Mel Stanfill
@melstanfill.bsky.social
Associate Professor, UCF T&T and English. Opinions mine. Bringing Foucault to fandom since 2006.
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Today's the day! TEACHING AI IN FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES, with @melstanfill.bsky.social, is officially out from @routledgebooks.bsky.social! Full contents in replies.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Today's the day! TEACHING AI IN FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES, with @melstanfill.bsky.social, is officially out from @routledgebooks.bsky.social! Full contents in replies.
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it's publication day for Teaching AI in Film and Media Studies! you can get it for 20% off with Code 25AFLY4. www.routledge.com/Teaching-AI-...
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
it's publication day for Teaching AI in Film and Media Studies! you can get it for 20% off with Code 25AFLY4. www.routledge.com/Teaching-AI-...
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I am looking for a Senior Researcher (at least 2 years postdoctoral exp.) for the LivePlatforms project into how people make livelihoods in the platform economy; a 5-year FT post based in the School of Info and Communication Studies at UCD. Do share widely!
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Senior Researcher, UCD Information&Comms Studies,Temp 56 months | University Vacancies Ireland
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November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I am looking for a Senior Researcher (at least 2 years postdoctoral exp.) for the LivePlatforms project into how people make livelihoods in the platform economy; a 5-year FT post based in the School of Info and Communication Studies at UCD. Do share widely!
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Congrats to SIG member Mel Stanfill for winning the Diamond Anniversary Book for FANDOM IS UGLY from the National Communication Association! We love to see fan studies-related scholarship getting national attention!
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Congrats to SIG member Mel Stanfill for winning the Diamond Anniversary Book for FANDOM IS UGLY from the National Communication Association! We love to see fan studies-related scholarship getting national attention!
Honored to have Fandom Is Ugly recognized by NCA.
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Honored to have Fandom Is Ugly recognized by NCA.
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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fork found in kitchen
Hollywood producer discovers** women enjoy watching hot men romance each other
**Discovers something that has been known for decades in Asia
#BLDrama #HeatedRivalry
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**Discovers something that has been known for decades in Asia
#BLDrama #HeatedRivalry
www.teenvogue.com/story/inside...
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
fork found in kitchen
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125th: Fandom is Ugly Mel Stanfill’s engaging look at how toxic behavior online can be linked to culture wars and bad practices by fans. A must read for media scholars and fan studies alike as she shows new paths to consider. @nyupress.bsky.social #booksky
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
125th: Fandom is Ugly Mel Stanfill’s engaging look at how toxic behavior online can be linked to culture wars and bad practices by fans. A must read for media scholars and fan studies alike as she shows new paths to consider. @nyupress.bsky.social #booksky
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Eilmer of Malmesbury, the original air friar
November 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Eilmer of Malmesbury, the original air friar
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Our last information session for the T&T PhD is TONIGHT, Thursday, November 20, at 6pm. If you're interested in a PhD at the intersection of humanities and technology, be sure to sign up to learn more about our program! applynow.graduate.ucf.edu/register/?id...
Texts and Technology November Virtual Open House
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November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Our last information session for the T&T PhD is TONIGHT, Thursday, November 20, at 6pm. If you're interested in a PhD at the intersection of humanities and technology, be sure to sign up to learn more about our program! applynow.graduate.ucf.edu/register/?id...
there are few words in the English language i cannot spell. there are a great many i cannot type accurately at speed. and the removal of the squiggly underlines in Outlook are doing me in.
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
there are few words in the English language i cannot spell. there are a great many i cannot type accurately at speed. and the removal of the squiggly underlines in Outlook are doing me in.
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Hey folks in the MLA, please consider voting for me in the Executive Council election. apps.mla.org/ballot_main My statement is on the site: I particularly bring experience navigating ideological pressures on institutions as a Florida professor and a critical lens to AI, edtech & surveillance #MLA26
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Hey folks in the MLA, please consider voting for me in the Executive Council election. apps.mla.org/ballot_main My statement is on the site: I particularly bring experience navigating ideological pressures on institutions as a Florida professor and a critical lens to AI, edtech & surveillance #MLA26
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The drink is called Stop Yelling At Us
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
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The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The drink is called Stop Yelling At Us
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Are you a fan of the 1978 film THE WIZ? I would LOVE to chat with you about your fandom for a book on THE WIZ. You only need to be 18 years old or older and love the film. DMs open and please share.
