AKM
Fan studies (K-pop+BL). PhD at Swinburne Sarawak. Obsessed w/ Beyond Evil, EarthMix & Kim Wooseok (A multi, but horrible at keeping up). Currently trying to move from X, but I'm very slow so it may stay empty for a while.
@joshshepperd.bsky.social
Associate Prof, University of Colorado; Director, Library of Congress RPTF; Editor, Resonance Journal; Faculty Advisor, KVCU Radio
@fansplaining.bsky.social
The podcast—and publication!—by, for, and about fandom. Writing on fan culture published once a month, with 250+ eps of the podcast (currently on hiatus) in our back catalog! fansplaining.com // patreon.com/fansplaining // https://ko-fi.com/fansplaining
@shannagilkeson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Digital Media, Cinema and Journalism at Eastern Michigan University. Fan studies scholar. Chair of Star Trek Studies and Fan Studies subject areas at MPCA. Post may be fannish, scholarly, or full of cats. Opinions are my own.
@juliakuttler.bsky.social
Acafan who studies #documentaries & #fanstudies. Alumna of Manchester University (in Indiana), Ball State University, and Bowling Green State University. Associate Professor of Communication and College Student Media Adviser at McPherson College in Kansas.
@aladyofchance.bsky.social
Lecturer in Film, would-be time traveller & ever-aspiring Yiddishistke. Film history, fan studies, movie magazines & Norma Shearer.
@scenicrailway.bsky.social
https://thefanthropologist.com/ newsletter✨ Film & TV studies MFA ✨ Jamie scholar ✨ I believe soup was invented in 1867 by Shrek ✨hutch baby please call me I'm very normal 🪴🦓3️⃣ linktr.ee/lenabarkin
@memorieschild.bsky.social
Research Associate at Cardiff Uni; honorary research fellow at Amgueddfa Cymru Museum Wales; co-editor of Popular Communication; @fanstudies.bsky.social & @scmsfaas.bsky.social boards. Writes about fandom, cult TV, true crime, tattoos and other fun stuff.
@fanstudies.bsky.social
Bringing Fan Studies scholars together since 2012. https://fanstudies.org/
@scmsfaas.bsky.social
SCMS Fan and Audience Studies Scholarly Interest Group. Sharing posts, CFPs and info about fan studies and audience studies.
@journal.transformativeworks.org
Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC) is an international, peer-reviewed journal published by the Organization for Transformative Works.
@transformativeworks.org
The Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) is a nonprofit organization established by fans to serve the interests of fans by providing access to and preserving the history of fanworks and fan culture in its myriad forms.
@pbooth81.bsky.social
Teacher, writer, dog-lover, reader, board gamer, tv watcher, Doctor Who enabler; annoyingly optimistic. New Doctor Who Big Finish author: check out my Short Trips "Ahead of Time" coming out April 2025
@valderie.bsky.social
loud disabled academic who’s obsessed with her dog. MA in celebrity & fan studies, currently a MLIS student. creator of spottedhounddesign. suffering mets and destiel fan. she/her.
@deanleetal.bsky.social
Phd hopeful, fandom, X-Men, Taskmaster, Staged, SPN, non binary, trans, fat, polyam, neurodivergent, queer, aroace, ceasefire now
@pcbryan.bsky.social
Have PhD, will travel. Americanist by training, fan/media studies by trade. Scholar of fan studies, adaptation, Disney, comics - happy to talk intersections of translation/gender/disability. First book out; next book soon. He / him.
