Shanna Gilkeson
@shannagilkeson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Digital Media, Cinema and Journalism at Eastern Michigan University. Fan studies scholar. Chair of Star Trek Studies and Fan Studies subject areas at MPCA. Post may be fannish, scholarly, or full of cats. Opinions are my own.
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I'm what you'd call an #acafan. My fandoms are Star Trek, Star Wars, X-Files, Addams Family and Buffy. My current research projects: converting my dissertation into a book, and an oral history of the MediaWest*Con media convention that celebrated fanzines from 1980-2019. Desperately Seeking Gomez.
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March 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Been a minute since I shared this. If you're interested in #FanStudies, follow the fine people on this starter pack. If you do fan studies, let me know so I can add you!
go.bsky.app/C73J94T
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In a bizarre twist of circumstances, nobody wanted anything from me today.
March 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
In a bizarre twist of circumstances, nobody wanted anything from me today.
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The COVID "revisionists" claim that all policies aimed at curbing the spread of the virus—stay-at-home orders, school closures, mask mandates, etc.—were not only useless but harmful. That view is prevalent in right-wing and “heterodox” circles. The evidence does not support it.
The COVID-19 Revisionists Are Twisting the Record
Lockdown skeptics and mask critics are crowing—and distorting what happened five years ago.
www.thebulwark.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The COVID "revisionists" claim that all policies aimed at curbing the spread of the virus—stay-at-home orders, school closures, mask mandates, etc.—were not only useless but harmful. That view is prevalent in right-wing and “heterodox” circles. The evidence does not support it.
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Finally, a post we don't have to fact check.
March 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Finally, a post we don't have to fact check.
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Fuck Elon Musk ! 🖕🏼
#ProudBlueVets #ResistanceUnited
Senator Mark Kelly is a military Veteran and a former astronaut. He stood by his wife, Gabby Giffords after she was shot. He is a hero and a strong advocate for Veterans benefits and Ukraine’s democracy. Musk doesn’t care about anyone but himself. An evil pos.
🖕Elon
Senator Mark Kelly is a military Veteran and a former astronaut. He stood by his wife, Gabby Giffords after she was shot. He is a hero and a strong advocate for Veterans benefits and Ukraine’s democracy. Musk doesn’t care about anyone but himself. An evil pos.
🖕Elon
March 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Fuck Elon Musk ! 🖕🏼
Hearing "DOGE" said out loud always cracks me up because it sounds exactly like what it is: a bunch of DudeBro™ d-baggy tech nerds trying to make things sound cooler than they actually are while everyone else recognizes it as the weak male power fantasy it is.
March 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Hearing "DOGE" said out loud always cracks me up because it sounds exactly like what it is: a bunch of DudeBro™ d-baggy tech nerds trying to make things sound cooler than they actually are while everyone else recognizes it as the weak male power fantasy it is.
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The announcement further unsettled department employees who have spent the past several weeks anticipating sweeping staff cuts.
U.S. Education Department switches to remote work amid talk of layoffs
The announcement further unsettled department employees who have spent the past several weeks anticipating sweeping staff cuts.
www.npr.org
March 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The announcement further unsettled department employees who have spent the past several weeks anticipating sweeping staff cuts.
Fuck
Michigan House Republicans votes to defund public education with a vote today to cut $5.1 billion. I already called Rep. Pat Outman.
March 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Fuck
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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The only kind of right response. Call the spade a spade!
March 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The only kind of right response. Call the spade a spade!
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U IS FOR UNION BUSTING APPARENTLY
Sesame Workshop will 'downsize significantly' with layoffs, CEO says
The layoffs come after 200 Sesame Workshop employees announced they want to form a union.
www.npr.org
March 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
U IS FOR UNION BUSTING APPARENTLY
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I've collated some ideas for the @standupforscience.bsky.social signs!
Your favorites?
1. Science does not give a fuck what you believe
2. Got Polio? Me Neither, Thanks Science
3. Science: It's like Magic, but REAL
4. This is my EVIDENCE BASED OUTRAGE
5. Fund Science, Not Billionaires
Your favorites?
