Charlotte Stevens
@charstevens.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer @ Birmingham City University (film/tv, fandom, games), she/her
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When you leave the classification part of the process to something lacking a human brain.
Am picturing some very confused waste management engineers 😂😬
Am picturing some very confused waste management engineers 😂😬
January 30, 2026 at 11:06 AM
When you leave the classification part of the process to something lacking a human brain.
Am picturing some very confused waste management engineers 😂😬
Am picturing some very confused waste management engineers 😂😬
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"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI'
The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.
www.pcgamer.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 PM
"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
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If Bilbo had Chat GPT
January 27, 2026 at 4:24 PM
If Bilbo had Chat GPT
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Nothing can prepare your soul for the first image ever transmitted onto a television
January 26, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Nothing can prepare your soul for the first image ever transmitted onto a television
Douglas Sirk directed a submarine movie, he knew what was up
How to Make a Good Movie:
Use one of the following hooks
Ship hunting submarine
Submarine hunting ship
Submarine hunting other submarine
If your movie is not set on a submarine, ask yourself why you hate good movies, change to submarine
Use one of the following hooks
Ship hunting submarine
Submarine hunting ship
Submarine hunting other submarine
If your movie is not set on a submarine, ask yourself why you hate good movies, change to submarine
January 18, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Douglas Sirk directed a submarine movie, he knew what was up
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the MPAA when they decided to switch to NC-17
X has stopped working
X has stopped working
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
the MPAA when they decided to switch to NC-17
Back in the summer I changed a fandoms module assessment from a research paper to a presentation about any one fannish object plus a reflection on key concepts in fan studies
Result? Currently marking "here's why fan studies is cool" reflections, and thoughtful videos on things student care about
Result? Currently marking "here's why fan studies is cool" reflections, and thoughtful videos on things student care about
January 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Back in the summer I changed a fandoms module assessment from a research paper to a presentation about any one fannish object plus a reflection on key concepts in fan studies
Result? Currently marking "here's why fan studies is cool" reflections, and thoughtful videos on things student care about
Result? Currently marking "here's why fan studies is cool" reflections, and thoughtful videos on things student care about
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the energy to bring into 2026
A seasonal greeting card available in the public domain, supplied by Toronto Public Library, circ 1845 - 1899. "The card pictures a cat's head and paw emerging from behind a broken wall."
🎊Wishing you a bright and happy New Year!🥂
🎊Wishing you a bright and happy New Year!🥂
December 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
the energy to bring into 2026
Apparently I'm out in paperback! And it looks to be on sale, so if you're looking for a £35 stocking stuffer, boy do I have a recommendation for you... #fanstudies
Fanvids: Television, Women, and Home Media Re-Use
Fanvids, or vids, are short videos created in media fandom. Made from television and film sources, they are neither television episodes nor films; they resemble music videos but are non-commercial fan...
www.routledge.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Apparently I'm out in paperback! And it looks to be on sale, so if you're looking for a £35 stocking stuffer, boy do I have a recommendation for you... #fanstudies
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I have read the article in question (link in comments of the QT) and just want to point and laugh at this para, which implies with a straight face that men are being discriminated against, without acknowledging that men are statistically more likely to apply for jobs they are underqualified for.
December 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I have read the article in question (link in comments of the QT) and just want to point and laugh at this para, which implies with a straight face that men are being discriminated against, without acknowledging that men are statistically more likely to apply for jobs they are underqualified for.
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If you want another look at the topics presented at VGC 2025, we've got good news: half of the contributions now include a full paper as part of our Online Proceedings 🥳A big thanks to all the authors!
Here's the link: videogamecultures.org/2025-abstrac...
Here's the link: videogamecultures.org/2025-abstrac...
2025 Papers and Abstracts – Video Game Cultures
videogamecultures.org
December 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
If you want another look at the topics presented at VGC 2025, we've got good news: half of the contributions now include a full paper as part of our Online Proceedings 🥳A big thanks to all the authors!
Here's the link: videogamecultures.org/2025-abstrac...
Here's the link: videogamecultures.org/2025-abstrac...
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now why are you doing my boy dirty with this headline?
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
now why are you doing my boy dirty with this headline?
