Heather McAlpine

I get to talk and write about books for a living @UFVEnglish @goUFV (she/her) I published a book!

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My book is real! It examines how the Pre-Raphaelites were influenced by and produced emblematic literature. You can get your own copy at https://t.co/mgpYL809PE

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As always, so grateful to have this oddball group of scholars with me on the wild ride that is critiquing the #Riverdale universe! @jessmwind @wronsweeney @YoDessa @AlexGWetmore @Hcelinski @KylieJWall @AntiqueiPod and everyone who presented — thank you!

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@matwenzel It was a pleasure to have you as a presenter, Mat! Thanks for joining us!

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Apparently the premise for @YoDessa’s latest fanfic adventure came to her in a dream...🧞‍♀️

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Heck yeah here we goooooo

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I love @Hcelinski’s comments about relating to the more asexual, textured Jughead of the comic books. Why don’t we have more asexual characters/situations in media?

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Reace is crushing this portrayal of Archie

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I’m watching the table read at the Riverdale conference right now and it’s truly giving me life

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@_girlvsbrunch @YoDessa YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED IT

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@YoDessa I wasn’t sure if having so many video presentations would feel stilted, but I have to say, it’s exactly like having people here for the most part (with the exception that you can’t “hang out” afterwards)

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@YoDessa How does this event just get more and more awesome!?!?

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@YoDessa Veronica (wearing pearls) and Archie in the shower after his dad gets shot?

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@YoDessa The couples hearing each other having sex at Veronica's cabin and then Veronica and Jughead's "romantic balancing" kiss but Archie and Jughead not having to kiss too

Welcome to my TED Talk

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She was in KJ Apa’s Insta story once!

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Rylee is sharing stories from her time as a background actor on Riverdale, Sabrina and other shows

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The secret to Riverdale’s gloomy aesthetic: lots of fog machines, according to Rylee 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Whitney Renville discusses the portrayal of disability in Sabrina — is her treatment by fellow witches as “disabled” due to her human blood readable thru a disability studies lens?

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“Thank you for having me back for the third year — and for reminding me how much I love this STUPID show.” — Kylie Wall finishing off our first panel of the day. #valleydale2020 #rideordie

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Dani Prince presents on feminist discourse in Sabrina - technologies of monstrosity and sexuality

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Wonders whether @WriterRAS would want this to be read as queer failure, but suspects he’s comfortable with the show’s comfort with resisting understanding/answers

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Mat Wenzel is walking us thru connections between Sabrina and Halberstam’s Queer Art of Failure