FYI: The first-ever officially licensed ROCKY HORROR SHOW graphic novel, BRIDE OF ROCKY HORROR, is ready to shock and awe readers everywhere.

Gather round my friends- It's time to announce our 2nd headliner for the 2025 FSNNA Conference It's DR. MEL STANFILL!! They're a media studies scholar & associate prof (University of Central Florida) & will be leading a roundtable session on Oct. 25th titled " #Fandom Is..."

Your weekend read! 💓 @bookshop.bsky.social digs into the complicated intersections between the skyrocketing Kpop Demon Hunters fandom vs the (real) K-pop industry & fans. As always, if you prefer listening, we've got a full audio version along with the text! www.fansplaining.com/articles/kpo...

Concept art by Hans Bacher for Beauty and the Beast (1991), dir. Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, Walt Disney Feature Animation

The CfP for the 1st themed issue of our journal Fandom | Cultures | Research is out & I'm especially excited for this one, since it combines two of the things I'm most interested in: #fanstudies & #memorystudies. Added bonus: a workshop in Marburg in Feb 26. journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/announce...

We are presenting the most read articles in the International Journal of Cultural Studies in the last 6 months. This week's article is “‘I cringe at the slave portions’: How fans of Gone with the Wind negotiate anti-racist criticism”, authored by Marcel van den Haak, Liedeke Plate, and Selina Bick.

‘World-class research capacity at risk from cuts to staff time’. University leader warns institutions rowing back on research time could lead to “tipping points”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has doubled down on its Pokemon-themed deportation video and arrest campaign as the Pokemon Co. says it did not give permission for its content to be used.

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💥 Coming in 2027: The Journal of Live Music Studies! Meet the editors: 🎶 Chris Anderton – Assoc. Prof., expert in music industries, culture & history 🎶 Sergio Pisfil – Lecturer/researcher on live music & popular music history 👉 www.intellectbooks.c...

Since quotes are going around from @readingtheend.bsky.social's excellent @reactorsff.bsky.social piece today, here's the full essay I wrote last month on fandom, trad publishing, IP, and navigating it all from a more personal perspective:

Why have a regular chatbot boyfriend when you can have a celebrity one? AI bots and voice-cloning technology are remaking fan culture — one Pedro Pascal–voiced audio erotica at a time.

📯 *cue trumpet noise* Announcing our 1st headliner for the 2025 FSNNA Conference 🥁 It's DR. ERIKA NINGXIN WANG!! She's an assistant prof (the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen) & will be leading a panel on Oct. 24th titled " #Fandom #Nationalism: Comparative Insights from East Asia"

"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...

We welcome contributions for upcoming issues: 16.1: Open Themed (Deadline: 1 Jan 2026) 16.2: Crime (Deadline: 1 July 2026) 17.1: The State of Publishing (Deadline: 1 Jan 2027) 17.2: The Value of the Humanities (Deadline: 1 July 2027) ow.ly/8rOn50WVFBg @tomue.bsky.social @jcbernthal.com

Fandom | Cultures | Research Call for Abstracts - Themed Issue 2/26 & Accompanying Workshop: “Fan Practices of Memory and Remembrance” #FanStudies journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/announce...

"There needs to be an entry point for younger fans or maybe even adults who have been apprehensive to attend the event or open their mind to the horror genre entirely." Opinion on the topic of Halloween Horror Nights becoming more "family-friendly": buff.ly/kSzJDSt

Uni Restructure a Health Risk "Almost 30 staff at the Australian National University’s humanities school have stopped work after an internal report warned of psychological hazards in their workplace related to the institution’s restructure."

If you’re 18 or older, and have purchased makeup or beauty products based on your fandom (e.g licensed tie-ins or fan-run brands, small businesses, etc), my friend and colleague, Suzanne Scott is looking for you to answer a short survey with an opt-in for a follow up interview.

