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Judith Rauscher @judithrauscher.bsky.social · 5d

Veery pretty!

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j19journal.bsky.social @j19journal.bsky.social · 5d

We've extended the deadline for submissions to our special issue, "Adaptations," to January 15th, 2026. Attaching the cfp here: please submit!

Cfp for special issue of J19, "Adaptations."

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Judith Rauscher @judithrauscher.bsky.social · Aug 29

Cover-reveal of the first book in the @degruyterbrill.bsky.social book series 'Pop Culture in Context' I co-edit with @lizwfab.bsky.social & @hermioneclone.bsky.social! Congrats to Vaughn @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social & many thanks to @davideisler.bsky.social,our editorial director,for all your hard work!

Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · Aug 28

Everything is terrible right now in general, but in personal good news, my book has a cover and I'm so excited to share it!!!

Selling Out Santa is about Hollywood's manipulation of the Christmas holiday for socially conservative ends in the early Cold War 🗃️
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/selling-ou...

A book cover from De Gruyter. A faded American flag's red and white stripes sets the background. In the foreground are three Christmas baubles: a darker red ball is in front coming in from the left, a white ball is behind it, and a light navy blue ball hangs behind that. White text reads the title: Selling out Santa Hollywood Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy. On the blue ball white text reads Vaughn Joy and the series name pop culture in context

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Judith Rauscher @judithrauscher.bsky.social · Jul 30

Just finished /Nomansland/ (2010) by #LesleyHauge, which offers a take on the kind of #SingleSexNarrative I am interested in that is reminiscent of #feminist #criticalutopias from the 1980s, such as #PamelaSargent 's /The Shore of Women/ (1986) & #SheriTepper 's /The Gate to Women's Country/ (1988)

Photo of the cover of the novel Nomansland by Lesley Hauge, which features a woman in worn clothes on a black horse shooting an arrow. A small blurb reads: "On an island of women alone, who.is the real enemy?"

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Judith Rauscher @judithrauscher.bsky.social · Jul 23

Still on vacation in the #Sauerland, which I will from now on refer to as the German Shire! #Hiking

Photo of a rural landscape with meadows, fields, woods, and hills in the distance. There are clouds in the blue sky

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Judith Rauscher @judithrauscher.bsky.social · Jul 22

On vacation in a region called the Sauerland, which I will from now on refer to as the German Midwest. #Thunderstorm

Photo of a yellow field with a dozen tall white wind generators. The clouds in the sky are dramatic and dark

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Dr. Emily Hamilton-Honey @hermioneclone.bsky.social · Jul 14

I am also utterly thrilled to be one of the editors of this new series, and to be working with @lizwfab.bsky.social and @judithrauscher.bsky.social ! ❤️ We can't wait to hear your pop culture book ideas!

Liz W(erewolf not swearwolf) Faber, PhD (they/them) @lizwfab.bsky.social · Jul 14

I'm excited to announce that I'm co-editing the new @degruyterbrill.bsky.social book series, Pop Culture in Context, with @hermioneclone.bsky.social and @judithrauscher.bsky.social! Contact one or all of us to discuss your pop culture book ideas!

www.degruyterbrill.com/serial/pcc-b...

Pop Culture in Context

The Pop Culture in Context book series takes a broadly interdisciplinary approach to examine all aspects of popular culture, including mass media, fandom, and ephemera, across all media, platforms, an...

www.degruyterbrill.com

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Liz W(erewolf not swearwolf) Faber, PhD (they/them) @lizwfab.bsky.social · Jul 14

I'm excited to announce that I'm co-editing the new @degruyterbrill.bsky.social book series, Pop Culture in Context, with @hermioneclone.bsky.social and @judithrauscher.bsky.social! Contact one or all of us to discuss your pop culture book ideas!

www.degruyterbrill.com/serial/pcc-b...

