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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · 2d

It's a kidney stone.

Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · 18d

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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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks, friend!

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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · 23d

The Golden Girls turned 40 this past Sunday, so I wrote about its creator, Susan Harris, and her feminist contribution to US television comedy for Time's Made by History website.

time.com/7316328/susa...

The Woman Behind 'The Golden Girls'

The politics, sensibilities, and humor of the show's pathbreaking creator help explain its enduring appeal.

time.com

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 24d

Check out this fabulous @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview with the editors of the new essay collection THE GOLDEN GIRLS:

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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · Sep 10

Now available: @alfredmartin.bsky.social and Taylor Cole Miller discussing The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast.

newbooksnetwork.com/the-golden-g...

Alfred L. Martin Jr. and Taylor Cole Miller eds., "The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai" (Rutgers UP, 2025) - New Books Network

newbooksnetwork.com

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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · Sep 8

I had a great conversation with Katherine Fusco (@fuscowrites.bsky.social) about her wonderful new book, Hollywood's Others: Love and Limitation in the Studio System.

You can check it out here:

newbooksnetwork.com/hollywoods-o...

Katherine Fusco, "Hollywood's Others: Love and Limitation in the Star System" (Columbia UP, 2025) - New Books Network

newbooksnetwork.com

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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · Sep 3

I interviewed Justin Wyatt about his new book, Creating the Viewer, on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.

It's a great book, especially for those interested in media industry studies and audience studies.

newbooksnetwork.com/creating-the...

Justin Wyatt, "Creating the Viewer: Market Research and the Evolving Media Ecosystem" (U Texas Press, 2024) - New Books Network

newbooksnetwork.com

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Juan Llamas-Rodriguez @llamasjr.bsky.social · Sep 2

🎙️ Check out my conversation with @petecant.bsky.social about the #MediaTravels collection!

We discuss the need for all media studies to be global media studies, the barriers to achieving this, and the value of embracing partial and fragmentary knowledges.

newbooksnetwork.com/media-travels

Media Travels: Toward an Atlas of Global Media

Media Travels: Toward An Atlas of Global Media fills a significant gap in global media scholarship by offering short, readable articles covering different types of media from around the world. Through...

www.fulcrum.org

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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · Aug 30

Really enjoyed discussing Kartemquin Films: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy with Patricia Aufderheide @paufder.bsky.social for the New Books Network @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.

Please check it out:

newbooksnetwork.com/kartemquin-f...

Patricia Aufderheide, "Kartemquin Films: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy" (U California Press, 2024) - New Books Network

newbooksnetwork.com

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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · Aug 29

Has your toddler demonstrated a growing interest in prosody or postcritique? Have we got the doll for you...

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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · Aug 29

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture

CRITICAL APPROACHES TO BLACK MEDIA CULTURE “Representation & Resonance” New Orleans – Tulane University – February 19-21, 2026 Proposal Deadline: Wednesday, November 1, 2025 Representation matters ...

docs.google.com

Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · Aug 29

We're coming back! CFP below.

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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · Aug 22

Open access copy of Media Travels: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...

Media Travels: Toward an Atlas of Global Media

Media Travels: Toward An Atlas of Global Media fills a significant gap in global media scholarship by offering short, readable articles covering different types of media from around the world. Through...

www.fulcrum.org

Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · Aug 22

New @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview with Juan Llamas-Rodriguez on his new collection, Media Travels: Toward an Atlas of Global Media.

Check it out. And check out the book -- it's open access! -- in the first comment below.

newbooksnetwork.com/media-travels

Juan Llamas-Rodriguez ed., "Media Travels: Toward an Atlas of Global Media" (Amherst College Press, 2025) - New Books Network

newbooksnetwork.com

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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · Aug 3

No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it?

(I'm guessing we're doing psychoanalysis rather than CBT. Neato.)

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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thanks for your kind words, friend. Your own scholarship was (of course!) crucial to this piece!

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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · Jul 24

Similarly, Powell and Astaire doing "Begin the Beguine" starts with in long take, but eventually cuts.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKWW...

Begin the Beguine - Broadway Melody of 1940

YouTube video by CaptainSandyHook

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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · Jul 24

Eleanor Powell in Lady Be Good? www.youtube.com/watch?v=veNX...

"Fascinatin' Rhythm" - Eleanor Powell from "Lady Be Good" (1941)

YouTube video by Ms2doggies

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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · Jul 24

"Another Day of Sun" perhaps most obviously. I think Hooper uses quite a few in Les Miserables and Cats... ;)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CVf...

La La Land (2016) - Another Day of Sun Scene (1/11) | Movieclips

YouTube video by Movieclips

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Dr. Emily Hamilton-Honey @hermioneclone.bsky.social · Jul 22

The world is terrible in so many ways right now, and I am trying to stay focused on what I can control and what brings me joy. While I have promoted the #Newsies book on here, it occurs to me that I haven't really talked about why I love this film and show, and there are so many reasons! 🧵 1/16

Book cover for "Newsies! Newsies -- Read All About It!: Essays on the Film and Broadway Productions." Edited by Emily Hamilton-Honey; foreword by Vincent DiGirolamo. The cover has a central yellow block with black text, and blurred newsprint pages around the edges. On the left side, a newsboy is in a dance post, holding a newspaper above his head.

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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · Jun 25

Want to learn about how Texas media industry professionals are active in a range of distribution and exhibition activities across film, television, streaming, and podcasting?

Check out the latest installment in our podcast series! cc @utexasrtf.bsky.social @texasmoody.bsky.social

Center for Entertainment and Media Industries @utcemi.bsky.social · Jun 25

Today, we're publishing the third episode of our special series on the Texas media industries! This week, we're focusing on Distribution and Exhibition with special guests AJ Feliciano, Holly Herrick, Francis Román, and Adam Zehner, moderated by Dr. Caroline Frick.

soundcloud.com/rtfmic/texas...

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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · Jun 23

They're so lucky to have you as a professor! Enjoy!!

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Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · Jun 23

Thank you, Dave -- I hope so!

Pete Kunze @petecant.bsky.social · Jun 23

New article on "woke Disney" in Popular Communication.

Grateful to Ross Garner for his editorial guidance.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The precarious promotion of progress: diversity work, extraprofessional labor, and “woke Disney”

Diversity work calls upon media conglomerates to redress systemic inequities to create more diverse workforces, inclusive work environments, and, by extension, diverse and inclusive media narrative...

www.tandfonline.com

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