please RT! if you've ever contacted a journal or publisher to have your name changed on a publication, a friend and colleague of mine wants to hear about your experience! drexel.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #phdchat #academicchatter

new essay on platform authoritarianism, disability, and class in creator economies out now in comm & critical/cultural studies! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/P8HRY...

Played Ghost of Yōtei? Please check out my research study on character identification! Please click this link depaul.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... to participate or find out more info! #ghostofyotei

Played Ghost of Yōtei? Please check out my research study on character identification! Please click this link depaul.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... to participate or find out more info! @icagames.bsky.social @scmsfaas.bsky.social @scmsvideogames.bsky.social

#AltAc job: www.asianstudies.org/call-for-app... #AcademicSky

To coincide with the holiday season, we present a series of posts based around the theme of ‘toys’. First up, @javariafarooqui.bsky.social looks at #Barbie in Pakistan. Stay tuned for more to come over the month.

Ah, bummed our panel on cozy domesticity and craft didn't make it into SCMS 25! We had a great international slate of panelists too.

Contingent Magazine is now accepting pitches for its December issue exploring the relationship between Star Trek and history. Click through or read down the thread to learn more!

I’m VERYYYY excited to announce that the Video Game Publishing Agreement Template Kit I wrote in collaboration with Aerial Knight Studio (a WELL-known Detroit based indie game studio) is NOW LIVE and FREE for developers! Check it out below! 🥹 www.aerialknight.com/publishing-a...

Anyone in my network know people with a degree in STS? I have lot of questions. Pls reshare 🥹 #BlackAcademics #STS ☺️ Also my mom would be SOOO proud I’m perusing a PhD.

ScienceWrite, a UK scheme for aspiring STEM writers from minoritised backgrounds, is open for 2025 applications! The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪 www.sciencewrite.co.uk

More for nonfiction and academic writers, but: Think of your audience as smart but lazy.

Periodic reminder that WE ARE HIRING 3 full-time positions in Games and Animation at U of Cincinnati. Review starts Jan 1. Here are the 3 positions: Tenure-track: jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna... Educator, Game Design: jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna... Educator, Animation: jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...

If you see this, quote with your first anime! Yup--Sailor Moon quite literally changed my life since it encouraged me to study Japanese and pop culture.

Introduce yourself as an anime character... (but, you know, like she is in fic...not as much canon...)

Job Position, Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Digital Technologies, University of Toronto (Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy) jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about. 1) Gen AI and independent digital artists 2) Fan-made rap music about anime characters