@hedahlbergdodd.bsky.social
Sociocultural linguist and digital/popular media studies human | 📍UTokyo/Temple | 社会文化言語学・デジタル社会・メディア表象・役割語/キャラクター言語 | J-E translation 日英翻訳 | they/she | (発言は個人の見解です)
@shadyeurofreak.bsky.social
Local Authority Research Practitioner (LARP) | Dr of Eurovision | Eurovision uber fan | Moomins | Human geographer | He/him 🏳️🌈
@fangirlresearch.bsky.social
Final year fan studies PhD student studying fangirls @ University of Huddersfield, girlhoods, popular music, fan activism, celebrity etc Uni of Leeds and Emerson College alum, from LA now cozying up in the Yorkshire countryside. Queer autistic disabled
@ladylark.bsky.social
Lecturer in Design Policy and Futures Thinking based at @Imaginationlanc.bsky.social, researching technology and society, and sometimes fandom. @blackarchive.co.uk author. She/her. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2079-1658
@kirstysedgman.bsky.social
Doctor of Audiences 🎭 🎥 📚 Author of #OnBeingUnreasonable with @FaberBooks: http://bit.ly/unrea. Agent JP Marshall, she/her, opinions: model’s own
@drfangirlphd.bsky.social
Fangirl 🥰 Therapist 🦄 Fandom & Mental Health Research 🦸🏻♀️ @TheFangirlBiz Podcast 🎤 Views mine 🌈 Posts aren’t advice 💜 Kindness has a spine 🌊
@anthropunk.bsky.social
Applied Anthropologist researching how people promote, manage, resist, and endure change; and how they, algorithms, and ethics coexist. (Or not). Social Systems/Culture. Sometimes write for Fast Company.
@areum.bsky.social
👩🏻🏫Researches & teaches Korean film, pop culture, theatre & performance at ASU 📚Beyond the Sewol (U of Hawaii Press, Sep 2025) & K-pop Fandom (U of Michigan Press, Feb 2026) forthcoming 📧areumjeong@gmail.com
@math48.bsky.social
Visiting Assistant Professor of Korean Studies @CMU & K-pop fandom(s) researcher | K-pop, research, and random 헛소리 in FR, EN, KR | 👨🏻💻 🏳️🌈 • he/him, il/lui
@amandaallenphd.bsky.social
English Prof. I research 1940s-1960s teen romance & print culture, the female network of editors & librarians who published midcentury #KidLit & #YALit, and fan & fandom studies. YA editor of JPRS. LOVES BOOKBINDING! She/her.
@tlknoell.bsky.social
Professional nerd. Occasional time traveler. Co-host of Silent Film Fridays on Twitch. Dept. of Popular Culture, School of Cultural and Critical Studies, Bowling Green State University. On sabbatical '24-'25 academic year. Views are my own.
@benlitherland.bsky.social
Popular culture and politics. Sometimes academic who writes about those things. Co-hosts Ill Effects, good podcast about bad media influence https://open.spotify.com/show/0QotQZhgYQOsjCvGMefNjl?si=zRsbRad6SZO
@smittermeier.bsky.social
Largely unknown historian @ Uni Kassel Versität. “Smart heavy hitter” doing work on pop culture (Disney, TV) & queer history. Does stand up comedy. Frustrated idealist. Very bisexual. Podcast @infrontofira.bsky.social. https://linktr.ee/sabrinamittermeier
@alfredmartin.bsky.social
Detroit native. Associate Professor and Chair of Cinematic Arts at U of Miami. Author of The Generic Closet, Fandom for Us, by Us, and editor of Rolling.
@augustaquarius.bsky.social
⭐️Associate Professor (Reader) 📚 @fanstudies.bsky.social board 🎢 Transmedia Tourism • Experience Economy • Theme Parks • Disney • Participatory Cultures • Media Endings ❤️ Sushi • Margaritas • Minions 🧟♀️ she/her 🏴 💻 https://linktr.ee/drrebeccawilliams
@julianeugarten.bsky.social
Researcher of fandom studies, fanfiction, computational literary studies and literary reception. Currently a PhD candidate at Radboud University. Views are my own.
