Jenessa Williams, PhD
🎓Music Fandom & Internet Cultures Postdoc (Stanford)
✍🏽Music Journalist (DIY, FortyFive, Guardian, NME etc.)
📌 https://jenessawilliams.substack.com
@riannawalcott.bsky.social
Researcher of social media, so I am contractually obliged to shitpost Assistant prof @ UMD Associate director of BCaT Lab Black Brit abroad, Londoner for life 🇬🇧🇯🇲🇧🇧 MASSIVE hater
@franznicolay.bsky.social
Music, writing, teaching: http://linktr.ee/franznicolay ||| PianoFighter.substack.com ||| To us, the beautiful!
@bondykaye.bsky.social
postdoc at U of Leeds researching music, policy, and platforms bondykaye.com
@craigsj.bsky.social
Culture writer at Vulture / New York Magazine, dungeon crawler, Pulitzer nominee, things of that nature https://www.vulture.com/author/craig-jenkins/
@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.
@kaytiburt.bsky.social
pop culture ✍🏼: @time-magazine.bsky.social @rollingstone.com @polygon.com @vulture.com @latimes.com @pastemagazine | transformative fandom fan | poor country kid | she/her | black lives matter | @fspnwu.bsky.social | TCA member
@louah.bsky.social
PhD candidate, musicology, Uni of Leeds: Cover Versions, Coronamusic & post pandemic pop. Associate lecturer in media, culture and politics, Uni of Worcester. Music & pop culture obsessive. Sax & woodwind player. She/they.
@stane.bsky.social
I've been a wild swimmer for many a year..... Leeds and Dublin, BFC and WWFC. Academic, once a musician. Rebel Notes: Popular Music and Conflict in Ireland (Beyond the Pale 2025) out now. https://www.beyondthepalebooks.com/
@svegaard.bsky.social
Post-doc in polarisation, populism, fandom, identity and all the feels with @snurb at QUT DMRC. 🇩🇰 in 🇦🇺, residing on Turrbal and Yugara country. QaF. Plant🪴dad. Once and future cat person. he/him
@mediamarknz.bsky.social
formerly @markboynz on Twits. Media and Comms academic. Pinko leftie socialist. Queer rights. Tangata tiriti. #Landback.
@vikkigodwin.bsky.social
Fan studies scholar. I write about costuming, customizing, collecting, and more. Editor of Journal of Fandom Studies. Fan Studies Area co-Chair for PCA.
@adriamaral.bsky.social
Professor and Researcher on pop culture, digital media, and fan studies at UFF. Series Editor at PCWP Routledge. Aoir 2025 Chair. Childless Cat Lady. Spooky Nerd. Goth. https://adriamaral.substack.com/ ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9159-2352
@matt-hills.bsky.social
Independent scholar, former Professor of Fandom Studies, life-long Doctor Who fan, lover of genre fiction (especially SF and crime), frequently astonished reader of contemporary political commentary
@mpcaaca.bsky.social
The Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association is a regional branch of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. Find us at The University of Iowa October 3-5, 2025. Submissions opening early 2025. mpcaaca.org
@drfangirlphd.bsky.social
Fangirl 🥰 Therapist 🦄 Fandom & Mental Health Research 🦸🏻♀️ @TheFangirlBiz Podcast 🎤 Views mine 🌈 Posts aren’t advice 💜 Kindness has a spine 🌊
@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.
@lrjdmnr.bsky.social
feminist TV & media lecturer @ the university of salford ❈ women & UK comedy book: https://shorturl.at/iD3Q5 ❈ tv & class project: https://shorturl.at/uIkTP ❈ [email protected] https://salford-repository.worktribe.com/person/1178868/laura-minor
@ejpgjournal.bsky.social
The EJPG publishes international, cutting-edge research in the broad field of politics and gender Q1 journal with a JCR Impact Factor of 2.3 Co-edited by: @jennpiscopo.bsky.social & @payoub.bsky.social Webpage: https://rb.gy/ri37fh
@aoir.bsky.social
Researching the Internet is serious business. Mostly. (We're mainly over on AoIR.social, our organisation Mastodon instance, which is open to all members.) https://aoir.org/ https://aoir.social/@aoir
@kimberly-hassel.bsky.social
Dominican New Yorker. Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies at Duke University. Anthropologist and ethnographer specializing in digital sociality, contemporary Japan, and Afro-Japanese encounters. Princeton PhD | Dartmouth, MMUF, and IRT alumna
@baldwinvidal.bsky.social
Black queer feminist jawn. And how. She/Her pronouns. Senior Book Reviews Editor, Journal of Popular Music Studies (JPMS)
@rudyfraser.com
Founder & CEO, @blacksky.app ASML Fellow, Berkman Klein, @harvard.edu Building community networks and technologies blackskyweb.xyz + wethepeople.nyc move fast and break chains; revolution now; not tomorrow—now. 🏴☠️ 🔗: https://linkat.blue/rudyfraser.com
@hakeemjefferson.bsky.social
Assistant professor of political science. I think about identity, stigma, race, and politics more than any normal person should. Lover of life. Pro-democracy. People should dance more. Not Hakeem Jeffries, the Minority Leader.
