Lore Whittemore
• Media and Cultural Studies student in the Communication Arts PhD program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• researching fan/producer boundaries and the limitations of narrative possibilities by factors like policy and economic motivations
@gretchenmcc.bsky.social
Internet linguist. Wrote Because Internet, NYT bestseller about internet language. Co-hosts @lingthusiasm.bsky.social, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics. she/her 🌈 Montreal en/fr 🇨🇦 gretchenmcculloch.com
@huntressleine.bsky.social
Kids media researcher and critic. Vice-Chancellor's postdoctoral research fellow at RMIT University; RA with DEFI Cambridge; media reviews editor for Adaptation at OUP
@elizabethminkel.bsky.social
Writing about digital communities, books, and fandom. Co-host/editor of Fansplaining & co-curator of The Rec Center ✨ elizabethminkel.com // fansplaining.com // https://buttondown.email/the-rec-center
@fatherflourish.bsky.social
Curate at the Episcopal Church of St. Matthew & St. Timothy/Iglesia Episcopal de San Mateo y San Timoteo (Upper West Side, NYC). Formerly of @fansplaining.bsky.social. They/them 🏳️⚧️.
@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
@brandymp.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Communication + Media Studies @ Fordham U; Scholar of Black popular media, television and film, digital culture, and celebrity
@meesk.bsky.social
TV, media industries, algorithmic brand culture, videographic criticism. Associate Professor of Rhetoric & Media Studies, Lewis & Clark College. She/her.
@drjessc.bsky.social
academia | the #humanities | popular culture | other whims. Literally wrote the book on #Eurovision & Australia. I teach politics, IR, and pop culture but still identify as cultural studies. Proud cat lady. Views are her own. https://linktr.ee/jesscarniel
@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.
@seedwards.bsky.social
PhD candidate, UW-Madison Department of Communication Arts (Media and Cultural Studies). Usually thinking about nation branding+influencers+platforms. She/her. seedwards.com
@ericdienstfrey.bsky.social
Film/Media/Comm/Sound Studies @ UC & UA. Author of MAKING STEREO FIT https://www.ucpress.edu/books/making-stereo-fit/ Lover of Kiarostami, Rivette, Stephen King, and Taylor Swift. "The cinema has not yet been invented!" - Spinoza
@popmediaprof.bsky.social
▫️media studies & queer theory ▫️communication professor ▫️they/them 📍nyc (via philadelphia)
@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.
@mariakalberto.bsky.social
PhD English '24, University of Utah | she/her 🏳️🌈 | 📚 pop culture, #fanstudies, DH, Tolkien | diss: D&D, canon, & drow | header by galxrax (Unsplash)
@katejewell.bsky.social
Historian at Fitchburg State. Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio (UNC Press). Annoyingly obsessed with radio. https://linktr.ee/katherinejewell
@mmasnick.bsky.social
Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
@apocalypticdrift.bsky.social
Reluctant literary scholar with a focus on the end (of the world) American Studies at Universität Stuttgart (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) Other research interests include video games (& ludology), zombie studies, sound studies, and dark ecology.
@thesociologists.bsky.social
The Sociologist's Dojo is a blog and podcast focusing on the social analysis of film and popular culture using the Sociological Perspective. Blog http://thesociologistsdojo.blogspot.com Podcast https://thesociologistsdojo.libsyn.com/
@decafjedi.com
I'm a professor who studies politics, games, and pop culture. I stream retro adventure games every Wednesday night at twitch.tv/decafjedi. Co-host of the Quest Quest podcast. Links to all my other stuff at decafjedi.com!
@danguad.bsky.social
Historian of marketing and culture / asst prof at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Communication, Culture, information & Technology
@syates.bsky.social
Asst. Prof at Penn State. Dramaturg. Write on disability/crip studies, queerness, musicals, literature, aesthetics, performance, and access. deaf. they/he. https://samuelryates.com
@einavrfox.bsky.social
Historian. Curator. Writer. Looking at connections between culture and politics. Especially fashion. Author of Dressed for Freedom. Principal Editor of Dress. www.einavrabinovitchfox.com
@thevideogamelibrary.org
The DEFINITIVE site for video game literature 📚 🇨🇦 👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org Over 10,000 Video Game Books catalogued❗️ New books added daily. • Join the Discussion: http://discord.gg/4JqJUs2s2n • Support: https://thevideogamelibrary.substack
@jprstudies.bsky.social
A peer-reviewed open-access journal exploring popular romance media and the logics, institutions, and social practices of romantic love in global popular culture. https://www.jprstudies.org/
@popcrn.bsky.social
A vibrant scholarly network exploring mass phenomena through academic inquiry. Publishing the International Journal of Popular Culture. popcrn.org @lisajhackett.bsky.social @jojopopcrn.bsky.social @popcrn-huw.bsky.social @popculturestudies.bsky.social
@joelherman.bsky.social
Research Fellow @virtualtreasury.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social, Houses of Parliament | Historian of the press, publicity, and popular political action in Ireland, America, Britain, and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
@lynnemthomas.com
Rare Book #Librarian, SFF editor, bereaved parent of Caitlin, #geek. 11x Hugo Award winner. bi/queer. Head of RBML at Illinois; Verity podcast; Uncanny Magazine. Baby #aerialist. My opinions. she/her. I don’t auto-follow. #DoctorWho #bookhistory #SFF
@michaeldthomas.bsky.social
Caregiver for awesome daughter w/ Aicardi syndrome. 8-time Hugo-winning Publisher/Editor w/ my wife, @lynnemthomas, at @uncannymagazine. He/Him, They/Them.
