Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”

🎸 🖤 🤘 New publication just dropped, and this time it's open access! 🎸 🖤 🤘 Williams, J. N., & Sobande, F. (2025). Note to scene: Gender, race and rose-tinted nostalgia in emo. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 0(0). lnkd.in/eMmjq6ue

The full Special Issue of Celebrity Studies on Celebrity Crises and Conflicts is now out! www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcel20/1...

redid my personal site post-layoff :) my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)

The DePaul Pop Culture Conference theme this year is Remixing Pop Music, to be held at DePaul in Chicago on May 2. If you're interested in the theme, you can submit an idea for a presentation here (by Jan. 31): popcultureconference.com/2026-remix-p...

Assigning this as set reading in all future classes open.substack.com/pub/itscharl...

Now instead of simply reading the abstract for an academic article I have to contend with multiple pop-ups from adobe asking me if I want an AI summary and I cannot stress enough how much I DO NOT WANT this. @adobe.com has made a useful product less useful with an annoying and redundant feature

New newsletter is out! Read if you like thoughts on 'it was better in my day' taste-shaming, questionable concert conduct, and the eternal tension between artists and online communities open.substack.com/pub/jenessaw...

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures

Are you a fan of the 1978 film THE WIZ? I would LOVE to chat with you about your fandom for a book on THE WIZ. You only need to be 18 years old or older and love the film. DMs open and please share.

I did not survive the Hayley Williams ticket battle 🫠 But May is 6 months away and I WILL win the war!

On top of being a great site run by great people who give work to lots of great writers, Stereogum also pay within a few days of filing your copy, which is virtually unheard of in this industry. Subscribe now to their snazzy new site!

Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me. RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!

SIG members, don't forget that our event with @alfredmartin.bsky.social is a week from today. Al will be talking about his new book, FANDOM FOR US, BY US. Please register here to get the Zoom link: tinyurl.com/fandomforus

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

The new John Lewis ad definitely took more than a hint of inspiration from 'Aftersun' (one of the best movies and underrated movies of the last 5 years imo), but is still a very lovely choice: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1bR...

Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.

We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

When is somebody going to invent Popstar Manager so that I can stop being jealous of the joy and relaxation that my husband derives from kicking back and playing Football Manager every autumn and instead embrace my own

THIS is an interesting data point

Whenever there is a global climate emergency, news outlets overlook the folks who live in the region and instead they talk to Americans who are stranded or impacted. I find this to be so dismissive of the people who are ACTUALLY living there. It gives, "we only care if it affects us, too."

Hello good morning my new article for Celebrity Studies is live! The link here will give the first 50 viewers free access (ideal if you don't currently belong to a University with a subscription): www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

LAST CALL - The deadline to apply is NOVEMBER 1! We're looking for TWO postdoctoral scholars in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Fellowships are for two years, and the anticipated start date is July 1, 2026. Links in the replies below.

it’s almost as if all of the things folks argued would happen after race-conscious admissions were limited - precipitous declines in Black enrollment, among them - are happening. weird how looking at history can tell you a lot. who would have guessed it.

You cannot tell me that this one is not specifically for the black girl Paramore fans who also love SZA and Yoncè (surfbort I see you!) youtu.be/YTUL3W1ociU?...

Let's get ready to RUMBLE!!! Day 1 of #FSNNA2025 just a few short hours with our opening address at 1:30pm ET! But if you just! Can't! Wait! You'll be over the moon to hear that the discord server is live! (check your email that you registered with for links and info)

Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs - Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75% - Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60% - Social Sciences by 50–70% - History by 60% - Biology by 75% - The German department will lose all PhD seats - Sociology from six PhD students to zero

There's a reason, "Black Women Tried To Tell You" is a timeless meme...

Our Fall Sale begins today! Save 50% on books & journal issues now through November 9 with coupon code FALL25. buff.ly/Bk390cu

Baek Sehee, a South Korean author who wrote the best-selling memoir “I Want to Die, but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki,” died on Thursday at 35. Her frank conversations about therapy and mental health helped her become a cultural phenomenon in her home country and beyond.

Our job is to teach students the critical thinking and literacy skills to realize why this Forbes headline is dumb.

Now seeking hosts for CP 2027! Details at bit.ly/4q1wE4v

California just passed a new law requiring AI to tell you it’s AI

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

I need to find time to read this @uoftpress.bsky.social.

Big congrats to @dandipiero.bsky.social on publication day! I have my copy and it's looking at me temptingly as we speak

Love this film!

I LOVE and cherish Taylor Swift when she is on her pen game (and will therefore be withholding the majority of my thoughts on TLOAS until I feel I have something properly constructive to say), but boy do I hate it when she revels in these lazy and deeply racialised "not like other girls" tropes

Come work at @dukegsfs.bsky.social: postdoc ad is live. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30734

🚨 *insert alarm sounds* 🚨 It's time to announce our 2025 FSNNA #FanStudies Conference's 3rd headliner... It's DR. ALFRED L. MARTIN!! He's an assoc. prof (Uni of Miami) & will be leading the session on Oct. 26- "Rejecting the Reputed Center of #ReceptionStudies: #Blackness, #Capital, and Power"

On view at Tulane University, and it was a joy to work on this. But you don’t have to visit campus to see it. Check out the digitized collection of Black New Orleans nightlife posters, 1979-1980, newly published online via the Tulane University Digital Library: libguides.tulane.edu/BlackNightli...

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..."

Absolutely do this. It especially helps those of us who choose not to have google alerts for our name or books and don’t look at ratings or reader comments. ☺️

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

BREAKING — Notices for the Disney+ price increase went out at noon ET today, confirming my scoop from last night. Details: www.vulture.com/article/disn...

had to read the article to understand wtf was going on here which is that Meta is literally feeding Instagram pictures parents took of their teenage daughters to middle aged men as ads for Threads