@victoriapistivsek.bsky.social
phding, grad rep, teaching in dept of film studies at king's college london 🚀 researching masculinity, politics, laughter in post-2016 us pop culture 🔮 AFHEA 🛸
@cvetman.bsky.social
fka colleen • not that kinda doctor • pop culture enthusiast • sometimes scholar • dog mom/demon supervisor • perpetually tired • disabled • queer • 33 • she/her • "glorious bitch" according to my therapist
@johnrgallagher.bsky.social
I use qualitative and computational methods to study writers on the internet. I study how machine learning experts communicate. More generally, I study writing and writers. Associate professor.
@holmesjessica.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Copenhagen. Popular music, gender, and disability. https://researchprofiles.ku.dk/en/persons/jessica-allison-holmes
@dandipiero.bsky.social
Musician, writer, teacher. Books on improvisation and queer-feminist indie rock. Site: http://dandipiero.com Substack: http://dandipiero.substack.com Big Feelings book: https://press.umich.edu/Books/B/Big-Feelings2
@sadiewit.bsky.social
Constantly ranting about fandom (mostly Supernatural) & science (mostly 🧠) Scientist, storyteller, scuba diver, podcaster
@citylightsbooks.bsky.social
A literary meetingplace since 1953, City Lights is a landmark bookstore and publishing house, known for our commitment to innovative writing and progressive ideals.
@laurelrogers.bsky.social
London-based PhD candidate researching platform sex work and the sexual politics of techno-authoritarianism
@bapollo.bsky.social
Fifth Year PhD Candidate at the University of Michigan Film, Television, and Media
@kristenwarner.bsky.social
Professor, Researcher, Irascible teapot. Expertise in film/media studies as it relates to black folk, employment/labor, representation and RESONANCE. Yes the plastic representation. Yes the sonic visibility. I still don’t watch sitcoms. Except shrinking.
@rawreader.bsky.social
Professor at Washington University. Author of The Suffering Will Not Be Televised and The Content of Our Caricature. Black studies, Feminist Theory, Media Studies, Comics.
@madianou.bsky.social
Prof @Goldsmiths U of London | digital infrastructures, tech & AI in global south | New Book: 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' https://tinyurl.com/4ceyvc3s | New project: reimagining digital ID https://tinyurl.com/bdfawt64
@moyazb.bsky.social
Moya Bailey. Quirky Black Girl. Queer Androgyne. 90s R&B Lover. Teacher. Gatherer. Mozzarella Stick Aficionado. https://linktr.ee/moyabailey
@nourhalabi.bsky.social
Race, migration and media academic, IDR Fellow at University of Aberdeen. Author #RadicalHospitality @RutgersUPress. Pronouns: she/هي
@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social
A close-knit community, a rich academic heritage, a creative powerhouse, a thought-provoking place.
@kat-hig.bsky.social
Lecturer (Assist Prof) in Global Digital Politics @ Goldsmiths 📚 Co-author of Believability: Sexual Violence, Media and the Politics of Doubt (Polity) ✍️ Writing about vulnerability politics, violence, (de)criminalization & media she/her
@katestarbird.bsky.social
Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer. #RageAgainstTheBullshitMachine
@lilyehirsch.bsky.social
Writer (often about music). Reluctant book promoter. Ok, I can do this: author of Can’t Stop the Grrrls and Weird Al: Seriously. Sometimes tries to be funny.
@zaritaylor.bsky.social
critical cultural + media studies scholar tired of switching platforms. thoughts are my own.
@cjpersaud.bsky.social
Research Scientist at Intel Labs doing Responsible AI and STS stuff. PhD from USC Annenberg. LA queer artist/nightlife entity/food enjoyer otherwise. 🤔 🤷🏾♂️ platforms, creators, queer media, pornography, digital intimacies, and internet culture
@lucykbennett.bsky.social
🎵 Popular music & media fandom lecturer @ JOMEC, Cardiff University 🏴 From Caerphilly, Wales 🤓 Fan Studies Network board. ✍️ Music writer @Godisinthetv. Lover of music & words 💙🎧
@thinkengagement.bsky.social
14th May. Life with Football Legislation; Preparing for Meaningful Fan Engagement & Consultaiton. Feat. Everton FC, Lincoln City FC & more. Thanks to Tractivity & LCP. Book now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thinkfanengagement/1650506
@katejsim.bsky.social
COSPR - children's online safety and privacy research cospr.net Building worker power against militarism in tech @techworkerscoalition.org @notechforapartheid.bsky.social