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Dr Rebecca Williams @augustaquarius.bsky.social · 7d

A few comments on fandom from me in this new piece @theatlantic.com

#FanStudies

www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...

It’s Not Just Netflix—It’s Your Entire Life

The streaming service is expanding beyond screens and into the real world. Will subscribers follow?

www.theatlantic.com

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Dr Rebecca Williams @augustaquarius.bsky.social · 18h

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RetroEscapes nostalgia theme park planned for Las Vegas

Lands will be themed after the 1950s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s

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Violet Olivia @violetolivia.bsky.social · 20h

✨🧡 excited to share my new journal article on Drag Race, homogenisation & gentrification with IPICS - 'The Next Drag Superstar'. available through @cuopenresearch.bsky.social via doi.org/10.18573/ipi... ✨🧡

'The Next Drag Superstar': Earning and Maintaining Legitimacy in RuPaul's Global Empire | Intersectional Perspectives: Identity, Culture, and Society

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Tom Ue @tomue.bsky.social · 20h

Congrats to my supervisee Chelsea, who will be presenting new work @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social!

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 1d

Shocking evidence revealing the extent of mental health problems suffered by people working in Wales’ creative industries has led to the launch of a major initiative aimed at addressing the issue ✍️ Martin Shipton

New initiative to combat poor mental health in the creative industries

Martin Shipton Shocking evidence revealing the extent of mental health problems suffered by people working in Wales’ creative industries has led to the launch of a major initiative aimed at addressing...

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

UK Universities cut 12,000 jobs, more on the way.

40% of Unis in financial crisis.

Major exporter destroyed by successive govts

Obstacles for foreign students.
Low fees in England, lack of govt funding.
£267bn student debt.
Home student numbers down.

How will the UK compete with other nations?

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 1d

📚 The Divine Feminine: Women & the Rise of the Right
Join authors Lois Shearing & @emmahcasey.bsky.social for a vital talk on women’s roles in #farright movements, radicalisation & tradwife culture.

🗓 Mon 10 Nov 6.30-8pm
🎙 Chair: Dr Rachel O'Neill
✅ Register: forms.office.com/e/twwa0D0VaR

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Dr Rebecca Williams @augustaquarius.bsky.social · 1d

www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...

This 'The Bear'-esque dining experience puts you in the center of the kitchen chaos

At Speakeasy Society's 'Family Meal,' curse words are thrown, recipes are slandered and it all makes for fun, irresistible drama.

www.latimes.com

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Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds @sspatleeds.bsky.social · 3d

Book Release! 🔖
Dr Jessica Martin has published 'Feminisms and Domesticity in Times of Crisis', via Bloomsbury Academic

The book explores gender inequality, media driven feminism, and a new kind of 'austerity celebrity'

Congratulations Jess! 📖

Check it out here: https://ow.ly/izBc50X8jc5

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Popular Culture Association @pcaaca.bsky.social · Sep 1

Abstract submissions for the PCA Conference are officially OPEN! 🎉 Share your research, insights, and passion for pop culture with our community. Ready to join us? Submit your abstract today!
#PCA2026 #CallForAbstracts #PopCultureConference

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · 2d

Ye Jiang's article in #TWC46 expands our understanding of the politics of Omegaverse fic by focusing on Chinese fans, whose localization of the genre's norms is complex and progressive. Read "Navigating gender in censored Chinese A/B/O fiction" now:

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 1d

New research suggests #sports fandom has hidden costs to physical #health:

Devoted fans are more likely to binge drink, eat unhealthy foods and engage in emotional eating (especially if your favorite team loses a lot)

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Horror Studies Research Group @ Northumbria @horrorstudies.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder - Call for papers: HORROR STUDIES NOW, May 28/29 2026, Northumbria University
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2d

So, as part of Taylor Swift's album rollout, there was a scavenger hunt involving videos that looked *really* AI-generated. So #SwiftiesAgainstAI became a thing and now the videos are impossible to find. Fandom outrage can be good!
www.wired.com/story/taylor...

