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culture writer, editor @ LARB, mother in the DC suburbs // here for the nuanced takes, the good faith arguments, and the jokes
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@nathankhensley.bsky.social
Action without Hope: Victorian Literature after Climate Collapse (2025) • Forms of Empire: The Poetics of Victorian Sovereignty (2016) • Fresno, Silver Spring • https://www.nathankhensley.net/ • he/him/his
@theotherrbg.bsky.social
📖author, Dear Miss Perkins (Kensington, Jan. 2025) 🐻Brown postdoc🤎 ✍🏼writing a book on the American Revolution in popular culture, 1976-2026 www.rebeccabrennergraham.com
@fullstopmag.bsky.social
Reviews. Interviews. Marginalia. An online publication of literary criticism focusing on debuts, works in translation, and books published by small presses. https://www.full-stop.net/
@celaina.bsky.social
new here / reviews ed. @fullstopmag.bsky.social / writing @brooklynmuseum.org, @literaryhub.bsky.social, @orionmagazine.bsky.social www.corinnesegal.com
@nursedeb007.bsky.social
I’m just a girl in the world. Pediatric RN over 30 years. Very liberal. Snark is welcome. Lefty leftist on the left coast. No DM’s. #BlueCrew
@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social
Time Machines. Temporality. Ecology. Robots. Education. Associate Professor of 19th century British Literature.
@omweekes.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of English at Queens College, CUNY, living in NYC / “It’s really hard not to mention, llamas.”
@dhblake.bsky.social
Teacher, literary critic, cultural historian. Proponent of big ears, discerning eyes, and clear expression. Views are sometimes my own … and sometimes the views of others which are worth entertaining for a moment or two. @TCNJ
@wittnercinetec.bsky.social
Wittner Cinetec offers Super 8, Double 8 and 16mm filmstock and a large selection of accessories like film reels, cans, splicing tape, splicers, bulbs, spare parts and more! Imprint: www.wittnercinetec.com/imprint -> WEBSHOP: www.wittnercinetec.com/en_GB
@lisaweidenfeld.bsky.social
Assistant arts editor at the Boston Globe covering TV, theater, comedy, and music. Bylines at Boston College Magazine, Boston Magazine, AV Club, Episodic Medium, and more. She/hers.
@robertbettmann.bsky.social
Moving over from Twitter (finally.) Founder arts non-profit Day Eight. Father and husband. “They do these things when the tree is green what will they do when it is dry?”
@manchesterreview.bsky.social
The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing. https://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/
@thegeekiary.bsky.social
We cover what we like- and what we hate- with one guiding principle: We're fans. We have FEELINGS. This is where we share them. Connect with us: https://linktr.ee/TheGeekiary
@baltimorebeat.bsky.social
Baltimore Beat is the city’s paper of record. A Black-led, Black-controlled nonprofit newspaper and online media outlet for all of Baltimore.
@assignedmedia.org
An independent news website about trans issues, by trans journalists. assignedmedia.org Support our work: https://www.assignedmedia.org/support
@theflytrapmedia.com
Worker-owned, community-oriented intersectional feminist journalism to unfuck your algorithm. 🔗 theflytrapmedia.com
@carolinesiede.bsky.social
Film & TV critic | Expert grocery shopper | Writing at The A.V. Club, The Daily Beast, and Girl Culture | CFCA | She/her http://girlculture.substack.com
@cgemcritics.bsky.social
Demanding better access, pay, representation in media: African American Film Critics (AAFCA) • Latino Entertainment Journalists (LEJA) • Asian American Journalists (AAJA) • LGBTQ Entertainment Journalists (GALECA) • Online Female Film Critics (OAFFC) • You
@stephenwhitty.bsky.social
Film critic, programmer, lecturer, dog-rescuer. Bylines in Entertainment Weekly, Village Voice, NY Daily News, Cosmopolitan and 30 years of newspapers. Author, "The Alfred Hitchcock Encyclopedia."
@mihailova.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, School of Cinema, San Francisco State University. PhD, Yale University. Co-president of the Society for Animation Studies. 🇧🇬 Research areas: animated media, AI, visual effects, video games. Latest: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/944430
@katykelleher.bsky.social
The Ugly History of Beautiful Things. Writing about smells, sounds, tastes... you get it. Interested in you.
@dorianawards.bsky.social
Over 550 experts giving you the Q+ eye on 🎞️ film , 📺 TV & 🎭 Broadway/Off-Broadway's best via the 🏆 Dorian Awards. Also find us @DorianAwards on Instagram, Threads, Facebook and LinkedIn, and at GALECA on YouTube.
