Fresh from the oven, sans skulls #DiaDeMuertos

Finally, my favorite, of course—the calavera #TV broadcaster. Gotta put this on the front page of my TV and Death syllabus next year. #DiaDeMuertos

Also from central Mexico, this is a particular favorite. Amor Eterno/Eternal Love. #DiaDeMuertos

These guys are from central Mexico and have been with us the longest—over 20 years. The fellow on the right is attached to a string that used to flip open a lid and let him pop up. Alas, the lid broke, and the string gave out. But he’s still a looker. #DiaDeMuertos

This beautiful skull is from a trip to San Bartolo Coyotepec in Oaxaca.

These Catrinas were a gift from a group of indigenous women from Tlaxcala who visited @uconnelinstituto.bsky.social last year. #DiaDeMuertos

La Frida was added by another faculty member. We love her because she looks like she’s not to be messed with. #DiaDeMuertos

A play on post-mortem photography. Got this little demon cameraman in Guanajuato, I believe. #DiaDeMuertos

This lovely funeral scene is one of my favorites. (A gift from my husband.)

This lady lost her body in one of our many moves, but we were thankful to keep her head and amazing hat intact.

A Catrina made from corn husks brings a touch of glamour.

Every October for the past few years, I have helped my husband build an ofrenda at UCONN's @uconnelinstituto.bsky.social for Día de Muertos in November. We grab a corner of the common area & fill it with artifacts we've collected for the 20 or so years. Here's a peek at a few of our altar dwellers.

Dirty Kalamata Martini Hartford Flavor Company Happy Halloween! 🎃 #NutmegSky

I wrote about this years ago, so it's a topic near-and-dear to my TV scholar heart. This is as much a media history story as it is a drug story. This NPR story is quite brief, so I'm interrupting grading to offer a timeline of how shit got so bad. (This does not qualify as procrastination.) 🧵 (1/10)

Thank you for celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with us! If you have any recommendations for famous leaders, singers, authors, or other important figures to highlight in our next Hispanic Heritage Month, please send us a message. Source Link: www.womenshistory.org/education-re... #Elin #UConn

"The suspension of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel felt more like an omen." @tvbookstvbooks.bsky.social on censorship, the FCC, and the television industry over time. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/indecent-disposal-fcc-and-the-censoring-of-late-night/

I had fun revisiting angry viewer letters & FCC speeches to write this piece. The brief but consequential run-up to the 1952 TV Code has a lot to offer as we reflect on the Colbert and Kimmel debacles. (Also, a Morel Orel mention.) Thanks to @sayanniething.bsky.social & @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social!

A rogue Highland Coo is amazing enough, but a rogue MINIATURE Highland Coo warrants a state holiday at the very least. Someone please write a ballad about Lefty. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hello and welcome back to El Instituto Huskies! Stay up to date with ELIN’s upcoming events and announcements through our listserv. Sign up on our website, by clicking “Contact us.” You can also view our graduate students, by clicking “People” and then “Current Graduate Students” #Fall #UConn #Elin

Gut punch. CPB $ flowed to your local public stations. They need your support. Find your station here: Support Public Radio: Donate To Your Local NPR Station www.npr.org/stations/ help.pbs.org/support/solu... How can I support my local PBS member station?

On local television, public broadcasting, and responses to Mexican immigration: @rodolfofernandez.bsky.social and I wrote about how locally produced documentaries tackled their communities' anxieties about the "sudden" appearance of Mexicans in their towns. pub.dartmouth.edu/journal-of-e...

With thanks to the American Archive of Public Broadcasting americanarchive.org and the Bay Area Television Archive batv.quartexcollections.com!

Most Black Mirror episodes could have been an email.

This whole National Archives communication fuck-up was just about the worst thing to send out to a community already staring into the abyss.

We’re hours away from fighter jets turning into eagles.

JOB: 3 year visiting asst prof in urban/ environmental studies at UConn. 4/3 teaching load, courses in global env politics, env justice, deadline 5/27. Details here: jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49...

