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Javaria Farooqui @javariafarooqui.bsky.social · 23d

Yes!

Javaria Farooqui @javariafarooqui.bsky.social · 23d

Coolest call for book proposals!

#romance #power #desire #AcademicSky #booksky #academicwriting #books

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Javaria Farooqui @javariafarooqui.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sharing Ayesha Muzaffer's " Bhabies of Lahore" again because it is a very indigenous, very cultural brand of horror. The stories know the difference between a churail and a ghost & show why certain nights feel heavier in our part of the world. Cool, spooky, and South Asian!

#horror #pakistan

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Javaria Farooqui @javariafarooqui.bsky.social · Aug 23

Got Rosemary Pennington's very interesting book, "Pop Islam: Seeing American Muslims in Popular Media," from the book exhibit at PCA, NO, 2025. I've loved the chapter on Ms Marvel Kamala Khan. Conference book hauls are best!

#bookhaul #popislam #amreading #AcademicSky #msmarvel #booksky

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Laura Vivanco @lauravivanco.bsky.social · Aug 21

For those readers, "the fabricated society [...] mirrors their reality" (74) and they "relate to the descriptions of food and customs in the Regency historical romances as they define the criteria against which they critically 'judge' their society and their own selves" (75).

Romance Fandom in 21st-Century Pakistan

Romance Fandom in 21st-century Pakistan offers the first major study of English-speaking romance fandom in South Asia, providing a new reader-centric model that engages with romance readers as genre e...

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Laura Vivanco @lauravivanco.bsky.social · Aug 21

So, I'm having problems with my threading/embedding, but bsky.app/profile/oliv... replied to this post by saying "This is a true and powerful bit of critique" and I was reminded of @javariafarooqui.bsky.social 's book about reading Regency romances

Saint (S.T.) Gibson @stgibson.bsky.social · Aug 21

the fantasy of regency romance is not just wealth and dresses (setting aside systemic issues for this thought exercise). Its a world with clear-cut and meaningful codes of social conduct, even if they’re stifling.

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Javaria Farooqui @javariafarooqui.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thank you so much for this delightful post about my work, Laura. I'm really grateful ❤️

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Journal of Popular Romance Studies @jprstudies.bsky.social · Aug 7

CfP 🚨 The Journal of Popular Romance Studies is now accepting paper submissions for its Special Issue "Romancing the Posthuman", focusing on romance, critical love studies and posthumanism:

📆 Deadline: 31 October 2025
📄 Send 300-word abstracts
➕ More information: www.jprstudies.org/submissions/...

Special Issue Call for Papers | Journal of Popular Romance Studies

JPRS publishes special issues on a range of topics relating to the study of romantic love and its representations. These issues contain at least 3 articles on their shared topic, as well as an introdu...

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Javaria Farooqui @javariafarooqui.bsky.social · Aug 9

My book opposes any claims of homogeneity or simple intellectual abilities of the genre fans & explores how fictional representations of the time and space of one era invoke feelings of belonging, nostalgia, & romance in readers of another time and space.
#romancelandia #AcademicSky #fanstudies

Cover of my book "Romance Fandom in 21st-Century Pakistan"

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Laura Vivanco @lauravivanco.bsky.social · Aug 7

I know lots of you have strong opinions on this topic, so I hope this will be of interest:

"You are being asked to participate in a survey of romance authors and readers that is being conducted by Prof. Bridget Kies in the Film Studies and Production program at Oakland University."

Romance and AI Survey

Survey of romance authors' and readers' attitudes toward generative AI

oakland.az1.qualtrics.com

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Javaria Farooqui @javariafarooqui.bsky.social · Aug 6

Please find attached some cool visuals from my recent academic travels. The purpose of this post is
(a) posting for the sake of posting, and
(b) trying new tools to botch up recorded videos.
#academictourism #newzealand #USA #Mexico #AcademicSky

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Javaria Farooqui @javariafarooqui.bsky.social · Jul 23

Just saw some 2nd anniversary posts for the #Barbie movie, so I replug my paper on its challenging reception in urban Pakistan:
From a toy to a tool: the reception of Barbie and cultural ambiguity in contemporary Pakistan - Javaria Farooqui, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

#AcademicSky

From a toy to a tool: the reception of Barbie and cultural ambiguity in contemporary Pakistan - Javaria Farooqui, 2024

Barbie (2023) garnered enormous international box office success, stirring arguments about women's empowerment in popular media and academic circles. This ...

