SIG members: We're compiling a list of fan- and audience studies publications by our members that came out in 2025. Enter yours here by Dec. 31, and we'll compile a list to share: forms.gle/V7zsgTowJahU...

HORROR FANS WANTED! My friend and colleague Mathias Clasen desperately needs horror fans to help with his new study. The survey below doesn't take long to complete, and your participation is appreciated by him and his collaborators. Details 👇 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/brighton/i...

Proofs arrive in our inboxes tomorrow and @mirandabanks.bsky.social and I will send this out to press before the end of the year! Preorder w/ UCPSAVE30 for 30% off www.ucpress.edu/books/boom-t...

Brief pause from my social media hiatus for shameless self-promotion (and because I love our cover). My book w/ @mirandabanks.bsky.social is available for purchase at the UC Press website www.ucpress.edu/books/boom-t...

Just in time for syllabus prep! Looking forward to everything in this new issue of Media Industries 12.1. journals.publishing.umich.edu/mij/

Co-chair of Precarious Labor Organization @scmstudies.bsky.social again. If you applied for waiver *prior* to 2:35pm on Friday, July 11, please reapply again at same link. There was an error in the survey and we did not properly capture names of applicants. 🤦‍♀️ Link here: shorturl.at/nom91

Did you receive our email last week? If not, feel free to reach out -- the email included lots of important conference information (and we want to be mindful of not overwhelming your inboxes).

Console-ing Passions Atlanta is almost here!! We can't wait to welcome everyone tomorrow. As you've probably noticed, it's hot...stay hydrated today and all weekend!

Off to pick up some friends who are in town for @cp25atlanta.bsky.social!

Heading to Atlanta? Pack layers (the air conditioning is serious) and drink lots of water!

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

@rutgersupress.bsky.social is having a summer sale! Order Hollywood Unions and use RSUMMER50 to get it for 50% off! www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/summer-sale/

Hollywood is a heavily unionized industry, but did you know that the choreographers are not unionized? I'll be talking about Hollywood's union history and the unionization history of the choreographers on 5/28/25. RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/chore...

Interested in Hollywood union history? Join me in this conversation about choreographers today (May 28)! If you’re interested in learning more about the history of the unions, order Hollywood Unions (use RUP30 for a discount)! www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/hollywood-un...

Don’t forget to register! We can’t wait to host you in Atlanta!

Hollywood is a heavily unionized industry, but did you know that the choreographers are not unionized? I'll be talking about Hollywood's union history and the unionization history of the choreographers on 5/28/25. RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/chore...

The end of the semester is approaching, which means that we're getting ready for Console-ing Passions Atlanta! Don't forget: The deadline to register for the conference is June 1st!

Don't forget to register for @cp25atlanta.bsky.social!!

Chicago! what does the asset-manager takeover of hollywood look like on screen? DERIVATIVE MEDIA join InterCcECT monday, with special guest Andrew deWaard! interccect.com/2025/03/22/a...

As a regular reader I’m now looking forward to reading more! Congratulations @sayanniething.bsky.social!

Since #scms25 is upon us, here are some of my conference hacks. Feel free to modify to fit your needs.

Congratulations, @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social and Melissa Click! I know it’s on order at my library!

Happy conference discount season!!

Do you have a library card? Do you? Do You Do it

Trump’s trying to gut funding for libraries: you can fight back with ALA. The President's executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services would be deeply harmful. We need to speak out. Take action NOW: tell Congress to protect library funding. bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding

I spy @lucimarz.bsky.social and @kfortmueller.bsky.social’s edited volume HOLLYWOOD UNIONS prominently on display at the Margaret Herrick Library!

📢 Calling all federal workers! Share your story with OAH 📢 The federal workforce has undergone unprecedented changes—and your experiences matter. OAH is launching an oral history initiative to record the voices of federal workers impacted by these shifts. Interested? Sign up! ow.ly/8Mpp50Vay9m

🗣️Take a break from doomscrolling & panicking about the destruction of American higher education — propose something for the special issue of @femmediahist.bsky.social I’m putting together on “Reproductive Politics & Media Histories.” Now more than ever. Due Apr 1. online.ucpress.edu/DocumentLibr...

We're excited to see everyone in Atlanta for Console-ing Passions in June!

Check out the latest episode of New Books in Film on Kate Fortmueller and Luci Marzola's wonderful new collection, Hollywood Unions!

@lucimarz.bsky.social and I had a great time chatting about Hollywood Unions on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Thanks, @petecant.bsky.social for asking thoughtful questions! newbooksnetwork.com/hollywood-un...

It’s Oscar Sunday and I’m always thinking about AMPAS’s union busting origins, but in a year when multiple films featuring dance are nominated it’s worth thinking about why choreographers/dance directors are not nominated alongside other nominees. (Interested? Follow @creditthecreator on Instagram)

Excited to dig into my contributor copy and think about some of the possibilities to assign chapters in future classes!

We have two job openings in the Media Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. Non tenure-track, of interest for those who work in cultural studies or critical media, don't mind a full-time lecture schedule, and enjoy working with grad TAs. It's a three-year renewable post. Please circulate!

Mid-career homies: The deadline to apply to the University of Tulsa's Second Book Institute for summer 2025 is 2/28. Wouldn't it be cool to get some time and space to work on your next big project? utulsa.edu/about/facili...

Congratulations to Pam Wojcik and Paula Massood on this formidable collection…coming soon to a library near you! (Probably a bit expensive for individuals.) www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

The world is on fire, but @mirandabanks.bsky.social and I just submitted the manuscript for Hollywood Walkout: Creative Labor in the Age of Streaming.

SCMS Members: Don’t forget to vote!!

#Booksky: If you haven’t already, export your data from Goodreads (an Amazon company) and import it into StoryGraph, a book-tracking app founded and led by a Black woman.

I curate a series for Current, the journal of public media. We're calling for new pieces. We pay. Your research reaches the entire sector. Especially at this moment, when noncommercial voices are under attack, research on NPR, PBS, public, community, and educational media is especially prescient.

Get your proposal in for the Hollywood Conference!

Today is the last day to submit your proposals to @cp25atlanta.bsky.social! And 1/19 is your last day to submit proposals to the Hollywood Conference!

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚 Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

Ooh, we love @shelleystamp.bsky.social's Feminist Media HIstories CFP on Reproductive Politics & Media Histories! Maybe someone will be inspired to develop their CP paper to submit for this special issue! online.ucpress.edu/DocumentLibr...

When I lived in LA I saw a lot of Q&As with Lynch actors and almost every single one could do an amazing impression of Lynch and the notes that he gave as a director. He was a treasure.

One more week to submit your proposals to Console-ing Passions 2025!

The AHA seeks to collect information about the working conditions of historians employed as contingent faculty. We hope the survey results will empower faculty to engage in evidence-based negotiations about their working conditions. 🗃️

The special issue of @twccomms.bsky.social “Centering Blackness in Fan Studies” I co-edited with Matt Griffin is out now! It features four original essays on Black fandom + K-pop, horror podcasting, the Hillman bookstore, and Scandal. journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/tw...