Katherine Groo
@katherinegroo.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Film and Media Studies. Author of Bad Film Histories. Writing a book about reference. Views my own. Most get deleted.
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It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
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Pope blesses the religion of cinephilia. 🙏🎞️ www.indiewire.com/news/general...
Pope Leo XIV Gives His Blessing to the Theatrical Experience: ‘Cinemas and Theaters Are the Beating Hearts of Our Communities’
Pope Leo XIV championed cinema and the theatrical experience in remarks at the Vatican to representatives of the world of cinema.
www.indiewire.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Pope blesses the religion of cinephilia. 🙏🎞️ www.indiewire.com/news/general...
The first methodological note in FMH 11.4 is Alix Beeston's profound and personal meditation on the ethics of photographic encounter. It is an extraordinary piece of writing and thinking. I hope you will read it, share it, teach it.
What are the risks—and opportunities—of drawing close to one's objects of study as a feminist scholar? Alix Beeston reflects on her experience of writing a critical–creative account of women and girls in photography history. @alixbeeston.bsky.social
Open access now: doi.org/10.1525/fmh....
Open access now: doi.org/10.1525/fmh....
November 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The first methodological note in FMH 11.4 is Alix Beeston's profound and personal meditation on the ethics of photographic encounter. It is an extraordinary piece of writing and thinking. I hope you will read it, share it, teach it.
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If I was working at the Times (would never happen lol) I would be talking to my women colleagues and perhaps outside counsel about whether this constitutes a Title VII violation.
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If I was working at the Times (would never happen lol) I would be talking to my women colleagues and perhaps outside counsel about whether this constitutes a Title VII violation.
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great news for abortion rights in Pennsylvania
BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
great news for abortion rights in Pennsylvania
nytimes, pretty sure you can make that font bigger
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
nytimes, pretty sure you can make that font bigger
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✨ Years in the making, submitted to the press today, out in early 2027 ✨
November 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
✨ Years in the making, submitted to the press today, out in early 2027 ✨
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I got a photo of them!
November 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I got a photo of them!
Two parents dressed up as a glowing 6 and 7, children screaming 6-7 all night
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Two parents dressed up as a glowing 6 and 7, children screaming 6-7 all night
happy halloween! a good annual reminder that a lot of my neighbors are corny as hell and inclined towards generosity
October 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
happy halloween! a good annual reminder that a lot of my neighbors are corny as hell and inclined towards generosity
I find it v difficult to put into words how honored and lucky i feel to have edited this issue on feminist historical methods, to have had so many important pieces of writing and thinking entrusted to me over these last few years. 1/
online.ucpress.edu/fmh/issue/11/4
online.ucpress.edu/fmh/issue/11/4
Volume 11 Issue 4 | Feminist Media Histories | University of California Press
online.ucpress.edu
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I find it v difficult to put into words how honored and lucky i feel to have edited this issue on feminist historical methods, to have had so many important pieces of writing and thinking entrusted to me over these last few years. 1/
online.ucpress.edu/fmh/issue/11/4
online.ucpress.edu/fmh/issue/11/4
my baby had a birthday party at a local roller rink, which was built in 1902. he asked them to play sabotage, smells like teen spirit, and thriller. the v nice lady who works there did exactly that
October 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
my baby had a birthday party at a local roller rink, which was built in 1902. he asked them to play sabotage, smells like teen spirit, and thriller. the v nice lady who works there did exactly that
cool day to be teaching media infrastructure
October 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
cool day to be teaching media infrastructure
this is my 8yo favorite song and he thinks this is what it looks like in Paris right now youtube.com/watch?v=z5rR...
Beastie Boys - Sabotage (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by BeastieBoysVEVO
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October 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
this is my 8yo favorite song and he thinks this is what it looks like in Paris right now youtube.com/watch?v=z5rR...
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Holy crap Kara Walker chopped up a Stonewall Jackson statue and revealed a monster
October 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Holy crap Kara Walker chopped up a Stonewall Jackson statue and revealed a monster
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If I could offer students one bit of…advice: be brutally traditional about what is printed on your degree.
If you are first-gen or in any way non traditional, this goes double. Let rich kids get degrees in AI. You get something called “English”.
If you are first-gen or in any way non traditional, this goes double. Let rich kids get degrees in AI. You get something called “English”.
The danger is that degrees are regarded as worthless as nobody believes students have acquired any skills any more, at least not ones they couldn't have hot from just going into an office job from school.
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If I could offer students one bit of…advice: be brutally traditional about what is printed on your degree.
If you are first-gen or in any way non traditional, this goes double. Let rich kids get degrees in AI. You get something called “English”.
If you are first-gen or in any way non traditional, this goes double. Let rich kids get degrees in AI. You get something called “English”.
a student cried in my office today bc she loves writing and thinks she has no future bc of AI. among the many jobs of humanists right now: encourage these students and keep them from opting out of a life of thinking, writing, words
October 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
a student cried in my office today bc she loves writing and thinks she has no future bc of AI. among the many jobs of humanists right now: encourage these students and keep them from opting out of a life of thinking, writing, words
maybe we are on this ship
October 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
maybe we are on this ship
deadline for this position is approaching. please share with anyone job searching in film and media studies!
film and media studies friends, we are hiring! we are an inclusive + supportive program, one hour from philly and nyc. position starts end of january; review starts october 17. please spread the word and reach out w/ questions. provost.lafayette.edu/2026-27-film...
2026-27 Film and Media Studies Program, Visiting Assistant Professor · Provost · Lafayette College
provost.lafayette.edu
October 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
deadline for this position is approaching. please share with anyone job searching in film and media studies!
sure hungry caterpillar is great but don't miss mr. seahorse who travels around, encouraging all the dad fish caring for the babies and eggs
October 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
sure hungry caterpillar is great but don't miss mr. seahorse who travels around, encouraging all the dad fish caring for the babies and eggs
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repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
my kid won a black gaiter with his school's logo on it as a prize for good behavior and that thing is so ICE coded that it immediately disappeared forever
October 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
my kid won a black gaiter with his school's logo on it as a prize for good behavior and that thing is so ICE coded that it immediately disappeared forever
congratulations to my pal Paul on his extraordinary and beautiful (!) new book. everyone should read it + get their libraries on the case!
Congratulations to our very own Paul Flaig on the publication of his book: Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed - out today with Bloomsbury, in the World Cinema series edited by Lúcia Nagib and Julian Ross
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/weimar-sl...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/weimar-sl...
Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed
From cabaret songs inspired by Buster Keaton to Mickey Mouse's diagnosis as a “melo-maniac,” Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed explores the extr…
www.bloomsbury.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
congratulations to my pal Paul on his extraordinary and beautiful (!) new book. everyone should read it + get their libraries on the case!
i started writing this ~5 years ago and, at last, it is in world. i owe thanks to so many people who read and responded to what was (and remains) a pretty weird piece about poe, benjamin, and AI. i am especially grateful to the readers and editors at JCMS for nurturing this piece into existence
Maximizing Our Losses: Anna Ridler, Fall of the House of Usher, and the Ruins of AI
quod.lib.umich.edu
October 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
i started writing this ~5 years ago and, at last, it is in world. i owe thanks to so many people who read and responded to what was (and remains) a pretty weird piece about poe, benjamin, and AI. i am especially grateful to the readers and editors at JCMS for nurturing this piece into existence
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