On my way to Mexico City for SECOLAS!

My book is in print! Yay! 🎉 The official publication date is May 20th, but a few copies arrived today from @dukepress.bsky.social. Thanks to everyone that helped me tell these stories! I am posting a link yo the book and a 30% discount code below.

Hello Bluesky! 👋 We’re the Boston University American Studies program (formerly American and New England Studies). Happy to be here! Visit our site for more info: www.bu.edu/amnesp/

#Elin #UConn #GraduateStudents Join us for ELIN’S GRADUATE STUDENT APPRECIATION EVENTS Thursday, April 10 Starting 8:00 am Ryan Building, 2nd floor, El Instituto RSVP HERE:https://events.uconn.edu/el-instituto/month

This gorgeous drawing is one of 3 commissions of historical cemeteries in South Texas where family members were buried in the 19th & early 20th centuries. I especially love this one bc of the winding cactus & overgrowth of native plants. Highlights the uniqueness of the rural cemeteries of the #RGV.

Longoria Cemetery. #CemeterySaturday ▪️A special commission of one of @tvbookstvbooks.bsky.social’s family plots.

#Elin #UConn #LatinAmericanStudies Join us for a luncheon and talk: Thursday, April 10 12:00 PM: Ryan Building, Conference Room 240 Lunch provided! Limited Space RSVP today! LINK:https://events.uconn.edu/el-instituto/event/915508-robert-g-mead-jr-lecture-graduate-studentfaculty-talk

8 US presidents died in office b/t 1841 & 1963. Whose funeral was recreated for radio? Check out my article, "Bury Him By Radio: Early Funeral Broadcasts & the Mourning of Pres. Harding," in the "Sound History is Cultural History" issue of Resonance! #Radio #Death online.ucpress.edu/res/article/...

Find helpful information on the rights of immigrants in CT.

Elin #UConn #LatinAmericanStudies Join us for a film screening on Feb 27, at 2pm. 📍Student Union Theater. Read more using the link below: LINK events.uconn.edu/el-instituto...

#Elin #UConn #LatinAmericanStudies #Forum #GradStudents Join us this Saturday, March 1st, starting at 9:45am for a day of interdisciplinary discussion in our graduate research forum. RSVP using the link below: LINK: events.uconn.edu/el-instituto...

Such important historical context acknowledged here. The influx of Anglo farmers to the Rio Grande Valley in the early 1900s exacerbated the marginalization of Tejano ranchers and escalated social conflict, resulting in the murder of hundreds of Tejanos by Anglo farmers and the Texas Rangers.

Turns out we are spending less money on eggs after all.

Please join us tomorrow (Jan 29) at 4PM in SHH 109 at the Storrs campus of UConn for an info session about the Summer Collective Action for Social and Migrant Justice in the Borderlands program. #UConn

Please join us tomorrow (Jan 29) at 4PM in SHH 109 at the Storrs campus of UConn for an info session about the Summer Collective Action for Social and Migrant Justice in the Borderlands program. #UConn

Aside from the overall confusion about networks, stations, and licenses in all this discourse, this 👇🏼 represents a foundational problem re: public interest, informed citizenry, &democratic media more generally. The transfer of public airwaves to private companies and the govt’s reluctance to (1/4)

“Poor Mexico: so far from God, so close to Hollywood.” A great piece from Gustavo Arellano: “Academy members are always going to want their cinematic Mexico to be a pitiable hellhole in need of salvation…” www.latimes.com/california/s...

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty The Cup: Hold my beer

Flan!

Ugh, the clowns are back.

I'm about to enjoy an amazing tasting menu in the Centro Nacional de Investigación de las Cocinas Mexicanas. I love México City!

Aterrizando en la gran Tenochtitlan.

Fifth time's the charm. Give the gift of midcentury TV (research) this holiday season! And who doesn't love a sale? 40% off print and 50% off ebooks at utpress.utexas.edu/search-grid/... @utexaspress.bsky.social