TOY STORY 5 is "physical toys vs digital/tablets"... something that the Chinese animated movie TOY GUARDIANS did in 2017, and even then it didn't feel extremely original. letterboxd.com/film/toy-gua...

Can’t wait for the I Love LA/Euphoria Crossover where we learn Josh Hutcherson’s character teaches Spanish at the vaguely SoCal suburb of Euphoria High (Marshawn Lynch reprises his role in Bottoms, duh) cc @alyxvesey.bsky.social

Delta State University staff found the body of Demartravion “Trey” Reed, a 21-year-old student, hanging from a tree in the middle of the Mississippi campus on Monday morning. Authorities do not believe foul play was involved. buff.ly/5Sxlxu2

Such lovely winners, such good shows, such an ineptly done telecast. It might be one of the worst-executed awards shows I’ve covered, and I’ve been covering them for almost 20 years.

@fuscowrites.bsky.social manages to find one more face in the Man of 1,000 Faces. In her new book, "Hollywood's Others: Love and Limitation in the Star System," she explores public personas of Lon Chaney and other early Hollywood stars. @columbiaup.bsky.social cup.columbia.edu/book/hollywo...

Postdoc in the new @dfg.de Research Training Group 3064 “Technologies of Witnessing: Media and Cultural Practices“ at the University Mainz – Deadline Oct 17 The (RTG) examines technologies of witnessing in contemporary media cultures in transformation. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/50726

Does America care about these kids? Will tears be shed in Washington D.C. for them? Will people even know their names?

Lord save us: "Paramount is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told."

I had the pleasure of presenting my work on romanticised depictions of domestic labour on TikTok this afternoon, alongside fabulous co-pannelists @effietheant.bsky.social and @dearstefania.bsky.social. We had a great Q&A session as well, thank you both! ❣️👌

Getting asked to write your first book blurb feels pretty cool.

📣 TOMORROW from 5-6pm BST: a FREE online celebration of women's TV authorship! I'll be discussing my book on UK comedians with Sarah Arnold, alongside Sarah Smyth & @dearstefania.bsky.social on their special dossier exploring authorship/adaptations 📣 Register: shorturl.at/eO3KY

Also biggest congrats to my conference co-author/panelist for so many years in a row now @gryr.bsky.social on her book!! Social Media Television and Distributional Aesthetics out now! www.routledge.com/Social-Media...

Thanks to @ehl.bsky.social for making me think even more about how we need to address the systems showrunners are working within more-and how they very specifically work those systems- and to @memles.bsky.social for agreeing about historicizing early streaming/2010s already

best panel ever!

Here's a template that you can copy/paste/customize to contact your reps about Defending Our Libraries re: the Institute of Museum and Library Services Section 9141 ⭐️ #Libraries are some of the last non-commercial public spaces left in our communities—let your reps know that this is not okay!

Adding to the remembrances of Linda Williams' invaluable work, listen to her incredible keynote address from the 2013 SCMS conference here (mp3 download link) aca-media.org/s/LindaWilli... She also did an @scmstudies.bsky.social Fieldnotes interview; see here: www.cmstudies.org/general/cust...

Mourning the loss of Linda Williams. It’s hard to think of another scholar whose work helped define such a diverse range of subfields. For me, her 1981 essay “Film Body: An Implantation of Perversions” was a beacon showing how fundamental feminist analysis could be for early cinema. RIP

RIP Linda Williams. This is from her essay on "body genres," a great and influential concept for film/media criticism. faculty.las.illinois.edu/rrushing/470...

Rest in Power Linda Williams. 💔 (1946-2025) This loss hangs heavy on my heart. Linda was a legend--inspiring feminist scholar, warm interlocutor always generous to students & newbies, and fierce/indomitable presence whose commitment made us all care more. I'm grateful to have known her!! ❤️😢

🗣️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...