@peoplesbooktakoma.com
Woman-owned independent bookstore in downtown Takoma Park, MD. Open daily 9am-8pm. https://linktr.ee/peoplesbooktakoma
@michaelschulman.bsky.social
Staff writer at The New Yorker. Author of "Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep" and "Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears." www.michael-schulman.com
@teenvogue.com
The young person's guide to conquering (and saving) the world.✨ Sign up for our politics newsletter: http://tnvge.co/PZWnEym
@stephanieseul.bsky.social
Historian of media and communication 1900-1945 | Mum of 4 | Fellow, Royal Historical Society | Co-editor, Media History | Part-time lecturer, University of Bremen Website: https://stephanieseul.com/ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2616-1366
@mkackman.bsky.social
Media historian at the University of Notre Dame, and given the circumstances, a reasonably friendly grump.
@thedofmp.bsky.social
Producers of BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, PATTI CAKE$, PHILLY DA & more Now: O'DESSA on Hulu, 32 SOUNDS on Criterion, GASOLINE RAINBOW on Mubi Soon: NOBODY NOTHING NOWHERE
@jdbohland.bsky.social
Work at a Uni. Have a PhD and everything! Live in NC. Husband, dad, stepdad. Politics, footy, Hokie sports, TV, indie rock. Miss you, IB ❤️❤️
@briantallerico.bsky.social
CFCA President - Editor http://RogerEbert.com - Bylines at Vulture, AV Club, NYT, GQ, Arrow, The Playlist, Rolling Stone, LA Times, elsewhere - Producer CCFF - Father of 3 Boys - Not Vince Gilligan
@nellminow.bsky.social
Movie critic, shareholder advocate #corpgov #movies she/her/mom www.authory.com/NellMinow I stand for: protecting the environment, reproductive health, dignity and respect for all except bullies, grifters, and haters. I lack decorum, per Congress.
@mangiotto.bsky.social
@natsocfilmcrix. @nytimes, @laweekly, @decider, @vulture, @criterion, @theplaylist, @wapo, @pchh, @netflix's VOIR, @ebertvoices, @flmfrkcentral. http://walterchaw.com
@timgrierson.bsky.social
Senior U.S. Critic for Screen International. Member: LAFCA and NSFC. Frequently in the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Vulture and RogerEbert.com. Author of "This Is How You Make a Movie." Q&A moderator. Contact: timothygrierson@gmail.com
@rifewithkatie.bsky.social
You’ve seen me around. Writing all over: Letterboxd, Indiewire, AV Club, Vulture, Ebert, etc.
@filmfest.bsky.social
Editor-In-Chief/ Chief Critic ThatShelf.com | POVMagazine.com | CBC Metro Morning | CBC Radio | RogerEbert.com | blog.BestBuy.ca | Member: TFCA, Critics Choices, OFCS. Rotten Tomatoes.
@rendy.bsky.social
Cinephile with little braincells | owner of RendyReviews.com Entertainment journalist |Autostraddle | Them | Roger Ebert | Den of Geek | Rolling Stone | Paste Member: Critics Choice, GALECA, NYFCO
@christylemire.bsky.social
Film critic, Breakfast All Day co-host, RogerEbert.com, 1986 Wheel of Fortune Teen Week champion, Nicolas' mom, runner, sober ⚓️ Saturday Matinee newsletter: https://christylemire.beehiiv.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastAllDay/
@laurenjcoates.bsky.social
entertainment journalist/lottie matthews acolyte. depaul '24. GALECA. 🖖🏻💌 ljcoates5@gmail.com
@sheilakathleen.bsky.social
Writer. I review films at Ebert. Essays at Criterion, monthly column at Liberties Journal. NYFCC / NSFC member. I’ve been blogging at sheilaomalley.com since 2002. I have a newsletter: https://sheilaomalley.substack.com/ I write a LOT about Elvis. TCB! ⚡
@geniusbastard.bsky.social
Cinéaste maudit. Educator. Dad of 2. Quinquagenarian. Man of Appetites. Film writer. UCLA '94, M.F.A. '99. 2nd gen native Angeleno. Anti-fascist. Clearly not the actor from NICKEL BOYS.
@collinsouter.bsky.social
Film critic, CFCA member, teacher, co-host of the Christmas Movies Actually podcast, U2 fan, blu-ray collector. https://www.collinsouter.com/ https://letterboxd.com/cdsouter/