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Javaria Farooqui @javariafarooqui.bsky.social · Jul 14

Too tired to clean up the chaos on the desk, too happy to start reading a romance after submitting a revised chapter on reading the romance!
Beverly Barton: Just the Way You Are

#romancebooks #amreading #romancelandia

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Journal of Popular Romance Studies @jprstudies.bsky.social · Jul 9

No travel plans, daydreaming about a summer trip to Italy? Then this article is for you: “‘He Looks like He’s Stepped out of a Painting:’ The Idealization and Appropriation of Italian Timelessness through the Experience of Romantic Love”, by Francesca Pierini. Find it here: doi.org/10.70138/ICP...

“He Looks like He’s Stepped out of a Painting:” The Idealization and Appropriation of Italian Timelessness through the Experience of Romantic Love | Journal of Popular Romance Studies

[End Page 1] This paper investigates two popular historical novels, Marina Fiorato’s The Glassblower of Murano (2008) and Anne Fortier’s Juliet (2010), in order to shed light on a discourse of pure or...

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Javaria Farooqui @javariafarooqui.bsky.social · Jul 7

The play of lights on park benches, leaves on the ground, and bright greens... I quite like this photo.

Coyoacán, June 25.

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Maria Slozak @mariaslozak.bsky.social · Jul 3

"Kamblé goes beyond the predominantly reactive tendencies within the discipline of popular romance studies to offer a neat framework that beautifully shows how romance fiction reflects and shapes cultural attitudes." This really nails the book's significance. Far catchier than the backcover copy!

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Javaria Farooqui @javariafarooqui.bsky.social · Jul 4

Many thanks Maria🫶

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Javaria Farooqui @javariafarooqui.bsky.social · Jul 3

I have reviewed Jayashree Kamble's wonderful book, "Creating Identity: The Popular Romance Heroine's Journey to Selfhood and Self-Presentation," for JPRS. Thank you, Jayashree, for writing this 🔥 piece, and thanks Hannah for making this review possible.

#bookreview #popularromancestudies #romance

Journal of Popular Romance Studies @jprstudies.bsky.social · Jul 3

Javaria Farooqui (@javariafarooqui.bsky.social‬) reviews Creating Identity: The Popular Romance Heroine’s Journey to Selfhood and Self-Presentation (2023), by Jayashree Kamblé (@profromance.bsky.social‬). Find the review here: doi.org/10.70138/TXE... (3/4)

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Journal of Popular Romance Studies @jprstudies.bsky.social · Jul 3

Javaria Farooqui (@javariafarooqui.bsky.social‬) reviews Creating Identity: The Popular Romance Heroine’s Journey to Selfhood and Self-Presentation (2023), by Jayashree Kamblé (@profromance.bsky.social‬). Find the review here: doi.org/10.70138/TXE... (3/4)

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Javaria Farooqui @javariafarooqui.bsky.social · Jun 30

Winding up academic tourism in Mexico City [courtesy of the keynote invite by IASPR] with my photo with/of the amazing vibrant books that I can't read!

#bookish #AcademicSky #mexicocity #colours

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Javaria Farooqui @javariafarooqui.bsky.social · Jun 30

One of the most adorable bookstores I have ever seen: Under the Volcano Books, Mexico City. It is the only bookstore with Anglophone books. The highlight of the visit for me was people shouting "books!!!!" to get to the store!
#bookish #mexicocity #AcademicSky

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Javaria Farooqui @javariafarooqui.bsky.social · Jun 29

Awesome. Thank you!

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Javaria Farooqui @javariafarooqui.bsky.social · Jun 29

As an academic-tourist with nada level of Spanish, visiting bookstores and bookstalls in Mexico City has been a rich experience. This place is in love with libros! Proliferation of street book vendors, small independent bookstores, & stalls.
#bookish #AcademicSky #MexicoCity

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Javaria Farooqui @javariafarooqui.bsky.social · Jun 26

Honored to be the keynote speaker at @iaspr.bsky.social in Mexico City. It was an amazing moment in my journey as a popular genre scholar! Feeling national pride in being invited as a keynote speaker by a tremendously prestigious international conference.
#Mexico #Pakistan #AcademicSky

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · Jun 22

A reminder that there is one week to go to submit your abstract for the new edited collection on 'Carmilla' and its legacies edited by myself and Simon Bacon!

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/02/...

cfp | call for papers

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu

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