The Bruja Professor Blog Index

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Blog Index

Writing & Genre Fiction

Not Like Other Writers: The Toxic Literary Trope that Needs to Die

Courtship & Romance Media

A Brief (Personal) Exploration of Courtship Novels Plus an Infographic

A Brief (Personal) Overview of The Romantic Comedy

“Cheek to Cheek” with the Rom-Com Genre: The Musicals of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers with Jennifer Howell

Class Struggle in the Romance of North & South with Adrienne

The Complicated Legacy of Georgette Heyer with Dr. Sam Hirst

The History of Clinch Cover Art with The Art of the Clinch

 I Want it Allllllllll: An Interview with Romance Author N.G. Peltier

Joyful Problematization with Andrea Martucci

Life is a Dream: Sueño, Romance & the Importance of BIPOC Joy

The Literary Figure of The Rake with Dr. Angela Toscano

The Problematic History of "Indian Romances" with Steve Ammidown

RomComs Are All That: An Interview with Romance Author Maya Rodale

Smut is Political by The Smut Report

Life in Higher Education

Gone with the Wind, Banned Books Week & Uncomfortable Histories

Grad School, Gaskell & The Wisdom of North & South

Why We All Want To Go To Magic School

The Gothic

A Brief History of Haunted Real Estate in Popular Culture

Eldritch Gothic with C.M. Rosens...Bonus writing prompts included!

The Food of Witchcraft in Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby, with A Gothic Cookbook’s Alessandra Pino

How to Tell if You are a Heroine in a Gothic Romance

The Quiet Terror of Hallmark Holiday Movies: Folk Horror, Small Towns & Christmas Miracles

Folklore & The Mystic

Designing the Rook and Rose Pattern Deck with Marie Brennan

Finding Fairies for Fiction...& Life! with Morgan Daimler

How to Survive Happy Ever After with Lissa Sloan

Joy as a form of Resistance: Talk Transcript from Folklore and Resistance Roundtable - The Carterhaugh School

Putting Down the Burnout Crown with The Carterhaugh School of Folklore & the Fantastic

Re-Enchant Your Life with the Tarot

Occult Detectives

Ghost Hunting Before the Victorians…with Tim Prasil

My Love Affair with the Urban Fantasy Heroine by Sarah Sproston

Remembering The Vampire Huntress by Latisha Jones

Witchy Business

It's Not All Love & Light: The Dark Side of Witchcraft & Pagan Communities

Love Potions, Spells & Romantic Conjurings in Pop Culture

The Magic of Witchy Houses in Popular Culture

The Origin of the Tarot with Jessica Mason

What's the Deal with WitchTok?

Which Witch Are You? : Finding Your Magical Self Through Storytelling & Pop Culture Keynote Transcript

The Joys of Critical Thinking

Engaging with Problematic Content with Latisha Jones

Joyful Problematization with Andrea Martucci

The Stories that Shape Us

Grad School, Gaskell & The Wisdom of North & South