#carnivalesque

[roadkill-dreaming]

ARE YOU HUNGRY?

A story about those who revel in the grotesque- about the inherent contradictory nature of dogma- about the red string of fate being pulled so tightly that it strangles. Nothing but meat and candy.

My debut novel- AVAILABLE NOW

[katebvsh]

Bold and beautiful Carnivalesque @ Maison Margiela Spring Summer 2024

[klaunee]

[WIP, OC] Mangiafuoco, Infernal Puppeteer (original design by Tanleek767 on TH)

[ghnosis]

the carnivalesque and Ghost pt 1 of ???

"[The gaping mouth] is, of course, related to the lower stratum; it is the open gate leading downward into the bodily underworld. The gaping mouth is related to the image of swallowing, this most ancient symbol of death and destruction."' (p. 325)

"The medieval public centered its curiosity on [the gaping jaws], expecting the most amusing and comic protagonists to emerge from them." (p. 348)

[titleknown]

...Do you think that Mikhail Bakhtin would have Thoughts about the "furry transformation apocalypse" subgenre of fetish fiction as a manifestation of the Carnivalesque?

[ghnosis]

the carnivalesque and Ghost part 2 of ????

🤡🤡🤡

[stardustandrockets]

What was your favorite read of January?

I read 5 books in the month of January. Two review books, one reread, a manga, and a semi-new release. I'm quite proud of my start for the year.

I'd recommend all of these books, but The Whispering Dark was my absolute favorite read this month. So many of my favorite things in one book and Colton Price is my favorite!

Books include: • Wotakoi vol 2 by Fujita • A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (reread) �� Above the Fold by Tamara Girardi (eARC) • The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew (favorite!) • Midnight Duet by Jen Comfort (eARC)

[creative-joseraph]

[neuxue]

gotta say, 'poetry recitation as pain management' is not one i was expecting on my just-like-me-fr crawford of lymond bingo card and yet here we are

[suits-of-woe]

you can tell i'm too deep into shakespeare studies because i've started developing a mental list of plays that are not good, not bad, but interestingly bad maybe on purpose in a way that makes them somehow loop back around to being good

[therosevest]

why do so many tiktok dancers try to keep a comically straight face when dancing like do you know how strange this is. no yeah don’t let me know you experience joy as a human being or anything. what

[ghnosis]

historical, theoretical, contemporary context

for. over a year now. I have been working on this document my uni calls a "confirmation of route" which is sort of like a contextual review or a lit review and also a crystallization of my project.

so I have 10k words to talk about my methodology, the structure of my proposed thesis document, as well as the historical, theoretical, and contemporary contexts my thesis will build on and sit within.

and it has been. so fucking excruciating. trying to parse that out?

I know I'm looking at identity, freedom of expression, and some element of spirituality/spiritual freedom. I know I'm building on Black feminist ideas of identity and politics without biology. I know I'm looking at Gothic fashion and self-expression, as well as self-expression and community in punk. I know I'm looking at queerness and anonymity, or more like pseudo-anonymity... ghesties are playing at being ghouls bc to be ghouls is to literally wear a mask, to have a persona, right?

I think, at this point, three years in, if I had to explain my thesis to you in one sentence, it would be

Ghost is the carnivalesque space where gender and sexual euphoria can manifest.

we use words like "rabbit hole" to describe how we came into the fandom, because (whether we recognize the linguistic tie or not) we fell like Alice into a topsy-turvy world where Satan is good and everything we thought we knew (about what a band that looks like Ghost could sound like, about what we thought we'd like, about who we were) turns out to be incorrect or warped slightly. this is ghnosis - reflecting on the truths about ourselves as Papa or the Ghouls show them to us.

[fortheturnstiles]

oh YES

[ghnosis]

yes

next question

do the papas count as drag personas?

[duncebento]

i could write more about it but the reason ppl like rachel dolezal and oli london, bhad bhabie, that tiktok fake hippie chick with the hair mats ETC. get popular enough to have this big platforms is because white ppl view racism as a taboo and thus when they see someone make racism a personality they wanna stare at that person like a car crash.

of course the only socially acceptable way to obsess over caricature-level racists is by harping on about how strange or problematic they are— so u might find a white creator make ten tiktoks about one racist as though it’s anything but content production at that point….and you’ll notice that by that point in time the creators of color will have moved on, because racism is not carnivalesque to us but in fact quite quotidian. it’s annoying and revealing to me that if a racist is absurd and quirky enough their racism will GROW their platform as people flock to hate-watch their interviews and stoke their engagement via epic clapback comments

[stardustandrockets]

If you were given the opportunity to explore your authentic self in an anonymous setting, would you take it?

Thank you to @wisewolfbooks for the free review copy of Above the Fold by Tamara Girardi. Out today in ebook and paperback from Amazon and B&N!

I absolutely loved this slow-burn romance. It features Mackenzie Davis, an intrepid young journalist, who finds herself in the middle of a carnival of epic proportions trying to find the perfect story to kickstart her career. The only thing is, the carnival is completely anonymous. Everyone has to wear a masquerade style mask and dress in costume; use an alias; and the actual location is a complete mystery. So you don't really know who anyone is or exactly where you are. Cellphones and electronic devices of any kind are forbidden. Mac starts out attending the carnival with a story in mind, but does she end up finding more than she bargained for?

Girardi does a fantastic job at weaving Mac's outside world with the carnival. It's fast-paced and so full of heart. Grab a milkshake and cozy up on the couch! We're headed to Carnivalesque. Can't wait for book 2!

I'm not sure if I'd have the guts to try shedding who I am. Even in an anonymous space. I so very rarely do things on my own when other people are involved. It could be fun, though. Too bad Carnivalesque isn't real.