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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

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.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Jenessa Williams, PhD @jenessawilliams.bsky.social · 15h

Eeee how cute! Excited to see ya there

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Tom Ue @tomue.bsky.social · 23h

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

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Jenessa Williams, PhD @jenessawilliams.bsky.social · 2d

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

Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 2d

It's publication day! See below for links/events/playlists/all things Big Feelings. With tremendous gratitude to everyone who helped along the way.
dandipiero.substack.com/p/pub-day

Pub Day

Big Feelings Indeed

dandipiero.substack.com

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Jenessa Williams, PhD @jenessawilliams.bsky.social · 3d

Also thoroughly enjoyed this week's edition of popcast; hasn't changed my enjoyment of the record per se, but has at least made me see it in a different light (good music journalism? adding context? who knew?)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/a...

Breaking Down Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’

www.nytimes.com

Jenessa Williams, PhD @jenessawilliams.bsky.social · 5d

After several hours/listens, I'm mature enough to say that I really, really love 'Ruin The Friendship', and I appreciate the shape of 'Wi$h Li$t' and 'The Fate Of Ophelia' if not the total execution. But as an adopted Californian, I'm not sure I can ever forgive her for that Redwood tree lyric

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Jenessa Williams, PhD @jenessawilliams.bsky.social · 5d

Love this film!

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 5d

Rye Lane is on BBC2 tonight 9pm. The lovely escape you need from real life
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Two - Rye Lane

Two youngsters, reeling from bad breakups, connect over an eventful day in south London.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jenessa Williams, PhD @jenessawilliams.bsky.social · 6d

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

The lyrics to Taylor Swifts 'Eldest Daughter's; "But I'm not a bad bitch/And this isn't savage"

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Jennifer C. Nash @jennifercnash.bsky.social · 7d

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

Duke University, Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies

Job #AJO30734, Duke Black Feminist Postdoc, Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US

academicjobsonline.org

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Fan Studies Network North America @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 *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"

A promotional graphic with "FSNNA 25" in dark boxes at the top left and right corner. Between those two boxes, in all capital letters reads "HEADLINER." Below that, centered and in bold letters reads the name "Alfred L. Martin, Jr."
Below that, on the left it says the name of the headliner panel "Rejecting the Reputed Center of Reception Studies: Blackness, #Capital, and Power" and below that is smaller text it lists the other roundtable guests "Brienne Adams, Aymar Jean Esofferey, & Allyson F. Smith"
To the right of that text is a black and white zoomed in photo of Martin's new book, "Fandom for Us, by Us," which shows a person sitting in front of a wall of TVs, viewed from behind.

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DJ Soul Sister @djsoulsister.bsky.social · 10d

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...

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Fan Studies Network North America @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social · 12d

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..."

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Wendy C. Ortiz @wendyortiz.com · 13d

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. ☺️

Juan Meneses | Postpolitics and the Aesthetic Imagination @dissentum.bsky.social · 13d

Did you see your friend's book at the store? Email them a pic! See them cited? Email them (esp. as aggregators fail to catch many citations)! Did a scholar mention their work! Email them! Did a student use their work in a paper? Email! Did a professor teach their work? Email! Email! All the time!!!

Juan Meneses | Postpolitics and the Aesthetic Imagination @dissentum.bsky.social · 13d

Friends tell other friends when they see their work out in the world. Just got an email about my book and it made my day.

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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · 16d

The Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture conference has a website!

Join us in New Orleans this February!

blackmedia.tulane.edu

Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference | Tulane University

blackmedia.tulane.edu

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16d

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...

➼ Disney+, Hulu Bundle (with ads) is going up by $2 — from $11 a month to $13 a month.
Note: The price of the Disney+, Hulu Premium Bundle (no ads) is not changing. Currently: $20 a month.

➼ Disney+ Premium (no ads) is going up by $3 — from $16 a month to $19 a month.
Note: The price of Hulu Premium (no ads) is not changing. Currently: $19 a month.

➼ Disney+ (with ads) is going up by $2 — from $10 a month to $12 a month.

➼ Hulu + Live TV (with ads) is going up by $7 — from $83 a month to $90 a month.
Note: This plan is a bundle that also includes Disney+ and ESPN Select (all with ads).

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 19d

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

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 19d

“Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting.”

Meta has 100% stopped even *pretending* not to be astoundingly evil.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man

Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says

www.theguardian.com

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Jenessa Williams, PhD @jenessawilliams.bsky.social · 19d

Eeee how exciting!

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Mel Stanfill @melstanfill.bsky.social · 22d

come copyedit for @journal.transformativeworks.org !

Organization for Transformative Works @transformativeworks.org · 22d

Do you have experience copyediting or proofreading academic journals? Would you like to wrangle #AO3 tags? Can you read and translate from Chinese or Italian to English? Do you have experience in managing or leading people? The #OTW is Recruiting! otw-news.org/w8thejrv

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Anxious Rage @anxiousrage.blacksky.app · 20d

Libraries also have many ways to watch media, including lots of things that aren't available to stream

wobblerocket 🎲🎮 @wobblerocket.com · 20d

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.

They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 21d

Essential resource.

Also: it would help greatly if BlueSky allowed users to lock their accounts.

Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 21d

The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...

Advisory to Academic Workers

In a moment when it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the consequences of our online speech and choices, the AAUP and Faculty First Responders are issuing guidance to AAUP members and othe...

www.aaup.org

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 21d

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

The new TOC from academia dot edu.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Dr Rebecca Williams @augustaquarius.bsky.social · 23d

Registration for the @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social conference is now open! Always a great event and all online Thu Oct 23 - Sun Oct 26, 2025 #FanStudies

www.tickettailor.com/events/fanst...

Select tickets – FSNNA 2025 Conference – Zoom

FSNNA 2025 Conference – Zoom, Thu Oct 23, 2025 - Sun Oct 26, 2025 - Fan Studies Network North America Conference OCTOBER 23-26, 2025

www.tickettailor.com

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Mark Savage @mrdiscopop.bsky.social · 23d

This is fascinating... One of Japan's biggest hitmakers agreed to a songwriting contest with an AI programme trained on his music.

The pop band AKB48 recorded a song by each "composer" - and let fans decide which one to release as a single.

The AI won.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Japanese girl group AKB48 release AI-assisted single after fan vote

Pop group AKB48 asked fans to pick their next single from a song written by humans and another by AI.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 26d

One thing I always emphasize to a newer journalist is that there's a balance between speed and accuracy that needs to be found, and the latter always trumps the former. It's better to be fifth to a story and correct than first and wrong. Feels like a lot of media orgs need to relearn that right now.

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Benjamin BOO! @geekworlds.bsky.social · 26d

Great to see my friend @jenessawilliams.bsky.social quoted in this piece on Lofi Girl’s YouTube empire. www.404media.co/how-lofi-gir...

How Lofi Girl Became a Chill Beats Empire

How the iconic looping video of a studying anime girl and stream of chill music became a big business.

www.404media.co

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