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Your tax dollars paid for this free swag I got when I arrived at Trump's Prayer Jubilee on the National Mall

TRUMP: “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. Not even a little bit.” And there you have it, folks

Democrats should ensure that voters hear this so much it haunts their dreams this fall.

One week left to submit! Join us in glorious Indiana this fall.

Last summer I conducted research in the archives at the Harry Ransom Center. In honor of the countdown to Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday, here’s a note to photographer Andre de Dienes.

Starts Thursday: The BAFTSS and SCMS Performance & Stardom SIGs invite you to the Inaugural Virtual Symposium: “Peripheries of Stardom and Performance”. The symposium will take place on Zoom on Thursday, May 7 and Friday, May 8 at 3:00-5:00 PM BST (10:00 AM-12:00 PM EDT), with 2 sessions each day.

Next week!

Lots of online Stardom and Performance content coming in May! Be sure to register for our symposium with BAFTSS on May 7 and 8 and our author talk on May 15!

I am writing a book about adaptations using Marilyn Monroe as a character. Right now a new written adaptation is appearing about every month.

I hate AI so much. So. Much. Please stop trying to make me use AI. I will never use your ChatGPT, your Copilot, your Grok 🤮 I will die on this hill. It is unethical. It is error prone. It is predatory. It is destroying us. I hate it. I hate it all. I will hate it forever.

The BAFTSS and SCMS Performance & Stardom SIGs are delighted to invite you to their Inaugural Virtual Symposium: “Peripheries of Stardom and Performance”. The symposium will take place on Zoom on Thursday, May 7 and Friday, May 8 at 3:00-5:00 PM BST (10:00 AM-12:00 PM EDT), with 2 sessions each day.

Lots of online Stardom and Performance content coming in May! Be sure to register for our symposium with BAFTSS on May 7 and 8 and our author talk on May 15!

The BAFTSS and SCMS Performance & Stardom SIGs nvite you to their Inaugural Virtual Symposium: “Peripheries of Stardom and Performance”. The symposium will take place on Zoom on Thursday, May 7 and Friday, May 8 at 3:00-5:00 PM BST (10:00 AM-12:00 PM EDT), with 2 one hour-long sessions each day.

Looking forward to this author talk in May! Please share with your networks!

Please register to join us for our joint online symposium with the BAFTSS SIG: Peripheries of Stardom and Performance. Register for the Zoom here: tinyurl.com/PeripheriesO... #SCMS #Stardom #Performance

New things are blooming.

Learned yesterday that AI monitors Bluesky "Starter Packs" to determine who to cite for academic expertise. So I'm starting one for Media History. I'm too busy to search for every name. If you're a media historian nominate yourself in the comments and I'll add you.

youtu.be/nIwOpMLsxbE I haven’t seen much buzz about DTF St Louis but this song and friendship is something special.

“Copilot is for entertainment purposes only. It can make mistakes, and it may not work as intended. Don’t rely on Copilot for important advice. Use Copilot at your own risk.” Microsoft Says You’re Not Supposed to Take Copilot’s Advice Seriously gizmodo.com/microsoft-sa...

Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)

Once more before Sunday ends, here's today's #ScholarSunday thread. These threads take a lot of time & work, & the more folks get to see them & all the great scholarship they include, the more valuable they can be. So if you see this post, please share it, & thanks! @hcrichardson.bsky.social 🗃️

This is so, so well-articulated.

Four different works by yours truly available at the #SCMS26 book exhibit!

See you soon at #SCMS26! Be sure to check out our sponsored panels and join us for lunch on Thursday at 1:00. We'll meet in the Fairmont lobby by The Bar.

Sunday's sponsored panels at #SCMS26!

Spotlighting our sponsored panels at #SCMS26. Saturday at 4:15: M1: Emerging Personas on Chinese Screens: A Transmedial Reimagination.

Spotlighting our sponsored panels at #SCMS26. Friday at 5:00 PM: I3: Gender and Camp in US Screen Performance.

Spotlighting our sponsored panels at #SCMS26. Friday at 3:15: H12: Aesthetics and Performance in Sinners: Myth, Heritage, Futurity.

Spotlighting our sponsored panels at #SCMS26. Friday at 11:00 AM: G5: Hollywood Star Image in Transition.

Spotlighting our sponsored panels at #SCMS26. Thursday at 11:00 AM: B21: Choreographing Form: Early Cinema and Science.

Spotlighting our sponsored panels at #SCMS26. First up, Thursday at 9:00 AM: Performing the Self: Imposters in Cinema and Television.

Watch this space for a preview of our sponsored panels at #SCMS26!

See you soon, #SCMS26! Check out our panel on Friday.

Wednesday!

Join us for the virtual launch of Women in Hollywood’s Dream Factory: Tales of Inequality, Abuse, and Resistance edited by Karen McNally & published by University of Illinois Press. This launch is a free, online event and open to all. Register via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc....

Just googled “what year is it?” If you’re wondering how things are going here.

litfilm.org/conference/l... If you’re interested in adaptation writ large, consider joining us for our 2026 conference on a timely topic: Adaptation/Nation!

I kind of liked #TheBride. It packed in a lot of feminist catchphrases, a lot of Hollywood allusions, a few jokes, and a couple of dance numbers. Reminded me a little of Everything Everywhere All at Once, including a mother/daughter story.

Join us for the virtual launch of Women in Hollywood’s Dream Factory: Tales of Inequality, Abuse, and Resistance edited by Karen McNally & published by University of Illinois Press. This launch is a free, online event and open to all. Register via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc....

Kinda weird that the party that controls the House, the Senate, and the White House claims there's rampant voter fraud.

lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard

What?!?

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

This is Friday morning! Still time to register!

“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.” ― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay

DHS doesn’t even bother trying to lie well. The man whose skull was shattered told the hospital he’d been struck by ICE officers, an ICE officer told hospital staff the guy “got his sh*t rocked,” then when it became clear how badly he was injured, they claimed he deliberately ran into a wall.

AOC on Noem's lies: "They are asking you to give up your belief in your own senses and instead hand over your belief to anything they say ... look at it for yourself and what you will see is an innocent man being executed in the street."

Join us for our February 6 roundtable on global celebrity cultures. Register at tinyurl.com/4dbjaz8v

In 1916, the US was worried that Germany might take control of the Danish West Indies to use as a submarine base. So, Denmark sold the Danish West Indies to the USA, with the colony becoming the US Virgin Islands. In exchange, the USA acknowledged Denmark's complete sovereignty over Greenland.