A/Prof Jess Carniel
@drjessc.bsky.social
academia | the #humanities | popular culture | other whims. Literally wrote the book on #Eurovision & Australia. I teach politics, IR, and pop culture but still identify as cultural studies. Proud cat lady. Views are her own.
https://linktr.ee/jesscarniel
https://linktr.ee/jesscarniel
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I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
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It's destroying any joy there was in marking assignments.
It creates distrust between educator and student (both directions) because some are using it to write assignments or mark essays, so you need to be vigilant with ALL.
Most importantly, it's reducing critical thinking and writing skills!
It creates distrust between educator and student (both directions) because some are using it to write assignments or mark essays, so you need to be vigilant with ALL.
Most importantly, it's reducing critical thinking and writing skills!
Can I quietly ask we stop talking about what "AI" *could* do in education and identify instead what's actually happening with AI in education? I'll start...
November 15, 2025 at 7:57 AM
It's destroying any joy there was in marking assignments.
It creates distrust between educator and student (both directions) because some are using it to write assignments or mark essays, so you need to be vigilant with ALL.
Most importantly, it's reducing critical thinking and writing skills!
It creates distrust between educator and student (both directions) because some are using it to write assignments or mark essays, so you need to be vigilant with ALL.
Most importantly, it's reducing critical thinking and writing skills!
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thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this:
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.
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I'd appreciate help circulating this survey, part of our overall work on neurodivergence.
This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines.
You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...
This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines.
You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...
Developing guidelines for supervising Neurodivergent HDR students
redcap.unisq.edu.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I'd appreciate help circulating this survey, part of our overall work on neurodivergence.
This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines.
You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...
This one is on behalf of the graduate deans, to develop better supervision guidelines.
You can help by boosting and circulating the link in your various networks 🙏 redcap.unisq.edu.au/surveys/?s=D...
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if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
And there it is. EIC Versha Sharma is "leaving the company" - sounds like a polite euphemism. She has been a driving force in making Teen Vogue the excellent outlet for political commentary that it has been in recent years. I hope she and those excellent journos continue this work elsewhere.
They just gutted Teen Vogue which had top notch political journalism. The media is continuing to purge any sort of political dissent to Trump and the oligarchs.
www.vogue.com/article/teen...
www.vogue.com/article/teen...
November 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
And there it is. EIC Versha Sharma is "leaving the company" - sounds like a polite euphemism. She has been a driving force in making Teen Vogue the excellent outlet for political commentary that it has been in recent years. I hope she and those excellent journos continue this work elsewhere.
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Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.
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She is so relatable in this moment
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
She is so relatable in this moment
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Okay USA, I know you have plenty of other things going on at the moment, but my new book An Academic Affair will be released in your country in only a few weeks (11 November!!), and if you wanted to pre-order it, I would simply love that.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/An-Aca...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/An-Aca...
October 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Okay USA, I know you have plenty of other things going on at the moment, but my new book An Academic Affair will be released in your country in only a few weeks (11 November!!), and if you wanted to pre-order it, I would simply love that.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/An-Aca...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/An-Aca...
WHY ARE YOU APPLYING CONCEALER BEFORE PRIMER??!! But apart from that grave error, I am in this post and do not like it.
"Confronting the brutal truth of your skin at this age will be frightening, but you are a middle-aged woman and lately, you seem to delight in brutal truth to a degree that is becoming uncomfortable for those around you."
How to Apply “No-Makeup” Makeup: A Guide for Mature Women
1. Gather lots of makeup. However much makeup you think it will take to achieve the no-makeup look, it will take far more makeup than that. Go to a...
buff.ly
October 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
WHY ARE YOU APPLYING CONCEALER BEFORE PRIMER??!! But apart from that grave error, I am in this post and do not like it.
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School of Humanities & Languages #unsw is hiring TWO postdoctoral fellows in history! 2 years fixed term, open to different specialisations. Deadline is Nov 2
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
Postdoctoral Fellow in History
Undertake independent research and contribute to UNSW’s vibrant History program as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in any area of historical study.
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au
October 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
School of Humanities & Languages #unsw is hiring TWO postdoctoral fellows in history! 2 years fixed term, open to different specialisations. Deadline is Nov 2
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
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Book Announcement:
I just published an OER textbook for Introduction to Popular Culture classes (or any other class that addresses popular culture) called "Keepin' Up with Popular Culture"
It is free, open-access. Please let me know what you think!
uta.pressbooks.pub/keepinupwith...
I just published an OER textbook for Introduction to Popular Culture classes (or any other class that addresses popular culture) called "Keepin' Up with Popular Culture"
It is free, open-access. Please let me know what you think!
uta.pressbooks.pub/keepinupwith...
Keepin' Up with Popular Culture – Simple Book Publishing
Keepin’ it real by keepin’ up with popular culture!
uta.pressbooks.pub
October 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Book Announcement:
I just published an OER textbook for Introduction to Popular Culture classes (or any other class that addresses popular culture) called "Keepin' Up with Popular Culture"
It is free, open-access. Please let me know what you think!
uta.pressbooks.pub/keepinupwith...
