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75% watch parties, 25% cat pics๐Ÿ˜น Staff to CeCeCat & AmeliaKatt๐Ÿฑ Sweet Emmy Cat๐ŸŒˆ is my avatar๐Ÿพ Follower of the Golden Rule. No Alt-Text = No boost. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿฆฃ/๐Ÿฆ‹ #WatchPartyCalendar ๐Ÿ“…at http://livetweety.wordpress.com ๐Ÿฟ๏ธ Same name on Mastodon.

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@sesamesquirrel.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 8:03 PM

Oh FFS - STILL no images on DMs in bsky? ๐Ÿ™„ Here ya go ๐Ÿ˜‚ She is a great lecturer with a fantastic sense of humor (as you can see)

Monstrous Bitch:
A HISTORY OF TERRIFYING WOMEN

ELEANOR JOHNSON

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
PRINCETON & OXFORD
*****
inscription:

Dear [redacted]
May your monstrosity serve you
and blight the patriarchy.
-Eleanor
@sesamesquirrel.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 7:55 PM

I am a witch ๐Ÿง™๐Ÿป ๐Ÿคฃ and looking forward to reading the book on the train today - will DM you the hilarious inscription with my IRL name on it

#MonstrousBitch
by #EleanorJohnson
#history ๐Ÿ“š #Booksky

Eleanor Johnson
MONSTROUS BITCH:
A History of Terrifying
Women(book flap)
HOW AN ANCIENT MYTH ABOUT A SEXUALLY VORACIOUS, BABY-SLAYING, LOUDMOUTHED DEMONESS BECAME THE DEFINING MISOGYNISTIC ARCHETYPE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
For as long as human societies have been telling stories, the patriarchy has felt threatened by women. In this book, Eleanor Johnson provides an engaging cultural history of a figure she calls the "monstrous bitch," the notorious female who has haunted the patriarchal imagination for centuries, feared for her sexual promiscuity, her exercise of reproductive agency and control, and her outspoken way of contesting patriarchal power.
In a narrative brimming with insight, Johnson traces the origins of female monstrosity to the demoness Lamashtu of ancient Mesopo-tamia, showing how this infanticidal, hyper-sexual, loudmouthed monster appears in different guises throughout history. In classical Greece, she reemerges as the sorceress Medea, the child-devouring monster Lamia, and the vengeful Furies. In the medieval and early modern periods, she is an oversexed, baby-slaying, spellcasting witch; in the Romantic and Victorian eras, a vampiress; and in the modern age of psychoanalysis, a mental patient. After this longue durรฉe history, Johnson shows how monstrous bitchery has been challenged and reinterpreted in contemporary cinematic popular culture, becoming an expression of heroism and resistance in films like Ginger Snaps, Jennifer's Body, and The Witch. She demonstrates how deeply embedded the roots of misogyny have become, and why it is more critical today than ever that we expose and address them.
An irreverent look at a pervasive trope that runs through four thousand years of Western culture, Monstrous Bitch reveals that while representations of the powerful woman have evolved over time, the fear and demonization of her remains the same.Preface xi
Introduction
EPISODE I: ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN
MONSTROUS BITCHES AND THEIR PROGENY
13
1 Monstrous Bitches of Ancient Mesopotamia:
Demons and Goddesses

2 Greek Monstrous Bitches: Screaming Furies, Angry Queens, Sorceresses, and Sexy Infanticides
40
3 Roman Witch-Bitches: The Persistence of Lamia
68
EPISODE II: THE MONSTROUS BITCH MEETS JESUS:
WHORES, WITCHES, AND VAMPIRES
93
4 Taming and Reframing the Monstrous Bitch
95
5 The Season of the Witch: Dramatically Questioning
Witch Ideology
121
6 Monstrous Bitches in the Age of Enlightenment:
Vampiresses
143
X CONTENTS

EPISODE III: PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE SILVER SCREEN: MONSTROUS BITCHES IN THE MODERN DAY
7 Crazy Bitches of the 194os and 1950s
8 Possessed Bitches of the 196os and 1970s
9 Sexy Vampire Bitches of the 1970s and 198os
10 Monstrous Bitches Bite Back
11 Back to Babylon
Acknowledgments
Notes 285
Index 313
@sesamesquirrel.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 1:17 PM

Dear @tattooedgranny.bsky.social -
I'll tell you who I am if you tell me who you are ๐Ÿ˜‚ (This book #MonstrousBitch is awesome and written by my professor.) #HorrorLit ๐Ÿ“š #Booksky๏ฟผ

What kind of Monstrous Bitch are you? | Princeton University Press press.princeton.edu/ideas/what-k...

@sesamesquirrel.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 3:57 AM

understandable

give a shout if you eventually move

otherwise, will presume you're staying put

๐Ÿ“… latest calendar post โฌ‡๏ธ bsky.app/profile/sesa...

@sesamesquirrel.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 3:54 AM

The weekly Thursday bsky calendar post โฌ‡๏ธ also lists Mastodon events -- but their watch party title header says MASTODON or FEDIVERSE at the END of the event title IFF they are single platform NOT on bsky.

Some people host their events on dual platforms [bsky/Mastodon]

bsky.app/profile/sesa...

@sesamesquirrel.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 3:47 AM

Hell yeah! Mastodon hashtags work 100%, we have 480char, editable posts, and can pin up to FIVE posts to our bio.

