My op-ed was posted by the Orlando Sentinel on Twitter and received this comment. I feel honored to have been given that title on such a repugnant platform. I'll just keep doing the Lord's work.

@anasalter.bsky.social and Emily Johnson's book, Critical Making in the Age of AI was released a few weeks ago. My critical making work is featured in two examples. Can't recommend this text to anyone in #DH enough. It's available open-access here: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...

Disney has a restaurant named after the violent colonizer Captain James Cook. I created a petition for them to change the name and would love for anyone to sign and share it. #Disney #WaltDisneyWorld #DisneyStudies @ijdisneystudies.bsky.social

I want to take a minute to show appreciation for @modernamericangirldolls on Instagram. Their posts are brilliant and 100% accurate. www.instagram.com/p/DGR5mu9RZe...

With the Pop Culture Association's 2025 conference in New Orleans just days away, enjoy this PCA Conference Presentation Title Generator I created. ebuckley3.github.io/PCA2025title... @pcaaca.bsky.social #PCA #PopCultureAssociation #DH

I'm so confused why Judith Butler was invited to New College, especially after their explicit criticism of DeSantis in their latest book. Also, BRAND?!?!

On choosing your journal. I am increasingly ending up in conversations with collaborators, team members, and colleagues about avoiding submitting manuscripts to journals from arguably predatory publishers like MDPI, Frontiers, and others. A thread...

I got a revise and resubmit ELEVEN MONTHS after sending in an article. Is this new record?

Libraries are the absolute pinnacle of human civilization, and we're privileged to have them. Go see your own, get your library card, it will blow your mind.

I just found out that Bernie Sanders fan fic exists and it's exactly what I needed right now. #FanStudies

Does anyone have the link to this website?

FYI: The Havard School of Public Health conducted a “datathon” earlier today to download and salvage as much data as possible. Hopefully the data will be published soon. hsph.harvard.edu/events/data-...

I need to do a massive order of academic books as I prepare for exams. I don't want to support Amazon any more than I have to. Does anyone have suggestions for independent booksellers that stock academic books? Mostly media studies and fan studies. #academicsky #PhD #PhDSky #DH

DeepSeek is growing in popularity, but there are clear examples of straight-up propaganda it's being used to spread. Here's what it gives you when you ask about the treatment of the Uyghur people in Xinjiang. Compare it to Amnesty International xinjiang.amnesty.org #AI #DeepSeek #DH #AcademicSky

If you are in the U.S. and you aren't following Alt National Parks Service, you need to be.

Want to help? call your local school board, call your superintendent, show up to board meetings and get this on the agenda. Demand they resist. Do it for the kids who are watching even if nothing changes. These people have to say no to your face.

Dr. Seuss Day is coming up in about a month. Keep his best work in mind when putting up library displays. #school #librarian #drseuss

This goes so fucking hard dude

You know what makes me the most sad? During the Civil War, we praised the Underground Railroad. During World War II, we praised The Resistance and the Partisans who hid Jews. Now a large chunk of America wants to turn in those who hide oppressed people. We’re going backwards.

With all the talk of DeepSeek, I’m disappointed that the Humanities in the Age of AI course I took in the fall is over. I’m counting on Hard Fork to give me the scoop. Any recommended reading on it? #PhD #AcademicSky #DH #UCF

Is this only news when it's the STEM field? My people in academics have been embracing the pop culture article title for ages! #AcademicSky #DH #PhD

Disability inclusion is a big part of the DEI work. You may have to turn it back to calling it ADA compliance.

Has anyone’s college or university addressed how to handle the possibility of ICE showing up? #resist #AcademicSky

• Get a library card • Use your library card • Support indie booksellers • Read banned books • Read diverse authors • Resist • Repeat #booksky #resist

I'll be presenting on the chatbot app Replika and gender performativity at the Encoding Realities, Decoding Power online conference being put on by UT Austin on February 27th. Registration is FREE and you can sign up here. #Replika #UTAustin #DH #AI #AcademicSky #PhD

If Marvel had half the courage of Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, they'd fast track a movie where zombie Steve Rogers comes back and kills a resurgence of American Nazis.