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The initial image of light coalescing into a bird has big 70s children's tv show about paganism vibes. Just needs a library music backing track
November 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The initial image of light coalescing into a bird has big 70s children's tv show about paganism vibes. Just needs a library music backing track
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my mac doing its best to telephone a seventeenth century ecclesiastical record 🗃️
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
my mac doing its best to telephone a seventeenth century ecclesiastical record 🗃️
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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A Kimono decorated with skeletons, from Japan, 1840-1860 CE,
now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
October 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A Kimono decorated with skeletons, from Japan, 1840-1860 CE,
now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
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Very excited to share that on November 10 @discoxford.bsky.social are hosting a hybrid roundtable on Videogame preservation practices with @carrythezero.bsky.social, Alex Habgood, digital archivist at Rebellion studios, and @emarlow.bsky.social:
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
Video Game Preservation: Practices and Approaches
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Very excited to share that on November 10 @discoxford.bsky.social are hosting a hybrid roundtable on Videogame preservation practices with @carrythezero.bsky.social, Alex Habgood, digital archivist at Rebellion studios, and @emarlow.bsky.social:
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
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*FIFTEEN THOUSAND JOBS LOST*.
If this were in a sector in which the PM could go and do a photoshoot looking like One Of The People, we’d have had a government intervention by now.
If this were in a sector in which the PM could go and do a photoshoot looking like One Of The People, we’d have had a government intervention by now.
Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...
Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU
Proposed job losses almost triple since March as unions prepare to vote on nationwide industrial action
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
*FIFTEEN THOUSAND JOBS LOST*.
If this were in a sector in which the PM could go and do a photoshoot looking like One Of The People, we’d have had a government intervention by now.
If this were in a sector in which the PM could go and do a photoshoot looking like One Of The People, we’d have had a government intervention by now.
yesterday a student said something about chatgpt in my hearing, and without working out if it was a positive or dismissive comment I said "oh don't sully the air of my classroom with that name" and continued with my slide. the way the group murmured in response sounded like they were on my side 🤞
Same for academics and it's so depressing
A lot of """"creatives"""" have seemingly accepted generative AI as part of art and filmmaking and I'm hear to say you're all big stinky phonies and I hate you
October 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
yesterday a student said something about chatgpt in my hearing, and without working out if it was a positive or dismissive comment I said "oh don't sully the air of my classroom with that name" and continued with my slide. the way the group murmured in response sounded like they were on my side 🤞
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There's something very "Ford Prefect" about a process that arrives at "Harper Collins" as a sensible name for a pornbot
October 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
There's something very "Ford Prefect" about a process that arrives at "Harper Collins" as a sensible name for a pornbot
thought i'd be kind as an editor and quickly drop the proper in-text references in place of this chapter's "ibid." and "op. cit", but halfway through it i am:
i) regretting my choices,
ii) firmly opposed to the use of "ibid." and "op. cit" by anyone ever, and
iii) stopping for lunch
i) regretting my choices,
ii) firmly opposed to the use of "ibid." and "op. cit" by anyone ever, and
iii) stopping for lunch
October 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
thought i'd be kind as an editor and quickly drop the proper in-text references in place of this chapter's "ibid." and "op. cit", but halfway through it i am:
i) regretting my choices,
ii) firmly opposed to the use of "ibid." and "op. cit" by anyone ever, and
iii) stopping for lunch
i) regretting my choices,
ii) firmly opposed to the use of "ibid." and "op. cit" by anyone ever, and
iii) stopping for lunch
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Having studied #digitalID in depth for my PhD and written a book about this way before anyone had even flagged it as a problem - this a TERRIBLE idea. We have been warning the UK government about the dangers of digital ID for years. No one listened. #digitalidentity www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme
The prime minister believes a new scheme would help crack down on illegal working in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Having studied #digitalID in depth for my PhD and written a book about this way before anyone had even flagged it as a problem - this a TERRIBLE idea. We have been warning the UK government about the dangers of digital ID for years. No one listened. #digitalidentity www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The CfP for the 1st themed issue of our journal Fandom | Cultures | Research is out & I'm especially excited for this one, since it combines two of the things I'm most interested in: #fanstudies & #memorystudies. Added bonus: a workshop in Marburg in Feb 26.
journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/announce...
journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/announce...
Call for Abstracts - Themed Issue 2/26 & Accompanying Workshop: “Fan Practices of Memory and Remembrance”
| Fandom | Cultures | Research
journals.uni-marburg.de
September 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The CfP for the 1st themed issue of our journal Fandom | Cultures | Research is out & I'm especially excited for this one, since it combines two of the things I'm most interested in: #fanstudies & #memorystudies. Added bonus: a workshop in Marburg in Feb 26.
journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/announce...
journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/announce...