Pop Culture in Context

The Pop Culture in Context book series takes a broadly interdisciplinary approach to examine all aspects of popular culture, including mass media, fandom, and ephemera, across all media, platforms, an...

www.degruyterbrill.com

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Judith Rauscher @judithrauscher.bsky.social · Jun 30

Yesterday at the queer dance school
🧡💛💚💙💜

(A massive heatwave has hit Cologne 🥵)

Photo of four fans in rainbow colors held by people wearing dance shoes. The wooden floor has the markings of a school gym.

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Freie Universität Berlin @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social · Jun 23

Vom 23. bis 29. Juni streicht die #FUBerlin das "E", um zu zeigen, was fehlt, wenn Substanz gestrichen wird. Allein für 2025 sollen die Kürzungen rund 37 Million n uro betragen.
D r B rlin r S nat g fährd t damit L hr, Forschung und
Zukunftssich rh it.
All Infos ➡️ tinyurl.com/aktionswoche...

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Judith Rauscher @judithrauscher.bsky.social · Jun 18

#PrideMonth book display at my department's library. Come study #EnglishLiterature and/or North #AmericanStudies (Lit/Cult + #History) here at @unicologne.bsky.social, or pick the interdisciplinary M.A. in Gender & #QueerStudies and then come take classes with us.

Photo of a table of books with a large progress pride flag displayed above them.

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Dr. Mareike Spychala @spychalam.bsky.social · Jun 13

Next up: a panel on "Archiving the Liberal Tradition in the United States? Contestation, Erosion, and Preservation in an Era of Political Poliarization".
#dgfa2025

ARCHIVING THE LIBERAL TRADITION
IN THE UNITED STATES? CONTESTATION,
EROSION, AND PRESERVATION IN AN
ERA OF POLITICAL POLARIZATION

Chair:
Christian Lammert (FU Berlin) | Boris Vormann (Bard College Berlin)

SPEAKERS:
Julia Simon (Bremen):
Setting the record straight: Efforts by far-right mothers’ groups to marginalize LGBTQI youths’ experiences in public schools

Philipp Adorf (Bonn):
Capturing the Courts for God: Christian Nationalism and the American Judiciary

Simone Knewitz (Bonn):
Who’s Afraid of Critical Race Theory? Moms for Liberty, White Identity Politics,
and the Affective Rhetoric of the Right in the U.S.
Burak Sezer (Dortmund):
Archival Filibusterism: From Lies in Legacy Media to Bullshittery on Social Media

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Christina Meyer @chrismey2203.bsky.social · Jun 13

What used to be the Karstadt department store is now a lecture hall building. Quite a nice place actually. And, more importantly, it is the place where we will be listening to @katrinhorn.bsky.social ‘s keynote lecture now. 🤗

#dgfa25 #dgfa2025 #gaas25 #gaas2025

Christina Meyer @chrismey2203.bsky.social · Jun 13

Day 2 of the conference. Looking forward to @katrinhorn.bsky.social ‘s keynote! 🫶🏻

#dgfa25 #dgfa2025

Christina Meyer @chrismey2203.bsky.social · Jun 12

So it begins. #dgfa25 #dgfa2025 #gaas25 #gaas2025

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Marcel Hartwig @marsimekko.bsky.social · Jun 12

a great opening; about 200 members showed up today; great conversations, amazing keynote — hyped for the next two days now!
#dgfa2025

www.uni-siegen.de/phil/anglist...

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Judith Rauscher @judithrauscher.bsky.social · Jun 13

For this afternoon's DGfA session, I picked a panel on "Transmedial (Un)Archiving: Poetry Transposition into New Media" with four wonderful talks featuring #poetry, visual art, film, video games & poetry by #MinaLoy, #WaltWhitman, and #SylviaPlath. #AmericanStudies #DGfA2025

Collage of four photos showing speakers in front of a large screen. Slides depict poetry manuscripts and paper titles.

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Judith Rauscher @judithrauscher.bsky.social · Jun 13

I think I picked the perfect panel for this first stream: with a focus on "Waters, Oceans, Maps: Archiving thr Environment, Environment as American #Archive", both René Dietrich & Katja Sarkowsky spoke beautifully about contemporary Indigenous #poetry. #AmericanStudies #DGfA2025

Collage of two photos featuring Rene Dietrich and Katja Sarkowsky presenting in front of a room of people.

