Last week @mirandabanks.bsky.social and I sat down to talk about our new book with Gene Maddaus from @variety.com Read about our book and thoughts about the legacy of the strikes. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Join us this Friday, April 24th at 1pm ET for a Virtual Roundtable on Teaching Game Studies! Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Now available on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: Miranda Banks and @kfortmueller.bsky.social discussing Boom to Bust: How Streaming Broke Hollywood Workers. newbooksnetwork.com/boom-to-bust

Spotted you here at the Skylight tent and looking great!

Resonance (UC Press) is looking for humanities research across the following topics: Sound in Political Crisis, Sound and Social Justice, Experiments in Sound, Sound Archives and Preservation, and we're convening a permanent series that'll examine "Film and Cinema Sound" this Fall. Please circulate!

What lies ahead for the silver screen and those who work to bring it to life? For #SCMS26, Kate Fortmueller and Miranda Banks excerpt their latest book, BOOM TO BUST, to shed light on what's currently happening in Hollywood’s union negotiations. 🎥 #SCMS2026 @kfortmueller.bsky.social

Boom to Bust is out on April 14…and the Hollywood unions are back at the negotiating table. @mirandabanks.bsky.social and I wrote about what is going on and why it matters on the @ucpress.bsky.social Blog. www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/t...

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!