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Are you a fan of the 1978 film THE WIZ? I would LOVE to chat with you about your fandom for a book on THE WIZ. You only need to be 18 years old or older and love the film. DMs open and please share.
final stats on student projects this semester: 14 are writing fanfics, 8 literary analyses of fanfics (the most ever), 2 vids, 1 video essay, 1 fanbind, 1 cosplay, 1 set of collages, and one analysis of fan attitudes about AI (using my spare survey data).
November 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
final stats on student projects this semester: 14 are writing fanfics, 8 literary analyses of fanfics (the most ever), 2 vids, 1 video essay, 1 fanbind, 1 cosplay, 1 set of collages, and one analysis of fan attitudes about AI (using my spare survey data).
even a stopped clock, etc.
In these troubling times, it is necessary to value our experts.
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
even a stopped clock, etc.
Politics is absolutely fandom, even though it should not be, and it’s vital to understand that. But yes, welcome people to the coalition.
Securing defections from the authoritarian regime is the centerpiece of any successful pro-democracy resistance.
Politics isn’t fandom—when someone leaves the authoritarian coalition, we should take it as a win.
Politics isn’t fandom—when someone leaves the authoritarian coalition, we should take it as a win.
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Politics is absolutely fandom, even though it should not be, and it’s vital to understand that. But yes, welcome people to the coalition.
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Together, we will align initiatives to strengthen our leadership team with more Assistant Deans.
November 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Together, we will align initiatives to strengthen our leadership team with more Assistant Deans.
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In these trying times, it is imperative to adopt our values.
November 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
In these trying times, it is imperative to adopt our values.
my book with @anasalter.bsky.social, A Portrait of the Auteur as Fanboy, is ON SALE through November 19. if you have been waiting to get your hands on it, now's the time! www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/A-Po...
A Portrait of the Auteur as Fanboy
Increasingly over the past decade, fan credentials on the part of writers, directors, and producers have come to be seen as a guarantee of quality media making—the “fanboy auteur. ” Figures like Joss ...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
my book with @anasalter.bsky.social, A Portrait of the Auteur as Fanboy, is ON SALE through November 19. if you have been waiting to get your hands on it, now's the time! www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/A-Po...
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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Our last information session for the T&T PhD is in ONE WEEK on Thursday, November 20. Be sure to sign up to learn more about our program! applynow.graduate.ucf.edu/register/?id...
Texts and Technology November Virtual Open House
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November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Our last information session for the T&T PhD is in ONE WEEK on Thursday, November 20. Be sure to sign up to learn more about our program! applynow.graduate.ucf.edu/register/?id...
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switcheroo alert‼️question and reading* are staying the same this afternoon, but we're playing Tavern Keeper by @greenheartgames.bsky.social 💚
*Crafting is So Hardcore: Masculinized Making in Gaming Representations of Labor, c/o @annetropy.bsky.social @anasalter.bsky.social @melstanfill.bsky.social
*Crafting is So Hardcore: Masculinized Making in Gaming Representations of Labor, c/o @annetropy.bsky.social @anasalter.bsky.social @melstanfill.bsky.social
Tune in this Thursday as we ask: what's your favorite crafting mechanic in a game? We'll discuss gendered labor, optimizing creations and, of course, running our own small business. At 15:00, as always on www.twitch.tv/streamingthe...
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
switcheroo alert‼️question and reading* are staying the same this afternoon, but we're playing Tavern Keeper by @greenheartgames.bsky.social 💚
*Crafting is So Hardcore: Masculinized Making in Gaming Representations of Labor, c/o @annetropy.bsky.social @anasalter.bsky.social @melstanfill.bsky.social
*Crafting is So Hardcore: Masculinized Making in Gaming Representations of Labor, c/o @annetropy.bsky.social @anasalter.bsky.social @melstanfill.bsky.social
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Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
Personally, I will be trying to avoid the notice of Joyce Carol Oates and Kendrick Lamar for the rest of my natural life
I need Joyce Carol Oates to be mean to me online so I can get my life together
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.