STEPHANIE A. GRAVES

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RHETORIC • FILM + MEDIA • GENDER + QUEER THEORY

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“A Campy Summer Evening” Slides
“A Campy Summer Evening” Slides

Slides for my talk on Camp Sensibilities, June 24th at Fait La Force in Nashville, TN.

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Upcoming Talk: Camp as a Style
Upcoming Talk: Camp as a Style

Details for a June 24th public lecture about Camp as a style.

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CFP: Slayage 11
CFP: Slayage 11

CFP for the 11th Biennial Slayage Conference

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My Favorite Horror Films of 2025
My Favorite Horror Films of 2025

The calendar has flipped over to another year & we're off on another lap around the Sun, so I may as well participate in the time-honored tradition of taking stock of the year that was.

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The Inevitable Substack
The Inevitable Substack

Ten Holiday Horror films to help you have a Merry Slashmas, now live on my shiny new Substack!

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Frankenstein Unbound
Frankenstein Unbound
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Upcoming Lecture: Frankenstein Unbound
Upcoming Lecture: Frankenstein Unbound

I’m giving a talk for Profs & Pints at Fait la Force Brewing on Wed., Dec 10th about Frankenstein, its many adaptations, and its enduring cultural legacy.

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Horror & the Camp Sensibility
Horror & the Camp Sensibility

So many people only think of Susan Sontag’s “Notes on Camp” when the term camp is invoked; this post explores why Sontag’s framing of camp comes up short in regards to queer horror.

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Southern Gothic Horror Slides
Southern Gothic Horror Slides

Slides for my Oct 22 talk on Southern Gothic Horror

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Stephanie A. Graves is a film & media scholar, teacher, reader, and nerd.

She researches rhetoric, gender & queer theory, pop culture, the Gothic and the Southern Gothic, horror, TV, and film.

She is fond of cats.