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Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social · 3d

Scrabbling at the walls of the black lodge, desperate to get it 😨

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think I'm going to be sticking around on Bluesky. I'm not deleting since I still need to promote my writing, but I can't really justify spending time here anymore

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 5d

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Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social · 3d

No fixing some hearts, I guess.

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Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social · 3d

Lynch's work better than many so clearly understands that beneath the idealized nostalgia for "real" America is a teeming nightmare of violence and cosmic horror that rests just under the facade of picket fences and suburban homes.

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Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social · 3d

FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE.

kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 5d

The Department of Homeland Security using clips from Twin Peaks in their cringe and racist anti immigration edits….

Life after all criminal aliens are deported

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Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social · 4d

The end of Horror Vanguard season one, we're going all out.

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Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social · 4d

The longest @horrorvanguard.bsky.social episode ever is coming next month and @rosegardenofeyes.bsky.social and I are about to be driven to new heights of madness 🏚️🏚️🏚️

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Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social · 6d

I think that's absolutely correct 👻

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Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social · 6d

In a genuinely shocking move, @horrorvanguard.bsky.social takes on a contemporary horror movie, while also closing in on the triumphant return of @rosegardenofeyes.bsky.social

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375 - Weapons (2025) [Yes, really] Or, Ashley's Return, Part One

As Jon takes to the road driven by strange psychic messages from the Jervas Dudley Centre for Xenophilology and Psychogeography (probably), the HV (g)hosts take on their newest challenge: a contempora

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Happy Hour at Hippel's @sanktmaxtci.bsky.social · 8d

Pictured: A visual representation of all of the Benjamin scholars submitting their pieces on this to Jacobin.

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dominique routhier @routhier.bsky.social · 8d

"What can oppose the decline of the west is not a resurrected culture but the utopia that is silently contained in the image of its decline."

Love this line by Adorno, as quoted in this truly brilliant essay by Jacob Blumenfeld:

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Cured Quail

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laborkyle @laborkyle.bsky.social · 10d

An extended reflection on Hoop's stellar early work. I feel like we barely broke the surface on this one, but I picked it, so ive bias. We hardly got to even mention his work on the Peter Paul and Mary tour documentary!

Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social · 10d

As @rosegardenofeyes.bsky.social continues their psychic battle against the Jervis Dudley Centre for Xenophilology and Psychogeography (probably), @laborkyle.bsky.social introduces me to the Tobe Hooper's first movie in this new episode of @horrorvanguard.bsky.social

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374 - Eggshells, Lost Media and the Stars Above Us

Jon and Kyle sit down to talk about Tobe Hooper's first movie, Eggshells. Support the show for a lot less than the price of a carton of eggs at patreon.com/horrorvanguard Tell us your fave Jon/Kyle

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librarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 10d

I haven't revisited old episodes in a while. Here's a library movie most people don't know about!

105 - Storm Center (1956) feat. Horror Vanguard | librarypunk

This week we’re joined by Jon and Ash from Horror Vanguard to talk about the spookiest movie of the summer: Storm Center (1956). Horror Vanguard: https://linktr.ee/HorrorVanguard Join our Discord:...

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Nate Wolff @natewolff.bsky.social · 10d

reminder:

Tropes invented by Herman melville
weird guy
Something in the natural world is a symbol weird animal
Only one bed at the inn!
Love triangle
Workplace romance
Interesting details
The sea

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Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social · 10d

As @rosegardenofeyes.bsky.social continues their psychic battle against the Jervis Dudley Centre for Xenophilology and Psychogeography (probably), @laborkyle.bsky.social introduces me to the Tobe Hooper's first movie in this new episode of @horrorvanguard.bsky.social

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374 - Eggshells, Lost Media and the Stars Above Us

Jon and Kyle sit down to talk about Tobe Hooper's first movie, Eggshells. Support the show for a lot less than the price of a carton of eggs at patreon.com/horrorvanguard Tell us your fave Jon/Kyle

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Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social · 12d

I need it I need it I need it I need it 🙏

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Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social · 17d

What does he sing, running through the mud of Europe, while stamping on the hands of his now dead comrades? He sings an old Schubert song from happier times called “The Linden Tree.”

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The Descent and The Problem of Existence

Final thoughts on The Magic Mountain

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Wm Henry Morris @wmhenrymorris.com · 16d

_Both realism and modernism are in a sense, attempts to reckon with history_

The Lit Crit Guy on Mann’s The Magic Mountain

Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social · 17d

What does he sing, running through the mud of Europe, while stamping on the hands of his now dead comrades? He sings an old Schubert song from happier times called “The Linden Tree.”

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The Descent and The Problem of Existence

Final thoughts on The Magic Mountain

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Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social · 16d

The wrap up on Mann, realism, and why The Magic Mountain remains urgently relevant ⬇️

Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social · 17d

What does he sing, running through the mud of Europe, while stamping on the hands of his now dead comrades? He sings an old Schubert song from happier times called “The Linden Tree.”

thehaunt.substack.com/p/the-descen...

The Descent and The Problem of Existence

Final thoughts on The Magic Mountain

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Jon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social · 17d

What does he sing, running through the mud of Europe, while stamping on the hands of his now dead comrades? He sings an old Schubert song from happier times called “The Linden Tree.”

thehaunt.substack.com/p/the-descen...

The Descent and The Problem of Existence

Final thoughts on The Magic Mountain

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Cap'n ACAB @fauxhammer.bsky.social · 20d

I consider Fascination to fall under the Gothic Marxism genre popularized by @thelitcritguy.bsky.social and a good example of Blochian optimism for the proletariat's prospects because the main dude was able to choose class solidarity in the end over being drained dry by smoking hot French vampires.

Tenebrad - My name is always scary MY CULTURE IS NOT A COSTUME @bradislove.bsky.social · 20d

Everyone has to promise to watch Fascination this October

Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 20d

✨Announcing our October 2025 Criterion Channel lineup✨
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Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 21d

a key reason they see an opening for such a blatant speech crackdown is that they already did one to Palestinian and anti-genocide activists and it got enthusiastic bipartisan approval

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Nate Holdren @nhold.bsky.social · 23d

hey bluesky, I'd be grateful if you'd read this thing I wrote

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Save Our History: Matewan, Memory, and the State Historical Society of Iowa | LAWCHA

I know you’re busy, dear labor history colleagues, so I’m going to put this ask right at the top even though it messes up the flow of my essay a little:

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