Romancing the Gothic: Sponsored Tweetathon
Hi frens! I queued up a load of talks on YouTube (all free), and live-tweeted them as I watched, all to raise money for the project they are part of. As a result, the project got a few new subscribers and Patrons, and people donated some pennies to the cause to keep it going.
I lasted roughly from 07.30-17.00, took a 5min comfort break and 15mins for lunch in that time, and completed 9 talks on my playlist out of a possible 14.
It’s not too late to sponsor me for my feat!
You can show your support on Ko-Fi – www.ko-fi.com/SamHirst – with the note #RtGMarathon2.
My threads are embedded below – all 9 of them! So you can see the fruits of my Herculean labour and follow the links to donate there as well.
Subscribe to the YouTube Channel while you’re watching along and reading my thread!
Become a Patron at www.patreon.com/romancingthegothic to support the project and get additional video content! Or, as I said, show your appreciation for mental endurance and throw some pennies in the Ko-Fi as a one-off tip.
#RtGMarathon2: kicking off with https://t.co/SjC7VV9JHt
— C. M. Rosens (@CMRosens) March 26, 2021
This is the video of Kaja Franck's talk: ‘It’s only Twilight if it’s from the Forks region; anything else is just sparkling vampire romance’: Twilight, the Gothic Novel and the Female Reader @KajaFranck
#RtGMarathon2 – Thread 2
— C. M. Rosens (@CMRosens) March 26, 2021
A Reluctant Movie – Lucie Bea Dutton
Watchalong: https://t.co/OwsSiC0hR0
Our speaker was Dr Lucie Bea Dutton talking about the only English language adaptation of a Georgette Heyer novel – 'The Reluctant Widow' 1950 – and what exactly happened!
#RtGMarathon2 – Thread 3
— C. M. Rosens (@CMRosens) March 26, 2021
Watchalong – https://t.co/5k3ccnpF1M
Speaker: Eric Jurgens.
Class: 'Old monsters are new again: the changing interpretations of Grendel’s mother in Beowulf'.
Live tweetathon in aid of @GothicRomancing https://t.co/0trJcfbCCX, pls donate!!!!
#RtGMarathon2 – Thread 4
— C. M. Rosens (@CMRosens) March 26, 2021
Watchalong: https://t.co/vSF9yFDebg
Speaker: Rose Sinister
Class: 'The ‘Exotic’ American Vampire: Blood and Sugarcane in Louisiana.'
#RtGMarathon2 – Thread 5
— C. M. Rosens (@CMRosens) March 26, 2021
Watchalong:https://t.co/P1vVNNKo2V
Speaker: Cristina Diamant, talking about the ways Transylvania is depicted in the Gothic and the ways in which Transylvania portrays itself and produces the Gothic.
Transylvania and the Gothic @crispinadiamant
#RtGMarathon2 – Thread 6
— C. M. Rosens (@CMRosens) March 26, 2021
Watchalong: https://t.co/p7QJN4adbf
Argentinian Horror Cinema with Valeria Villegas Lindval
Donate to https://t.co/0trJcfbCCX to support this project and keep @GothicRomancing running for another year!
#RtGMarathon2 – Thread 7
— C. M. Rosens (@CMRosens) March 26, 2021
Watchalong: https://t.co/3BICMho9Lh
Marita Arviniti talked to us about Gothic Drama and did a deep dive into two contemporary productions of Gothic works on the stage – Frankenstein and The Monk.
Donate to @GothicRomancing: https://t.co/0trJcfbCCX
#RtGMarathon2 – Thread 8
— C. M. Rosens (@CMRosens) March 26, 2021
The Gothic and Second Language Acquisition – Alicia Dominguez
Donate to https://t.co/0trJcfbCCX to keep this project going for another year! My tweetathon is to raise money for it. Follow @GothicRomancing but also can't pay fees with follows soooooooo
#RtGMarathon2 – Thread 9
— C. M. Rosens (@CMRosens) March 26, 2021
Watchalong: https://t.co/74foTnmnXs
Jonathon O'Donnell @demonologian joined us to discuss demonologies and their connects to race and empire in modern American politics.
Donate to https://t.co/0trJcfbCCX to support @GothicRomancing