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social
Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine Edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Hugo & 2024 Locus Award Winner. uncannymagazine.com
@florencesn.bsky.social
Video game archaeologist + game dev// PhD on archaeogaming as game preservation + procgen// Prev: Story Tech @gutefabrik.bsky.social, Planning Archaeologist at Museum of London Archaeology they/them 💾 florencesmithnicholls.com
@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
@dr-kath.bsky.social
Independent scholar of English / comparative and general literature: intertextuality | concept album, PhD, bilingual (German / English), creator of the blog #aircraftalbatrossandabeast, job seeking, (she / her) https://personalhomepagehagenk.wordpress.com
@helenemeyers.bsky.social
writer, educator, lover & critic of Jewish literature & film. Career coach for English majors & other humanities types. Latest book: MOVIE-MADE JEWS: AN AMERICAN TRADITION https://helenemeyers.com/
@jeanettepatrick.bsky.social
Podcaster | Public Historian | Museum Specialist | she/her Check out our history podcasts at www.R2Studios.org Head of R2 Studios at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University
@jenniferschell16.bsky.social
UAF English Professor, Ecogothic Aficionado, Cetacean Enthusiast, Canine Therapy Human. I write about species extinction, Arctic ecosystems, more-than-human organisms, and blue humanities. Ocean obsessed! Fairbanks, AK. Views my own.
@adamgolub.bsky.social
American Studies professor at Cal State Fullerton. Pop culture, true crime, monsters, music, creative work. Writing a cultural history of the doppelgänger. Also a runner who blogs about fatherhood. https://www.everydayfictions.com/bio
@chrisyogerst.com
Writer, professor, media historian. Columns at The Hollywood Reporter, Time, Washington Post, LARB Author: Hollywood Hates Hitler; The Warner Brothers. www.chrisyogerst.com chrisyogerst.substack.com
@landonpalmer.bsky.social
historian of film, media, popular music | assistant prof | wrote a book about rock stars in movies | he/him
@horrorlex.bsky.social
Horror Lex® (https://horrorlex.com) is the home of academic horror. Explore our huge research database of scholarly, thoughtful writings on horror films. #horror
@blankpaige.bsky.social
Enchantress/Professor/Explorer Extraordinaire Children's Literature • Newspapers • Puppets Children of the Black Press (@ohiostatepress.bsky.social) Cub Reporters: American Children's Literature and Journalism in the Golden Age (@sunypress.bsky.social)
@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.
@careymillsapspears.bsky.social
Author of Star Trek Discovery and the Female Gothic: Tell Fear No, Lexington Books, 2023. Views own https://careyspears.academia.edu/
@corybarker.bsky.social
Media studies researcher, Penn State professor, past and future television blogger. Book 📖: SOCIAL TV: MULTI-SCREEN CONTENT AND EPHEMERAL CULTURE Newsletter 📰: TV PLUS
@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
@harriyot.bsky.social
Professional weirdo. Doctor of Comics. Cross-stitch connoisseur. Moose enthusiast. Sparkles are life. She/her. Call me ˈhætiː
@matthewjkuiper.bsky.social
Religion Prof. Islam, South Asia, Middle East. Fascinated by religious actors & movements in modernity. Author of two books on Islamic da'wa (mission, propagation). Other words in sundry other places. Opinions mine. 13.1🏃🏼♂️✅, next up 26.2
@kathke.com
Historian. 19th/20th century US & Germany. JGU Mainz. 70s/80s cultural criticism, pop science, futurology. Book: Wires That Bind. @torstenkathke on most things.
@annacwebs.bsky.social
Freelance Game Writer & Narrative Designer | Hugo finalist, BAFTA, DICE, Future Class | UVW-CWA | "Queen of the Freelancers" | ♐️💜🤍🖤💚| she/her | annacwebster.com
@msteinbrg.bsky.social
Platforms (digital & not), animation, convenience stores in Japan and Asia. Super apps! Prof at Concordia University. Director of The Platform Lab. Books: In/Convenience (http://bit.ly/3Vcs4m4); The Platform Economy; Anime's Media Mix.