1. Science does not give a fuck what you believe
2. Got Polio? Me Neither, Thanks Science
3. Science: It's like Magic, but REAL
4. This is my EVIDENCE BASED OUTRAGE
5. Fund Science, Not Billionaires
March 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I've collated some ideas for the @standupforscience.bsky.social signs!
Your favorites?
1. Science does not give a fuck what you believe
2. Got Polio? Me Neither, Thanks Science
3. Science: It's like Magic, but REAL
4. This is my EVIDENCE BASED OUTRAGE
5. Fund Science, Not Billionaires
Your favorites?
1. Science does not give a fuck what you believe
2. Got Polio? Me Neither, Thanks Science
3. Science: It's like Magic, but REAL
4. This is my EVIDENCE BASED OUTRAGE
5. Fund Science, Not Billionaires
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Trump & Co. are gonna retcon last night's wan demonstration from Democrats into something more effective than it ever had any reason to be by letting everyone know just how badly it got under their skin
Leavitt: The behavior of Democrats last night was completely disgraceful and demonstrated how severely out of touch they are with the American public. It was the most shameful moment in the history of presidential addresses in that beautiful chamber.
March 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Trump & Co. are gonna retcon last night's wan demonstration from Democrats into something more effective than it ever had any reason to be by letting everyone know just how badly it got under their skin
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😂 Got to love it
March 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
😂 Got to love it
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The Scottish have won the AI Wars.
March 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Scottish have won the AI Wars.
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"To control the country’s education system is, in no uncertain terms, to control the country’s future," Clay Risen writes:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
When America Persecutes Its Teachers
The Red Scare in schools
www.theatlantic.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"To control the country’s education system is, in no uncertain terms, to control the country’s future," Clay Risen writes:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Q: “Lindsey Graham & Speaker Johnson called on you to resign.”
🔥 ZELENSKYY: “When Lindsey Graham becomes a citizen of Ukraine, then his voice will gain weight.”
🔥 ZELENSKYY: “When Lindsey Graham becomes a citizen of Ukraine, then his voice will gain weight.”
March 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Q: “Lindsey Graham & Speaker Johnson called on you to resign.”
🔥 ZELENSKYY: “When Lindsey Graham becomes a citizen of Ukraine, then his voice will gain weight.”
🔥 ZELENSKYY: “When Lindsey Graham becomes a citizen of Ukraine, then his voice will gain weight.”
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There's been so much publicity about the now-Oscar-winning doc No Other Land being unable to find a U.S. distributor (which is appalling) that some people may not realize it's currently on 100 screens here. In Manhattan you can see it at Film Forum; in Brooklyn it's at Alamo Drafthouse.
March 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
There's been so much publicity about the now-Oscar-winning doc No Other Land being unable to find a U.S. distributor (which is appalling) that some people may not realize it's currently on 100 screens here. In Manhattan you can see it at Film Forum; in Brooklyn it's at Alamo Drafthouse.
And just like that, break is over. Six weeks until the end of the semester.
Halp.
Halp.
March 3, 2025 at 6:32 AM
And just like that, break is over. Six weeks until the end of the semester.
Halp.
Halp.
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"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
Kristen Welker:
Mr. Speaker you’re saying that the US stands with its allies but what we saw was the President and Vice President berating an ally in front of cameras.
Mike Johnson:
It was not the President and Vice President who berated Zelensky. I saw it the other way around.
Mr. Speaker you’re saying that the US stands with its allies but what we saw was the President and Vice President berating an ally in front of cameras.
Mike Johnson:
It was not the President and Vice President who berated Zelensky. I saw it the other way around.
March 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
Thread. Important.
RAINN responded to my email about their decision to take info about trans sexual assault survivors off their website. They said that they are still committed to supporting trans survivors but felt they must comply with the executive order.
After taking time to put together coherent thoughts, 1/
After taking time to put together coherent thoughts, 1/
March 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Thread. Important.
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Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr is leveraging approval for Verizon's $9.6 billion merger with Frontier to bully the company into buckling on it's already pretty thin civil rights support
FCC chair opens probe into diversity practices at Verizon
Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr on Thursday opened a probe into diversity practices at Verizon and raised the telecommunications company's ongoing effort to purchase Frontier Communications .
www.reuters.com
March 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr is leveraging approval for Verizon's $9.6 billion merger with Frontier to bully the company into buckling on it's already pretty thin civil rights support