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Judith Rauscher @judithrauscher.bsky.social · Jun 13

The second day of this year's annual conference of the German Association for American Studies (DGfA/GAAS) in Siegen started gloriously with an amazingly rich & entertaining talk on 19th-century epistolary culture & queer intimacy by @katrinhorn.bsky.social. #AmericanStudies #QueerStudies #DGfA2025

Collage of four photos featuring Katrin Horn speaking in front of a large room of people.

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Nyke Slawik @nykeslawik.bsky.social · Jun 3

Liebe Bundesregierung, schaut nicht weg, handelt jetzt! Reformiert das Allgemeine Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (AGG) endlich!

Jahresbericht der Antidiskriminierungsstelle: Erschreckende Zunahme bei trans*- und queerfeindlichen
Diskriminierungsfällen.

Nyke Slawik (Foto): Ich fordere die Bundesregierung auf, den Diskriminierungsschutz dringend zu verbessern.

Beratungsanfragen wegen Diskriminierung 2024 auf Rekordhoch (Foto mit Ausschnitt einer Statistik der Antidiskriminierungsstelle des Bundes 2025)

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Judith Rauscher @judithrauscher.bsky.social · Jun 11

Looking forward to being part of this important event on queer life in Germany, Europe, and the United States in light of the rise of the (far) right.

Post about the event "Rechtsruck und queeres Leben: Trumps Kampf und die Gefahr für uns alle". There are photos of the three panelists, Nyke Slawik, Judith Rauscher und Guillaume Carpenter.

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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · Jun 8

I wish more people would trust themselves to just shoot off a friendly "loved your article/post/whatever!" email to the authors of work they enjoy.

It isn't creepy unless you make it creepy!!! Please do it!!!

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Michael Lombardi-Nash @lombardinash.bsky.social · Jun 8

Academics, researchers, scholars, students and advocates have highlighted the significance of translations of texts from the #GermanGayMovement and their relevance to sexuality and rights. #LGBTQhistory #QueerStudies #MagnusHirschfeld Magnus Hirschfeld
www.amazon.com/author/lomba...

Michael Lombardi-Nash: books, biography, latest update

Follow Michael Lombardi-Nash and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Michael Lombardi-Nash Author Page.

www.amazon.com

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Judith Rauscher @judithrauscher.bsky.social · Jun 8

Went to visit the "Tanzlinde Effeltrich" yesterday, a 400-1000 year-old linden tree with a crown circumference of nearly 60m that used to be a place where the people gathered for court proceedings, religious occasions and dances. 🥰🌳🥰

Photo of a town square with a massive linden tree whose far-extending branches are supported by wooden beams.

Photo of the massive trunk, which has been reinforced internally with what looks like a little iron gate.

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Judith Rauscher @judithrauscher.bsky.social · May 4

Take a break and a breath and have a lovely Sunday evening, everyone!

Photo of a path in a park turned red and golden by the setting sun

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Judith Rauscher @judithrauscher.bsky.social · Apr 30

Yesterday, at the annual reception of the President of @unicologne.bsky.social, Sara Tewelde-Negassi, who is doing her PhD in #AmericanStudies, received the Benedikt & Helene Schmittmann-Wahlen scholarship to continue her research on artificial intelligence in US speculative fiction. Congrats, Sara!

Photo of Sara Tewelde-Negassi on stage with the President of the University of Cologne who is reading from a document.

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Judith Rauscher @judithrauscher.bsky.social · Apr 25

Attended the opening of the exhibition on the fascist origins of modern aerospace research & space exploration co-organized by @jenstemmen.bsky.social at the Haus der Universität @hhu.de. Such important work, even more so for the way it involved students. #AmericanStudies

Photo of four people sitting on stage with the audience intently listening. Jens Temmen is speaking into a microphone.

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