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[cupcake_goth]

• I'm seriously considering joining the International Gothic Group. "The International Gothic Association unites teachers, scholars, students, artists, writers and performers from around the world who are interested in any aspect of gothic culture: fiction, drama, poetry, art, film, music, architecture, popular culture and technology. It promotes the study and dissemination of information on gothic culture from the mid eighteenth century to the contemporary moment. The only association of its kind, the IGA is the academic centre for people interested in an analysis of the gothic."
  
  Actually there's no question that I should and will join it, I just need to poke at the budget, because a US membership is over $100.



• Along those lines, one of my aims this year is to get through my TBR stack(s) of gothic research and analysis books. I'm going to try and make those the focus of my reading time, with books for The Night Library and my vintage gothic romances as my fiction breaks.



• Which means I should probably set myself a weekly night I am "allowed" to read fic, instead of browsing Ao3 every night. :D



• Thanks to an image crossing my Tumblr dash, my (very mild) dilemma of what to wear to the Bauhaus show is solved! Red velvet and ivory lace and ruffles it is!



• SELF YOU DO NOT NEED TO BROWSE FOR MORE RED VELVET JACKETS. OR GOTHIC HEROINE NIGHTGOWNS.



• Where the hell is my hole punch? I need to cut and punch notepaper for my organizer.

Comments

[staxxy]

oof. and that's a yearly membership fee.

[archersangel]

they should waive the fee for anyone who has a book published for goths and those who love them.

[cupcake_goth]

That would be nice.

(My dream goal about it is that they invite me to one of the conferences.)

[azimech]

I COULD understand if it was aimed at academics, but even academics aren’t made of money, and are exploited for their labor.

[cupcake_goth]

It looks like the association is mainly aimed at academics, but I absolutely agree with your points.

[morseren]

In case you have not seen it (yes, it is fast fashion sadly) it is lined with a fairly opaque inner lining with polyester chiffon on top of a good quality. For the price I am very pleased with it. I bought an extra large and for a 42+ bust it's plenty loose. I wear this and read one of my vintage "Dark Shadows" gothics. :)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07651PFN8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1&psc=1

[cupcake_goth]

I just got one of these! I'm pretty pleased with it.

[morseren]

Ah, yes. I've been trying to get the university library I work at to at least subscribe to the journal. We have Lauren Goodlad here and one of her research/teaching subjects is gothic. But me wanting it on her behalf (wink, wink) has not gotten me anywhere.

I believe most academics don't have to pay their own membership, their universities generally do it. I wish I was in a teaching/instructing capacity because I would totally be requesting payment for this!