Fans Call on Taylor Swift to ‘Do Better’ After Accusations of Using AI for Promo Videos

A scavenger hunt campaign to promote Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” resulted in a viral #SwiftiesAgainstAI campaign.

www.wired.com

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ptklein @ptklein.com · 2d

I am working on a piece for a queer alt weekly about Rocky Horror’s legacy, and I’d love to speak with you about what the film means to you! If you’re interested in being a part of this, my DMs are open!

ptklein @ptklein.com · 14d

The Rocky Horror Picture Show opened on US screens 50 years ago today. Initially a major box office bomb, cult cinema outsiders and queer audiences quickly took up the film’s mantle and turned it into a unique and exciting way of engaging with the movies. Remember kids, don’t dream it—be it!!

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John Morgan @johnmorgan3.bsky.social · 3d

Another question I have about this: if 100k fewer people every year go to university/do apprenticeships instead, what kind of jobs do the Conservatives think these people will end up in?

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Tories would slash university places by 100,000 - Research Professional News

Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in “doubled” apprenticeship funding

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Dr Rebecca Williams @augustaquarius.bsky.social · 3d

The @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social conference schedule is online and it looks amazing!

#FanStudies

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FSNNA 2025 Conference News

FSNNA PRESENTS:REPUTATION: Influence, Power, and Capital October 23-26, 2025 FSNNA2025 Conference Program TWO-PAGE SPREAD PROGRAM SINGLE PAGE PROGRAM ACCESSIBLE PROGRAM ...

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 3d

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 3d

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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Katharina Röder (she/her) @katandthetexts.bsky.social · Jun 25

My lovely colleague Nicole Mellin and I are organizing a conference on contemporary reading cultures, so if two days of booktok, (dark) romance, developments in publishing, the construction of "the reader", fan fiction, etc. sound intriguing to you, we're looking forward to reading your abstracts!!

CfP | “Contemporary Reading Cultures” – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien

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Fan Studies Network North America @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social · 4d

Did you know we have lots of other events going on during our #FSNNA2025 #FanStudies Conference in addition to our headliners?

For ex/ we've got a Q&A event happening Thurs Oct 23 (9-10am ET) with @pbooth81.bsky.social titled
"Publishing with the Bloomsbury Fan Primer Series"

a cartoon character says " mind if i ask you a few questions ? "

ALT: a cartoon character says " mind if i ask you a few questions ? "

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Transformative Works and Cultures @journal.transformativeworks.org · 4d

Next in #TWC46, Caitlin Joyce's ethnographic study of a #BL community reveals how queer men use BL texts to explore their identities and desires. Read Joyce's article, ""I wish my life was like this": Queer identity work in BL fandom," here:

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Dr Rebecca Williams @augustaquarius.bsky.social · 4d

www.mid-day.com/amp/sunday-m...

Casual posting on social media: Why the ‘what I ate for lunch’ photo is too cringe

Posting on social media has evolved among millennials and Gen Z from sharing mundane moments and life updates to curated, aesthetically pleasing performances

www.mid-day.com

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 4d

CFP: SFFTV special issue on Digital Media and New Horror

liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/pb-assets/do...

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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · 4d

New chapter ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Grosu-Rădulescu, LM. (2025). Ustopians of Today: From Fantasy to Reality, Female Cosplay in Romania. In: Nanda, A., Grosu-Rădulescu, LM. (eds) Inhabiting Ustopia: Science Fiction in Film, Performing Arts, and Digital Media.

#FanStudies

doi.org/10.1007/978-...

Ustopians of Today: From Fantasy to Reality, Female Cosplay in Romania

Futuristic creations, be they literary, cinematic, or any other performative production, incorporate an escapist feature and feed audiences’ imagination not only by transporting them to ustopian temporalities but also by creating characters whose identities are...

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FanLIS @fanlis.bsky.social · 6d

This is a great opportunity to plug Suzanne and Naomi Jacobs' edited special issue on AI in the latest issue of TWC 🔥 journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/tw...
#FanStudies #FanLIS

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