I pin all of my 3 weekly watch party announcements, along with the Thursday #WatchPartyCalendar update.

Here's what I put out there vs the shorter one on bsky + 1-wk list of ๐Ÿ˜ events

Sesame Squirrel @SesameSquirrel
Happy Thanksgiving (Canada)
#WatchPartyCalendar Oct 8-15
#Mastodon / #Fediverse

details: http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties

HIATUS:
#TheArk on 10/10
#Comedon till 11/15

NEW:
#SatMat w/ @analgesicsleep
#SusansCinemaStash spooky films (Sun)
w/@GrillChill
#WickedWed w/ @kamikat

#anime #scifi #mystery #horror #westerns #Action #comedy #music #FilmMastodon
#anime #scifi #mystery #horror #westerns #Action #comedy #music #FilmMastodon #CineMastodon
Thx
@Taweret @MirrorAyako
@hyde @LisaMarieBowman
@lilymarswrites @AlsoPaisleyCat @klu9
@rsmon77 @MatthewTitus88
@greenpepper22
@sesamesquirrel.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 3:11 AM

If you ever move #SaturdayNightSciFi permanently to bsky ๐Ÿฆ‹ or Mastodon ๐Ÿ˜ I can add it to the calendar.

If it stays on that other site, I have nothing to do with any of those events.

Let me know what you decide.

@sesamesquirrel.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:38 PM

๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿผ @driveinmob.com - sorry I didn't tag you personally in my weekly ๐Ÿ“… host-post ๐Ÿ™„ <stupid bsky character limits> and had to truncate the #HopOween Jiangshi genre tags ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ but I did include tonight's #DriveInMob ๐ŸŽž๏ธ info for VAMPIRE VS. VAMPIRE (1989) in the actual listingsโœ”๏ธ

Not sure where I'll be @8p ๐Ÿคช

@sesamesquirrel.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:31 PM

#WatchPartyCalendar ๐Ÿฆ‹Oct 8-15

#DriveInMob ๐Ÿง›๐Ÿป @culturalgutter.bsky.social

#CineJanes @hollyeh13.bsky.social

#VundaHalloweenathon @uncanny305.bandcamp.com

#SlideInMovieClub @thetryingscotsman.co.uk

#Splatterday HIATUS
@tattooedgranny.bsky.social

#TheNoirCollective @ladykdesigns.bsky.social

@sesamesquirrel.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:25 PM

Happy Thnksgvg to ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿฆƒ with the weekly #Bluesky ๐Ÿฆ‹ #WatchPartyCalendar for Oct 8-15

New Octoberween #horror ๐Ÿ“บ
โ€ข #SlideInMovieClub (FRIs)
โ€ข #VundaHalloweenathon (Oct 1-31)

๐Ÿ“†details: livetweety.wordpress.com All times US Eastern

โฐ @tattooedgranny.bsky.social has daily #WatchParty reminders

#FilmSky ๐Ÿฟ

watch party event listing for Oct. 8-10watch party event listing for Oct. 11-13watch party event listing for Oct. 14-15
@sesamesquirrel.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 8:16 PM

Added IA link for #SatMat to the #WatchPartyCalendar for 10/10's THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957) archive.org/details/the-...

@hollyeh13.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 5:10 PMReposted by @sesamesquirrel.bsky.social

@culturalgutter.bsky.social @theasabin.bsky.social @1an0maly.bsky.social @mimikramer.bsky.social Hi! Iโ€™m planning to do The File on Thelma Jordon (with a 2nd โ€œoโ€) โ€” 1949, Barbara Stanwyck as Thelma Jordon, with Wendell Corey. Free on the tube of You! #CineJanes

@sesamesquirrel.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 8:07 PM

will add to ๐Ÿ“…

@sesamesquirrel.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 8:30 PM

#FilmSky ๐ŸŽž๏ธ #horror ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ #cinematography

@sesamesquirrel.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 2:06 AM

Free links will be posted in the #WatchPartyCalendar on Friday๐Ÿ“†

#ChowYunFat โญ๏ธ #FilmSky ๐ŸŽž๏ธ #WatchParty (on Mastodon) ๐Ÿ“บ

@sesamesquirrel.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 2:02 AM

yummmmm...

@sesamesquirrel.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 2:01 AM

#MrVampire ๐Ÿง›๐Ÿป #DriveInMob ๐Ÿš #HopOWeen

Also, I'm revisiting my #ChowYunFat Era and have been & will be showing him films all month over on Mastodon.

This Saturday on ๐Ÿ˜ #KungFuSat ๐Ÿฆฃ I'll have CYF and Andy LAU in 1987's RICH & FAMOUS

Kung Fu, Gun Fu -- tomayto, toomahto

poster for the 1987 Hong Kong movie RICH & FAMOUS, starring CHOW Yun Fat and Andy LAU
@culturalgutter.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 1:47 AMReposted by @sesamesquirrel.bsky.social

Also, our friend Ed Glaser discusses the history of jiangshi on film and untangles who exactly directed Robo Vampire: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8J3... #DriveInMob

@sesamesquirrel.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 1:51 AM

I am a winp: no ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ and the savory fillings are salty enough for me without the soy sauce

@sesamesquirrel.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 1:46 AM

Every Thursday this month: jiangshi movies on DiM !

#MrVampire ๐Ÿง›๐Ÿป #DriveInMob ๐Ÿš #HopOWeen

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