, that one self-published self-help productivity books.
"Calls himself a Communist, but hasn't read Das Kapital.
"Recites pi to show off.
"Had more of a comment, not a question.
"Wouldn't accept papers written in the first person.
"Turned his exam papers over very loudly.
"Still asks people what they got on their A-levels.
"Still tells people what he got on his A-levels.
"Made his wife call him Doctor. He's a medievalist, mind you.
"Now, that one keeps saying he went to school in Boston and

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 1d

we’ve been talking about this museum all morning. I hope the effect multiplies & gets people through the door & excited about this place & about art. But I’m still gonna make jokes