Really excited to dive into this book for research for an upcoming article on 90 Day Fiancé and economic abuse. Hoping to present on it at Console-ing Passions in Altlanta this June. #DH #MediaStudies #PhD #AcademicSky #RealityTV #90DayFiance #consolingpassions

Share your academic idol! Who do you want to be when you grow up? #AcademicSky #DH #PhDsky

If you want to read a new book coming out but don't want to buy it, a great thing you can do is ask your local library to order it. The more requests they get, the more likely they are to acquire it and then lots of people will get to read it who othewise wouldn't.

Using AI for good and (hopefully) not evil. Found out about this tool to help fight denied healthcare claims. I've seen it used to fight for trans healthcare coverage. #DH #Insurance #AI #TransRights

This week’s reading for my gender theory course. I live in Florida, so I’m going for a gender studies grad certificate alongside my PhD in DH while I still can. Pursuing higher ed to spite DeSantis. #PhDSky #DH #AcademicSky #GenderStudies

Today, my speech students happen to be discussing non-verbal communication. Yes, I will be torturing them by showing the Musk inauguration speech for analysis. #academicsky #professor #Speech #Musk

Trump’s anti-trans Executive Order is bad BUT it technically defines everyone as female. It states: “'Female' means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell." Since all fetuses "at conception" are female, Trump just defined EVERYONE as female.

Just saying.

Working on a book proposal for a side project tentatively titled Love, Borders, and Reality TV: The Cultural Impact of 90 Day Fiancé for Intellect Books. If anyone has published with Intellect, I'd love to hear your experiences! #PhDsky #AcademicSky #FanStudies #MediaStudies

Somehow, this is going into a PowerPoint for my class today. #academicsky

Bring me the women, Bluesky! Women that… -know we mean ALL women 🏳️‍⚧️ -say DECOLONIZE with their whole chest -recognize a genocide when it’s happening 🇵🇸 -march, & pray, & refuse to be silent -are pro-Black and Indigenous antiracist women ✊🏽 -are witches & medicine makers -celebrate women at every size

Is Carrie Underwood gonna sing ‘Before He Cheats’ at the inauguration or nah?

Sneak peek of research from an upcoming project. A ranking of the top 20 states in a Google Trends report for the search term "trans porn." 80% of those states voted red in the 2024 Presidential Election, and 65% have anti-trans legislation. #PhDSky #AcademicSky #DH #LGBTQ #Transrights

New: Meta has deleted trans and nonbinary Messenger themes, as well as the blog posts announcing them. Happens the same week that it has changed its rules to allow users to say LGBTQ+ people are "mentally ill" www.404media.co/meta-deletes...

I’ve been waiting on an article I wrote on Russell Brand and his descent to the far right to be published for 10 months. Now I find out that someone did a better job presenting this case in a 2 minute TikTok. #PhD #DH #FanStudies #RussellBrand

My interview on the podcast Being a Disney Fan is now up. It was great chatting about Epcot, Figment, Disney nostalgia and my research on fan reactions to Journey into Imagination. Give it a listen! #PhdSky #AcademicSky #DisneyWorld #Epcot

I expected this during my 7am class this morning. They were shockingly alert and involved in the session. Should I be scared? #academicsky

Being interviewed in a little bit for my article (pending publication) on Epcot, Journey Into Imagination, and nostalgia for the podcast Being a Fan of Disney. Very excited to share my work on a larger platform! #academicsky #DH #Epcot #Figment

The best part of pop culture studies/media studies is that I can binge watch 90 Day Fiancé and it’s research. @realitygayspod.bsky.social #DH #popculturestudies #academicsky #guiltypleasure

A smaller you does not always equal a better you. Challenge yourself to come up with a better New Year’s resolution than losing weight. My goal is to read 75 books in 2025. #bodypositivity #newyearsresolution

Started my next book of winter break. Looking forward to feminist theory in the spring. #DH #Academicsky #PhD #Genderstudies

The start of my collection of vintage marriage guidebooks. Deciding how I can use them for a journal article or book chapter. #academicsky #DH #rarebooks

What are you reading this winter break? Finished two books on nostalgia by Gary Cross last week so I’m checking out this one that I must have overlooked when it was released. #DH #Academicsky

Submitted two articles over the past two weeks in my winter break writing challenge. Now to play the waiting game... Sizing Up AI: How Image Generators Frame Fat Bodies Nostalgia, Branding, and the Cultural Legacy of Figment, Dreamfinder, and Journey into Imagination #DH #AcademicSky