I just published an OER textbook for Introduction to Popular Culture classes (or any other class that addresses popular culture) called "Keepin' Up with Popular Culture"
It is free, open-access. Please let me know what you think!
uta.pressbooks.pub/keepinupwith...
From my cold dead hands. Mind you, I don't want to give over the semi-colon in some kind of hostage exchange either.
My petty gripe: not only am I losing my livelihood to AI – now it’s stealing my em dashes too
My petty gripe: not only am I losing my livelihood to AI – now it’s stealing my em dashes too
The humble em dash is being used as a tell that something is written by a large language model. But it’s James Shackell’s favourite piece of punctuation, and he’s not ready to lose it
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
From my cold dead hands. Mind you, I don't want to give over the semi-colon in some kind of hostage exchange either.
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My article “’Everybody Wanna Move Like Us!’: Performing Afro-Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest” has just been published in the September 2025 issue of the Journal of Popular Music Studies! online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
“Everybody Wanna Move Like Us!”Performing Afro-Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
From 2019 through 2021, the Swedish public elected three consecutive Afro-Swedish artists with gospel songs to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest: John Lundvik with his song “Too Late For...
online.ucpress.edu
September 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
My article “’Everybody Wanna Move Like Us!’: Performing Afro-Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest” has just been published in the September 2025 issue of the Journal of Popular Music Studies! online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
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Have you ever purchased makeup or beauty projects based on your fandom? If you are 18 years or older, please fill out this 10 minute survey for a research project on embodied fan identities. Share widely! Contact with any questions: [email protected]. utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
September 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Have you ever purchased makeup or beauty projects based on your fandom? If you are 18 years or older, please fill out this 10 minute survey for a research project on embodied fan identities. Share widely! Contact with any questions: [email protected]. utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Or even better, a recorded skit about the new ICT/enterprise services policy/tool/tip.
I wish I was joking.
I wish I was joking.
For those of you who were thrilled by That Meeting Could Have Been an Email, Academic Horror Productions is delighted to present the sequel, That Other Thing That Could Have Been an Email is Now a Recorded Video.
September 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Or even better, a recorded skit about the new ICT/enterprise services policy/tool/tip.
I wish I was joking.
I wish I was joking.
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In the dialogue box asking you to agree, DO NOT click agree: instead click on the TOS link which will open another tab. In the top right of that tab you can go to your account settings and delete your account.
September 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
In the dialogue box asking you to agree, DO NOT click agree: instead click on the TOS link which will open another tab. In the top right of that tab you can go to your account settings and delete your account.
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Genuine and serious question: is there an academic journal dedicated to Star Wars?
This question brought to you by the discovery of the International Journal of James Bond Studies.
This question brought to you by the discovery of the International Journal of James Bond Studies.
September 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Genuine and serious question: is there an academic journal dedicated to Star Wars?
This question brought to you by the discovery of the International Journal of James Bond Studies.
This question brought to you by the discovery of the International Journal of James Bond Studies.
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Please take this online survey to help me understand Xena fans and the relationship of the fandom to the makers of the show. #xena, #xenawarriorprincess, #xwp Share with anyone who might be interested! ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
September 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Please take this online survey to help me understand Xena fans and the relationship of the fandom to the makers of the show. #xena, #xenawarriorprincess, #xwp Share with anyone who might be interested! ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! @mahliann.bsky.social, @marcuscarter.com, and myself have combined our collective brains and written a wide-reaching introduction to the complex and interdisciplinary field of Game Studies in this forthcoming book for Polity. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
September 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! @mahliann.bsky.social, @marcuscarter.com, and myself have combined our collective brains and written a wide-reaching introduction to the complex and interdisciplinary field of Game Studies in this forthcoming book for Polity. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
A Swedish listicle cultural canon? Petra did it better.
(I bet they left her off it too.)
youtu.be/29tZAqJKtxs?...
(I bet they left her off it too.)
youtu.be/29tZAqJKtxs?...
September 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
A Swedish listicle cultural canon? Petra did it better.
(I bet they left her off it too.)
youtu.be/29tZAqJKtxs?...
(I bet they left her off it too.)
youtu.be/29tZAqJKtxs?...
Another great way to mark the Eurovision new year is to start writing an abstract for a fabulous conference to be held in Paris next year.
Proposal submission deadline: 15 October 2025
See website for more details: encore-network.org
#Eurovision #cfp #AcademicSky
Proposal submission deadline: 15 October 2025
See website for more details: encore-network.org
#Eurovision #cfp #AcademicSky
ESC Conference Paris 2026
encore-network.org
September 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Another great way to mark the Eurovision new year is to start writing an abstract for a fabulous conference to be held in Paris next year.
Proposal submission deadline: 15 October 2025
See website for more details: encore-network.org
#Eurovision #cfp #AcademicSky
Proposal submission deadline: 15 October 2025
See website for more details: encore-network.org
#Eurovision #cfp #AcademicSky
Happy Eurovision New Year to all who celebrate! May the most controversial thing about this season be that dreadful new logo.
#Eurovision
#Eurovision
September 1, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Happy Eurovision New Year to all who celebrate! May the most controversial thing about this season be that dreadful new logo.
#Eurovision
#Eurovision
When you submit your last lot of grades for the year.
August 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
When you submit your last lot of grades for the year.