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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · 2h

Pre-order a copy of your own—or better yet, ask your academic library to order one for its collection! Every request helps this important work reach more readers.

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · 2h

Excited to share that *Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop* is now available for pre-order from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social! This collection brings together an international group of scholars explores how K-pop reimagines narrative across media. www.bloomsbury.com/us/critical-...

Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop

In Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop, contributors present a variety of compelling case studies to argue that K-pop has evolved beyond a m…

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · 8d

Behold the gatekeeper of productivity. She allows no edits to pass. It seems my plan to review page proofs has been thwarted.

Lucy (a gray kitten) sits on my laptop, looking grumpy while I try to work through page proofs for a forthcoming edited volume.

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · 14d

Hold your loved ones close. And hold our supposed leaders accountable. Mass shootings are not inevitable.

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · 14d

My sister and her family attend the church in Michigan that was shot up and burned down today. Thankfully, they are safe—but deeply shaken. I’m struggling to hold it together myself, just two weeks after experiencing my own active shooter scare.

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · 15d

A little late in posting, but my daughter and I had such a great time at the #VIVIZ concert in Kansas City! It was wonderful to step away from work for a night and enjoy K-pop live. Next up: #ARTMS in St. Louis this November!

Goofy surprised selfie with Eunha, both of us covering our mouths.

Classic “Shhh” pose with SinB, fingers to our lips.

Cool pose with Umji, chins cradled between our thumbs and forefingers.

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · Aug 4

I figured this was coming, but the #PurpleKiss news still hits hard. Their debut MV remains one of my all-time favorites, and I am not sure we will ever see another track quite like "Sweet Juice."

Selfie of the user with Go Eun of Purple Kiss, both making peace signs toward the camera.

Selfie of the user with Chaein of Purple Kiss, both resting their chins on their hands in a playful pose.

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · Jul 14

Can we please stop calling certain words “GPT words”? They show up because LLMs were (unethically) trained on REAL WRITERS using ACTUAL LANGUAGE—including em dashes—that serve legitimate functions. These stochastic parrots do not get to claim ownership of the written word.

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · Jul 1

Completed a huge task today. Tomorrow’s reward: sleeping in, then a long, unplugged walk to give my eyes—and my brain—a break from this screen.

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · Jun 30

Editing is fun—until citation formatting comes for your soul.

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · Jun 25

Me: "I can definitely fit more clothes into this load."
Also me: "Why are my clothes always so wrinkled?"

Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · Jun 22

Feeling incapable of processing world affairs today (i.e. the stupidity is just too much). So, I have buried myself in reading the brilliant work of others and now have edited and proofread ten of the eleven chapters in our forthcoming collection on transmedia storytelling in K-pop. #LittleVictories

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · Jun 17

Looking for a comics-focused read for #Pride? Sequential Scholars has put together a thoughtful thread on my 2017 article in *Inks* about asexual representation in visual narratives and canonical orientations in #comics. Give it a look!

Sequential Scholars @sequentialscholars.bsky.social · Jun 14

In his article “Asexuality & Its Discontents,” Nicholas E. Miller (@uncannydazzler.bsky.social) discusses a 2015 series starring #Archie’s best pal, Jughead Jones. Artistically and culturally, Miller argues the portrayal of #Jughead as asexual is both important & complicated. 1/14 #PrideMonth

Cover of Jughead #1 (2015), written by Chip Zdarsky with art by Erica Henderson.

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · Jun 1

ICYMI: My latest essay makes for a great read on the first day of #Pride! 🏳️‍🌈

Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · May 29

Thrilled to contribute a short essay to the My So-Called Life cluster in @atpost45.bsky.social! My piece reflects on Rickie Vasquez's iconic dance scene, the affective politics of Brownness, and the persistence of racial and sexual hierarchies. Check it out! #MySoCalledLife #Post45

Liberation on the Dance Floor: Rickie Vasquez and the Affective Politics of Brownness in My So-Called Life - Post45

The eleventh episode of My So-Called Life (1994-1995) includes a brief but influential scene that I have returned to repeatedly over the years since it first aired: Rickie Vasquez (Wilson Cruz), a que...

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · Jun 1

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · May 29

Thrilled to contribute a short essay to the My So-Called Life cluster in @atpost45.bsky.social! My piece reflects on Rickie Vasquez's iconic dance scene, the affective politics of Brownness, and the persistence of racial and sexual hierarchies. Check it out! #MySoCalledLife #Post45

Liberation on the Dance Floor: Rickie Vasquez and the Affective Politics of Brownness in My So-Called Life - Post45

The eleventh episode of My So-Called Life (1994-1995) includes a brief but influential scene that I have returned to repeatedly over the years since it first aired: Rickie Vasquez (Wilson Cruz), a que...

post45.org

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · May 23

Sigh. #tripleS has done it again: another 'la la la' waving a lightstick somewhere deep in my brain. They are not even trying to be original—just devastatingly effective. I have not been this involuntarily loyal to a 'la' since #GilmoreGirls, and that came with a side of caffeine and codependence.

tripleS(트리플에스) '깨어' (Are You Alive) Official MV

YouTube video by tripleS official

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · May 18

Stop preserving plantations as relics. Start investigating them as crime scenes.

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · May 16

It turns out my prose style is basically just a long string of "not X, but Y" sentences. Parallelisms all the way down. Sigh.

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · May 12

Writing is hard.

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · May 12

I have too many words. I do not want to cut any more words. But there are too many words.

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · May 12

I love editing, but I hate editing my own work.

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · May 4

Hahaha. That is fair.

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · May 4

Made it through another birthday yesterday. I really think we need a cool German word that captures the essence of the "birthday blues" but sounds way cooler. In other words, something a little more Weltschmerz and a little less Eeyore.

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Nicholas E. Miller, Ph.D. @uncannydazzler.bsky.social · Apr 18

What I miss most about higher education is geeking out over colleagues’ research. Thankfully, the incredible work coming in for my edited collection is scratching that itch. Just read a chapter so compelling I had to make a detailed table to map out my thoughts—always a sign of great scholarship.

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