Sam Cross (she/her)

@poparchives.bsky.social

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Archivist and all around pop culture nerd. Plus I like to write about archives and archivists in pop culture! I'm a real catch! I can probably talk about other things. Maybe. https://www.pop-archives.com/

Tattoo of Inigo Montoya's sword from The Princess Bride
Screenshot of a parchment letter with an arcane library seal. On the parchment is written: Evaluation by the Principal. Congratulations, You are a Very Good Person!
Screen shot of results from online test with text that reads: "Okay this is genuinely impressive. You're well below the standard JND of 0.02. The CIE should be sending you a job offer. Or at least a certificate."
Image of a cartoon computer screen with a file named CharliePresentation/Final2V7/FinalFinalFinalForrealz.Slideshow and the word OVERRRIDE below.
Bart and Lisa Simpson eating breakfast at the kitchen table. The text below reads "So I says to Mabel, I says..."
Screenshot of a page from a book with the sentence "There were record storage boxes that people outside the profession called 'bankers boxes'" highlighted in green.
A book opened with the words Sir Not-Appearing-in-this-film written in calligraphy on the left and the picture of a baby in a knight's suit of armor on the right.
A pink and blue crocheted angler fish sits in a tea tin.
Milhouse talking to Bart with text beneath them that reads: "But where'd they get the records, Bart? Where did they get the records?"
Wall art of an ICE agent handcuffing Jesus.
Red-headed woman in a coral dress looks at the camera. Written below are the words "Do you know your last name's an adverb?"
Izzard Hamlet Seattle on the playbill held up in front of a white stage.
Drawing of the Rise version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in a circle around a Japanese gorinto. From the bottom left and going clockwise: Michelangelo, Splinter, Raphael, Donatello, April, and Leonardo. Art by Andy Suriano
An elephant stands upright, wearing a suit and tie, behind a grated barrier. The word archivist appears under him.
A cartoon train has "I choo-choo-choose you" in the smoke plume. Below is written Happy Valentines with hearts around it.
Portrait of Jeff Goldblum dressed in robes, holding a baby dinosaur.
Illustration of a gorintō with the characters from Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles next to their corresponding part. From the top down: Splinter (Void, Lotus), Leonardo (Air/Wind, Crescent), Michelangelo (Fire, Pyramid), Donatello (Water, Sphere), and Raphael (Earth, Cube).
Splinter after he was first mutated. A tall rat-man wearing a spandex jumpsuit. In the rain.
Splinter facing a newly animated Shredder armor.
Splinter sitting in his favorite chair, watching television with a bored look on his face.
Kanji for Void.
Leonardo making new weapons with his mystic abilities.
Leo appearing out of a portal.
Leonardo making a point in front of the camera.
Kanji for air/wind
Michelangelo using his nunchucks surrounded by fiery energy.
Michelangelo wielding his kusari-fundo as it lights on fire.
Fire kanji
Donatello's tech bo sprouting rockets at the end and spinning
Kanji for water
Kanji for Earth
The teenage mutant ninja turtles arrive on the scene!
Raphael's mystic avatar, a giant red version of himself, standing amongst freight boxes near a source of water
Kanji for Earth
a stone pagoda made up of, from bottom to top, a cube, sphere, pyramid, crescent, and lotus shape
Drawing of a woman in a revealing dress, holding a bottle, shouting, "I knew it!"
Tuxedo mask meme.
Purple puppet with a flowing orange and green dress, green glasses, and glittering jewelry looks into camera.
A black and white cat and a tabby cat staring directly into the camera, probably judging you.
Moopsey ready to suck on your bones.
Chris Evans in the Losers wearing a pink shirt that reads "Go Petunias!" while standing in a graveyard.
Screenshot of Tactical Breach Wizards where three wizards eat street food post-mission. Probably after defeating Steve Clark, Traffic Warlock.
Blade Runner 2049. K and the File Clerk walking by rows of similar cabinets. The scene is bathed in yellow light.
Image of Bart Simpson as a butterfly carrying a gas can over a burnt down Springfield Elementary while police arrest Principal Skinner.