@drrossgarner.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer @Cardiff JOMEC. Co-Investigator of media.cymru media tourism research. Co-editor of Popular Communication journal. Ask me about #Pokemon #JurassicPark and #Dinosaurs More information at: https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/garnerrp1
@meesk.bsky.social
TV, media industries, algorithmic brand culture, videographic criticism. Associate Professor of Rhetoric & Media Studies, Lewis & Clark College. She/her.
@chriscomerford.bsky.social
Lecturer in Comms & Media, University of Wollongong 📖 | Doctor of screens, fans & Batman 🦇 | Useless Trivia expert 🧠 | Ace Stardew Valley fisherman 🎣 | Views my own | He/Him
@cherrypoppunk.bsky.social
lambda poetry fellow 👸 disney and nintendo scholar 🏰 edits at IHLR, JCMS 📝 perpetually sleepy 💤 she/her 🏳️⚧️ jennessahester.com
@kimberlyhirsh.com
Three books in a trench coat. Mom. School librarian. Citizen of Romancelandia. I manage multiple chronic illnesses. I love books and games. 🌈♿ Posts automatically cross-posted here from https://kimberlyhirsh.com. #FanLIS
@kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social
That chick obsessed with Shinto and #torii gates. ⛩️🔍🗺️ Anthropologist of (Japanese) religion, digital tech, media & pop culture | Lecturer & Assoc. Editor @ Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture | YouTuber @ Eat Pray Anime | Cultural consultant
@chrismey2203.bsky.social
Univ. HH.Am.Studies.The long 19th c;author of “Producing Mass Entertainment:The Serial Life of the Yellow Kid” (OSUP 2019).Eisner Award nominee.President of ComFor e.V. Gardening.she/her https://www.slm.uni-hamburg.de/iaa/personen/meyer-christina.html
@nicolleness.bsky.social
🔸️Media studies scholar 🔸️Fan studies, cosplay, games & tech 🔸️Passionate senior lecturer at HU Utrecht 🔸️Gamer, fan artist & Trekker 🖖 https://linktr.ee/nicollelamerichs
@danielcavicchi.bsky.social
Professor, Rhode Island School of Design. Fan studies, popular music studies, sound studies, American studies. Views are my own. https://www.risd.edu/academics/history-philosophy-and-social-sciences/faculty/daniel-cavicchi
@abbykirby.bsky.social
Fan Studies Scholar// Gravity Falls & Psych Fan// Fanfic Enthusiast https://ko-fi.com/aba_daba_dooo
@caitlinstudies.bsky.social
-she/her & 🏳️🌈 ♿, Sociology PhD student @ Temple University -research is on sexuality, queer identity, & BL fandom -still plays PokemonGo
@effietheant.bsky.social
PhD(c) Media Studies, Western U | Reviews Editor, Journal of Fan Studies | Comms, Transformative Works & Cultures | #fanstudies | she/her
@yasminehachimi.bsky.social
PhD in Early Modern Literature & Culture | Popular Representations of Premodern Queens | Period Dramas | Pop Culture | Romance Reader | Fangirl Probably talking about the Tudors. 👑 https://linktr.ee/yasminehachimi
@pirogoeth05.bsky.social
A popular culture scholar who uses metaculture to examine how theater, comics, and television tell stories giving audiences access to cultures and identities other than their own and connect with those texts. She/Her https://cblissacafan.com
@dpupopculture.bsky.social
Annual fan/academic event celebrating and critiquing pop culture at DePaul University. Always a good time. https://popcultureconference.com/2025-reading-reality-tv
@valeriefrankel.bsky.social
👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://rowman.com/Action/SERIES/_/LEXJSF/Jewish-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy
@azaij.bsky.social
Queer Historian • Sci-fi Nerd • Grad Student • Activist • Wife • 🏳️🌈 • Opinions Mine • She/They Popular culture, speculative fiction, historical memory, identity, sexuality, and politics from the late 20c to the present day
@jonathanarose.bsky.social
Sees and does his best to observe. Post-doc at Uni of Passau. Fan, Trans, Cultural Studies. And fungi!