Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier
@smittermeier.bsky.social
Largely unknown historian @ Uni Kassel Versität. Americanist. „Smart heavy hitter” doing work on pop culture (Disney, TV) & queer history. Does stand up comedy. Frustrated idealist. Podcast @infrontofira.bsky.social.
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Actually very proud to announce that I am doing a thing: a new book series called "TV Matters" with Intellect! Television / media / pop culture scholars, take note and get in touch if you wanna write about TV! Please share far and wide.
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Dude regularly works for Disney, DreamWorks, Netflix and CN so speculate away. But this sucks no matter which studio is doing it, and gross to think some major movie this year is running with a plagiarized image from ChatGPT.
February 13, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Dude regularly works for Disney, DreamWorks, Netflix and CN so speculate away. But this sucks no matter which studio is doing it, and gross to think some major movie this year is running with a plagiarized image from ChatGPT.
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Volle Solidarität mit Pascal Kaiser: Der Amateur-Schiri wurde Ziel eines homofeindlichen Angriffs, nachdem er seinem Freund auf dem Fußballplatz einen Heiratsantrag gemacht hatte. Weil sich zwei Menschen lieben, schlagen andere zu.
#fcsp
#fcsp
February 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Volle Solidarität mit Pascal Kaiser: Der Amateur-Schiri wurde Ziel eines homofeindlichen Angriffs, nachdem er seinem Freund auf dem Fußballplatz einen Heiratsantrag gemacht hatte. Weil sich zwei Menschen lieben, schlagen andere zu.
#fcsp
#fcsp
Headline: German football referee comes out and proposes to boyfriend on the field.
Headline 2 weeks later: referee brutally attacked twice (!) outside his own house (!!)
I hate everything.
Headline 2 weeks later: referee brutally attacked twice (!) outside his own house (!!)
I hate everything.
February 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Headline: German football referee comes out and proposes to boyfriend on the field.
Headline 2 weeks later: referee brutally attacked twice (!) outside his own house (!!)
I hate everything.
Headline 2 weeks later: referee brutally attacked twice (!) outside his own house (!!)
I hate everything.
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There was some good TV this week and I wrote about it:
February 13, 2026 at 8:32 AM
There was some good TV this week and I wrote about it:
Wer braucht schon eine funktionsfähige Mensa für ein ganzes Semester 😭🫠 Die Mitarbeiter*innen dort tun mir jetzt schon Leid.
February 13, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Wer braucht schon eine funktionsfähige Mensa für ein ganzes Semester 😭🫠 Die Mitarbeiter*innen dort tun mir jetzt schon Leid.
Wurde immer noch nicht abgemahnt. Komisch. (Iykyk)
February 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Wurde immer noch nicht abgemahnt. Komisch. (Iykyk)
When you order Heated Rivalry on Wish
February 12, 2026 at 9:48 PM
When you order Heated Rivalry on Wish
In case you‘re wondering how we‘re doing with diversity in the Munich comedy scene someone‘s hosting a theme night of all bald men comedians
February 12, 2026 at 8:51 PM
In case you‘re wondering how we‘re doing with diversity in the Munich comedy scene someone‘s hosting a theme night of all bald men comedians
Recap: Starfleet Academy – 1x06 – "Come Let's Away"
I am a leave on the wind, watch how I soar…
open.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:18 PM
My theory is that no one in academia actually knows how citation styles work, you spend all your mental energy on getting the punctuation in Chicago Style right until you hand in your dissertation and then after you get 5 different style sheets a week and hope for the best (& so. else‘s copyedits)
February 12, 2026 at 11:35 AM
My theory is that no one in academia actually knows how citation styles work, you spend all your mental energy on getting the punctuation in Chicago Style right until you hand in your dissertation and then after you get 5 different style sheets a week and hope for the best (& so. else‘s copyedits)
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Endlich widmet sich jemand den wahren Opfern von Epstein: Die armen Akademiker, welche sich doch nur nach Freundschaft und Unterstützung sehnten
Ey nein, immer wenn ich denke, absurder wirds nicht mehr, kommt so was...schon gesehen, @smittermeier.bsky.social ?
Ey nein, immer wenn ich denke, absurder wirds nicht mehr, kommt so was...schon gesehen, @smittermeier.bsky.social ?
February 12, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Endlich widmet sich jemand den wahren Opfern von Epstein: Die armen Akademiker, welche sich doch nur nach Freundschaft und Unterstützung sehnten
Ey nein, immer wenn ich denke, absurder wirds nicht mehr, kommt so was...schon gesehen, @smittermeier.bsky.social ?
Ey nein, immer wenn ich denke, absurder wirds nicht mehr, kommt so was...schon gesehen, @smittermeier.bsky.social ?
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This week‘s #Shrinking recap is up on @thespoilist.bsky.social! Harrison Ford and the writers - this episode‘s script is by Bill Posley - made me sob again.
www.thespoilist.com/recap-shrink...
www.thespoilist.com/recap-shrink...