Excited to present with @brooklyne.bsky.social at this year’s @cp25atlanta.bsky.social … my first CP was also the last panel of the weekend so I take it as good luck. See y’all in ATL!

House Republicans just voted to gut Medicaid, which covers 1 in 5 Americans overall, including 41% of births and 63% of nursing home care. They also just voted to gut SNAP, on which 41 million food insecure Americans rely. This won’t just harm people. This will kill people. They own this.

What a stellar week of all-star posts! Great for your auteur/media authorshop teaching modules. Thanks to @caitmurphy.bsky.social for having me!

Day 3: “Jim Jarmusch as (Instagram) Collage Artist” by Jennifer O’Meara, Trinity College Dublin mediacommons.org/imr/content/...

In my media theory class, a midterm option is making a “You’d Better Not Be Acting Like You’re In A Wes Anderson Movie” video with an auteur analysis. Can’t wait to teach Cáit’s work on Anderson, including her post today! mediacommons.org/imr/content/...

It was great to co-ordinate a theme week for In Media Res. Curators responded to the call with great pieces on auteurs and auteurism in the age of social media. The first post by @oliviastowell.bsky.social on the Goncharov meme is up today! Please share! mediacommons.org/imr/content/...

today, for In Media Res, I wrote a short piece on my favorite artifact of internet culture, GONCHAROV, for a theme week on "Auteurs in the Age of Social Media" organized by @caitmurphy.bsky.social. So grateful to Cáit for putting this together! mediacommons.org/imr/content/...

“Jan. 6 was still a canary. We just misconstrued the coal mine. It wasn’t an example of democratic institutions holding in the face of growing authoritarian impulses on the right. It was the high watermark for the stubborn fiction that our institutions are truly democratic at all.”

Check out my latest, in the Philadelphia Inquirer! J6 wasn’t an example of democratic institutions holding in the face of growing right authoritarian impulses. It was the high watermark for the stubborn fiction that our institutions are truly democratic at all: share.inquirer.com/5usMVb

Been waiting for someone to address the Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni situation with a clear eye. @katrosenfi.bsky.social's take feels just right, for an industry built on spin: www.thefp.com/p/blake-live...

Great piece by @doliver8.bsky.social in USA Today, with quotes from me and @tanyah.bsky.social !

Do check out @jcmsjournal.bsky.social highlights of new research on AI, yours truly and @jomeara.bsky.social made the list quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jcms/18261...

#scms25 acceptance came in right after Gladiator II screening. Victory! Excited for an all star women showrunners panel with @gryr.bsky.social @yaellevy.bsky.social Madison Barnes Nelson, and Theresa Thrimmel!

Also Gladiator II was a blast haters take a nap

heard pet pics are a thing here.

Check out our open-access double-issue on Curating Feminist Film Archives! online.ucpress.edu/fmh/issue/10... With @hennefem.bsky.social

For all the feminist media scholars who just joined Bluesky...consider submitting a proposal to Console-ing Passions 2025! We're hosting it at Georgia State University and we're looking forward to lively conversations! fmt.gsu.edu/console-ing-...

The My Brilliant Friend series finale, I predict, is going to bring upon such a devastating and cathartic sobfest that will be so specific to this past week.

The full issue, edited by Hong Zeng, is available open access. And, in light of the Harris / Trump outcome, people might be particularly interested in Sara Liao's article: "Women Politicians, Social Movements, and Misogyny in Democratic Struggles." journals.publishing.umich.edu/gs/issue/300...

We highlight potential benefits to these filters, including their ability to playfully shield the user’s face from a critical gaze, to question gendered beauty norms, and to offer nonbinary users liminal media spaces through which to explore self-image.

Stefania Marghitu & I have a new article out: “Seamful Sutures: Gender Exploration and Identity Expression Using Augmented Reality Facial Filters,” in an issue of Global Storytelling on the social mediascape, feminism & misogyny. doi.org/10.3998/gs.5628