Are you an early career researcher looking to get published? Don’t miss out on financial support and mentorship with the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship, in partnership with @writersandartists.bsky.social. Find out how you can apply here (UK only): https://bit.ly/4nd2sBp

"Reylo and Dramione booms function like media franchises for book publishing, banking on and extending the reach of reliably lucrative IP. For publishing houses, it’s a clear win. These books can cash in on fannish enthusiasm through an always plausibly deniable connection to the fannish property."

Thrilled to share the very open Call for Proposals for BAFTSS 2026 on 15-17 April in Bournemouth. Amid all the stress and uncertainty of HE, the annual conference is a great place to reconnect, reflect, think new thoughts and make new plans. Join us! @baftss.bsky.social www.baftss.org/cfp-2026.html

Publishing today! From village rituals and fairytales to UFOs and fanfiction, witches, wizards and wickermen, British folklore is a living tradition that continues on. Available from all good bookshops and online now. @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social #folklore #booksky

The Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture conference has a website! Join us in New Orleans this February! blackmedia.tulane.edu

I've got a chapter in this collection on The X-Files (obviously) and have just found it it's available for pre-order from McFarland's website. I can't wait to read the rest of the essays. mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-...

This is part of Disney’s legacy now

In 2005, Twilight’s adolescent female readership made it a target for mockery. Today, that same demographic is the most coveted in publishing.

New special issue of Popular Communication Queer Women's Fandom #FanStudies www.tandfonline.com/toc/hppc20/2...

CFP: DLC+ Presents Current Keywords in Digital Literary Culture Mini-Conference: "Smut" and "Lore" #FanStudies docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

How Squishmallow collecting helped me cope with grief, make new enemies and find ‘villains’ worth studying

Calling all Pokémon Trainers - get ready to catch the Pokémon x Natural History Museum pop-up shop! 🦖🔥 From 26 January - 22 March 2026, our Cranbourne Boutique will transform into a Pokémon pop-up shop experience, with exclusive products designed specially for the collaboration. 🙌

New article in Pacific Affairs ⬇️⬇️⬇️ "Fandom Makes the World Go Round: Institutional Entrepreneurship and Cultural Translation among Hallyu Fans" #FanStudies www.ingentaconnect.com/content/paaf...

It was an absolute pleasure to review @briony.bsky.social's brilliant book on feminist fandom for the EJCS. If you haven't bought her book yet (or forgot to ask your university library to purchase it), please let my review convince you to do so immediately: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Last week I defended my thesis, "Yearning Hours: Desire, Darcymania, and Readerly Attachments in the Digital Jane Austen Fandom," published by Linköping University Press. It can now be ordered to your local library (or hmu for the PDF 🥰)!

This is all to say, I’m fascinated by what motivates fans to buy makeup and how they feel when they wear it, if you know of anyone 18 years or older who might have insights, please consider sharing this survey with them!

one for the fan fiction (studies) crowd. my interview study with 23 femslash writers about sex, race, and writing is published in this issue. big thanks to the fic writers who gave me their time and trust

My first journal article has officially been published! 🎉 journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/tw...

The first Article in #TWC46, by @takakusa.bsky.social, explores how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the fannish lives of anime song fans in Japan, highlighting the ways that in-person activities are often crucial to fans' social and mental wellbeing. Read it here:

Sort out the funding & governance system, government. To have your knowledge economy rely on what's cheapest to run classes in & which grabs most fees is an absurd dereliction of duty.

"Disney faces a wave of cancellations after pulling Jimmy Kimmel Live!, with subscribers reporting that the Disney+ cancellation page keeps crashing." creators.yahoo.com/lifestyle/st...

Why is Halloween so popular with adults? Shifting ideas about what it means to be “grown-up” may be part of the answer.

All Eyes, No Ears: Why Virality Isn’t Building Fandom 30th Sep 2025 at 4:30 pm BST www.midiaresearch.com/events/all-e...

“Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’." Perish the thought... www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...

Film International Special Issue Calls for Papers: ‘Transnational Horror Culture in Cinema’ This themed issue of Film International will explore the complex relationship between horror culture per se and cinematic expression. Deadline: 30 Nov 2025 👉ow.ly/XRiK50WZfAf