Recap: Shrinking – 3x03 – "D-Day" - The Spoilist
Directed by Zach Braff Written by Bill Posley It’s D-Day! Delivery day, that is. Liz of course does treat it like war, although her plan immediately falters when Ava goes into labor earlier than expec...
www.thespoilist.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:35 PM
This week‘s #Shrinking recap is up on @thespoilist.bsky.social! Harrison Ford and the writers - this episode‘s script is by Bill Posley - made me sob again.
www.thespoilist.com/recap-shrink...
www.thespoilist.com/recap-shrink...
Die meisten „linken“ Akademiker sind eigentlich Liberale - es geht nie um Protest oder Arbeitskampf der eine wirkliche Solidarität erfordern würde, das Ziel ist immer erstmal das eigene kulturelle Kapital. Diversität ist in dem Fall auch nur „kosmetisch“ zu verstehen, reine Sichtbarkeit.
Dieses Projekt wirkt tatsächlich so, als wäre der Aufstieg der radikalen Rechten nur eine weitere Möglichkeit für ,kulturelles Kapital‘. Beim Zentrum für politische Schönheit ist es ja ähnlich.
February 12, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Die meisten „linken“ Akademiker sind eigentlich Liberale - es geht nie um Protest oder Arbeitskampf der eine wirkliche Solidarität erfordern würde, das Ziel ist immer erstmal das eigene kulturelle Kapital. Diversität ist in dem Fall auch nur „kosmetisch“ zu verstehen, reine Sichtbarkeit.
Has any lit scholar colleague yet done a piece on the Booktokification of „Wuthering Heights“ (otherwise I‘m claiming this term and will use it for … something)
February 12, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Has any lit scholar colleague yet done a piece on the Booktokification of „Wuthering Heights“ (otherwise I‘m claiming this term and will use it for … something)
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James Van Der Beek, who starred in the teen drama series "Dawson’s Creek," has died at 48
February 11, 2026 at 7:36 PM
James Van Der Beek, who starred in the teen drama series "Dawson’s Creek," has died at 48
This week‘s #Shrinking recap is up on @thespoilist.bsky.social! Harrison Ford and the writers - this episode‘s script is by Bill Posley - made me sob again.
www.thespoilist.com/recap-shrink...
www.thespoilist.com/recap-shrink...
Recap: Shrinking – 3x03 – "D-Day" - The Spoilist
Directed by Zach Braff Written by Bill Posley It’s D-Day! Delivery day, that is. Liz of course does treat it like war, although her plan immediately falters when Ava goes into labor earlier than expec...
www.thespoilist.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:35 PM
This week‘s #Shrinking recap is up on @thespoilist.bsky.social! Harrison Ford and the writers - this episode‘s script is by Bill Posley - made me sob again.
www.thespoilist.com/recap-shrink...
www.thespoilist.com/recap-shrink...
Experiments conducted with A.I. system are producing fascinating results - we spoke exclusively with the people who are faking these results because they spent billions on a product nobody wants because it doesn‘t work.
Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg
February 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Experiments conducted with A.I. system are producing fascinating results - we spoke exclusively with the people who are faking these results because they spent billions on a product nobody wants because it doesn‘t work.
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Jetzt muss man bei der Abrechnung von Ausgaben über die Uni auch noch (sonst geschwärzte) Kontoauszüge beifügen um nachzuweisen dass man was auch wirklich gezahlt hat. Wusste nicht dass Gastvorträge zur Geldwäsche taugen.
February 11, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Jetzt muss man bei der Abrechnung von Ausgaben über die Uni auch noch (sonst geschwärzte) Kontoauszüge beifügen um nachzuweisen dass man was auch wirklich gezahlt hat. Wusste nicht dass Gastvorträge zur Geldwäsche taugen.
It is the last lecture/commuting day of the semester and I have
- tried to open my uni letterbox with my house keys
- grabbed a knife to eat a rice bowl with
- forgotten the word „semicolon“ twice and in both English and German during two separate lectures
- tried to open my uni letterbox with my house keys
- grabbed a knife to eat a rice bowl with
- forgotten the word „semicolon“ twice and in both English and German during two separate lectures
February 10, 2026 at 8:31 PM
It is the last lecture/commuting day of the semester and I have
- tried to open my uni letterbox with my house keys
- grabbed a knife to eat a rice bowl with
- forgotten the word „semicolon“ twice and in both English and German during two separate lectures
- tried to open my uni letterbox with my house keys
- grabbed a knife to eat a rice bowl with
- forgotten the word „semicolon“ twice and in both English and German during two separate lectures
She Bangs (Not Me)
- if Ricky Martin released a remix in 2026
- if Ricky Martin released a remix in 2026
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
She Bangs (Not Me)
- if Ricky Martin released a remix in 2026
- if Ricky Martin released a remix in 2026
Laughing tears on the train cause of this @makesomenoiseshow.bsky.social episode
February 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Laughing tears on the train cause of this @makesomenoiseshow.bsky.social episode
