New video essay! I explore the #ITfilms and #ANightmareonElmStreet & how their #monsters represent the perils of puberty and the terrors of the teen years. Turns out, the greatest fear of all is how many ways the adult world can let adolescents down. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeKo... #childhoodstudies
New chapters are up! We're now in Part II: Momentum. What is Millie going to do now that she knows that her old experimenter is watching her? Follow along to find out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSIR...
#YAliterature #YAfantasy #werewolves #monsters
Forgot to post my latest video! If monsters are so scary, why are there so many stories that use them to teach young children to be less afraid? Join me as I discuss monster picturebooks and #MonstersInc! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqvz... #childhoodstudies #monsterstudies #Grover
Next two chapters of my YA manuscript read-aloud is on YouTube! Genetically engineered werewolf life is getting more complicated. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAjO... #OurSharpForsakenTeeth #YAfantasy #YAliterature #monsters
Video essays are back! Timelier than I want it to be, but here we certainly are. Come join the conversation about the unruly child protagonists of #GuillermoDelToro, and how they resist the rigid roles of fascism. youtu.be/J8knBa1ZlH4 #Pinocchio #PansLabyrinth
Attn Philly community: if you are or know a teen who likes writing, please consider signing up for my upcoming Monster Story Workshop w/ the #MtAiryLearningTree, starting at the end of Feb! Learn about how to use monsters to write about humanity. Please help me spread the word! tinyurl.com/5vkmb6sa
I did an AMA (in two parts) on YouTube! Curious about #publicscholarship in #childhoodstudies and #monsterstudies? Come on over and join the conversation!
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New video! Come talk about the one and only #Animorphs, and how it refused to pull even a single punch in its depiction of child characters at war. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSlr... #childhoodstudies #monsterstudies
New video is up! If childhood is so precious and beautiful, then why is the idea of eternal childhood so tragic and terrifying? Come explore these questions with me by delving into the figure of the child vampire. youtu.be/y_cZqDnwqPY
#childhoodstudies #monsterstudies #iwtv #lettherightonein
New video - the second part of my discussion of the queer child shapeshifter, this time in #MyFavoriteThingIsMonsters by Emil Ferris and Jane Schoenbrun's #ISawTheTVGlow! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lItK... #childhoodstudies #monsterstudies #publicscholarship
No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull
New video! Why do conspiracy stories -- past and present, allegedly true or overtly fictional -- always seem to have helpless and holy kids in them? Check out this discussion to unpack the spectacle of the sacred child martyr.
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New video about one of my favorite topics, #Nimona! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSdw... #childhoodstudies #monsterstudies
I keep forgetting I have this account. Too many years off of the Other App! Anyway, new video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHSb... #childhoodstudies #monsterstudies #frankenstein #darkwater #thesixthsense
New video up! Come for the weird old movies, stay for the condemnation of RFK Jr. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhFg...
#childhoodstudies #monsterstudies #disabilitystudies #publicscholarship #Freaks1932 #TheBlackStork
Also, my Very Mushy Review of Sacha Lamb's #WhenTheAngelsLeftTheOldCountry. My beloved and I read this one together ❤️ kathleenwriting.com/2025/08/22/w...
Forgot to post about last week's video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=efrf.... Want to know why the phrase "childhood innocence" makes your friendly neighborhood Childhood Studies scholar grind their teeth? Look no further! #childhoodstudies #monsterstudies #publicscholarship #TheOmen #AttacktheBlock
New video essay! Interested in learning about #adultism through monsters? This video is for you!
#childhoodstudies #monsterstudies #publicscholarship #Matilda #TheHungerGames
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Currently writing about the Trunchbull from Matilda as a monster. What other not-technically-nonhuman-but-definitely-still-a-monster characters from children's media can you think of? #childhoodstudies #monsterstudies
Doing research for my next video and having a very fun time on the "cultural variants" section of Wikipedia's bogeyman page. World peace could possibly be achieved by appealing to humanity's collective love of freaking out our kids. #monsterstudies #childhoodstudies en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogeyman
Ever wonder what we can learn about childhood from monster stories? Wonder no more! Or, actually, wonder a lot more after diving into the topic with me on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEfO... #childhoodstudies #monsterstudies
