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Ben Scholl @ben-scholl.bsky.social · 29d

What does it take to be a varsity esports athlete in Canada? "Welcome to Saints Gaming," my paper on student-athletes' roles in shaping the institutions of Canada's first varsity esports program, is now published in Games and Culture!

Read the full paper here doi.org/10.1177/1555...

🇨🇦 #GameStudies

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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · Jul 9

New article in International Journal of Cultural Studies ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Kim, D. O. (Donna), & Wu, F. (2025). Meaningfully playful: Gender, sexuality, and civic imaginations in Korean and Chinese fandom cultures.

#FanStudies

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Organization for Transformative Works @transformativeworks.org · Jul 9

Are you interested in social media and community outreach? Do you like to assist AO3 users by resolving complaints? Do you want to create videos and connect with fellow fans on TikTok? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting! Learn more at: otw-news.org/mw63d42d

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Liang Ge (they/them) @liangge11.bsky.social · Jul 9

We argue for examining how media technologies and transnational cultural flows across diverse Asian contexts shape, circulate and contest queernesses and Asian-nesses, offering rich ground for epistemological and methodological innovation❤️

Liang Ge (they/them) @liangge11.bsky.social · Jul 9

✨New Pub Day! Since our Queer Asia as Method roundtable in 2021, our special issue Queer Asia as Method has now been published online first by Media Culture & Society!
Our editorial piece is here: doi.org/10.1177/0163...

Editorial introduction: Queer Asia as Method - Liang Ge, J Daniel Luther, Eva Cheuk-Yin Li, 2025

This introduction outlines the theoretical and methodological interventions proposed by the Crosscurrent special section, Queer Asia as Method, which interrogat...

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Jasmine Proctor @iamjazzrae.bsky.social · Jul 4

can’t believe today was the last day of @methodsmcr.bsky.social — had such a great time in the digital methods course and feel so lucky to have met so many brilliant emerging and established scholars. already looking forward to staying in touch as we all head off in all our different directions 💕

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Jasmine Proctor @iamjazzrae.bsky.social · Jul 4

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Anton Hur @antonhur.com · Jul 4

Beginning this fall, Yonsei University (2nd highest-ranked school in Korea) Graduate School will waive tuition for all international students

Yonsei University to give scholarship to all international grad students

Yonsei University will introduce flat-rate scholarships for all international graduate students starting in the second semester of the 2025 academic year.

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Anton Hur @antonhur.com · Jul 4

Beginning this fall, Yonsei University (2nd highest-ranked school in Korea) Graduate School will waive tuition for all international students

Yonsei University to give scholarship to all international grad students

Yonsei University will introduce flat-rate scholarships for all international graduate students starting in the second semester of the 2025 academic year.

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Lauron J. Kehrer @lauronkehrer.bsky.social · Jul 4

CFP: @iaspm-us.bsky.social 2026 Conference Popular Music and the State

iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/2026-confere...

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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · Jun 27

New article in Celebrity Studies ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Ibrahim, K. (2025). Fan-based civic and humanitarian action: the case study of the BTS fan community Borahae from Manila. Celebrity Studies, 1–7.

#FanStudies

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Fan-based civic and humanitarian action: the case study of the BTS fan community Borahae from Manila

K-pop fandom has gained a reputation for social activism, notably in response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and Black Lives Matter movement. This paper draws on media scholar Henry Jenkins’ work ...

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Aubrey Jones @aubreyjones.bsky.social · Jun 2

Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.

I'm so angry.

Statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales
Husband of Jonathan Joss

My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done.

Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic.

When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw.

While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired.

Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life.

Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future.

He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other.

I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved.

To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family.

My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together.

If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband.

Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built.

Tristan Kern de Gonzales

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Ali Nahdee @alinahdee.bsky.social · Jun 2

Jonathan Joss was MURDERED.

Words matter here.

He was MURDERED.

it was a HATE CRIME because he is a gay Indigenous man.

Say those words. Do not dance around it. He wasn't "killed in a shooting." He was murdered in a hate crime.

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Zoë Jay @zoecharlottejay.bsky.social · Jun 3

🌟call for research participants🌟

i'm looking for people who are (or have been) fans of #eurovision to join an online focus group about how fans think about & interact with the politics of the contest.

more details on the study & how to join below. please sign up & share with your eurofan pals!

Call For Participants: Eurovision and International Politics

I'm looking for Eurovision fans to participate in an online focus group about how fans think about and interact with the politics of the Contest.

See other images for further info or contact zoe.jay@helsinki.fi

To register, go to https://tinyurl/com/eurovisionaries-study or scan the QR code in bottom right corner of this image.

Who can participate?
All fans aged 18 and older are welcome. If you’re a Eurovision fan and are interested in discussing Eurovision and politics, I’d like to hear from you!

What will taking part involve?
Participating in a focus groups with 6-8 Eurovision fans. The focus groups will be conducted online in English, and last around 90 minutes. The focus groups will be held in June and July.

I will ask you and the group questions about your views on whether and how the Contest relates to international politics, and on how you engage with these politics as a fan.

You don’t need to have a particular opinion about whether the contest is political or not - only an interest in talking about Eurovision and politics as you understand it.

Further Information
If you have any questions about this study, you can contact Dr Zoë Jay: zoe.jay@helsinki.fi

You can also read more about the research on the Eurovisionaries website: www.eurovisionaries.com

Register: If you're interested in taking part in this study, you can register at https://tinyurl/com/eurovisionaries-study or by scanning the QR code in the bottom right corner.

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Eve Ng, scholar and sky lover @evecng.bsky.social · May 28

(1) I'm delighted that my article, "'If I started to identify as a bird, would I stop being human?' Networked Transphobia in Lesbian Popular Culture Spaces" is out in Popular Communication! doi.org/10.1080/1540... There are 50 free e-copies available at this link:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YT3JP...

“If I started to identify as a bird, would I stop being human?” Networked transphobia in lesbian popular culture spaces

Transphobic discourses have become prominent even as media representations of gender non-conformity have increased, demonstrating the paradoxes of media visibility for the status of minority groups...

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Ben Scholl @ben-scholl.bsky.social · May 16

Exciting new research on hate raids, from my time with the Digital Democracies Institute, has just been published. Congrats to the team! @pipsipirate.bsky.social , Maria Sommers, @albertolusoli.bsky.social, and @whkchun.bsky.social 🎉

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Abby Kirby @abbykirby.bsky.social · May 8

I'm someone. thegeekiary.com/on-conclave-... #fanstudies #newpope

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Jeanne (she/they) @fangirljeanne.bsky.social · May 7

This is what the commodification of fandom looks like.

Traditional publishing is exploiting fandom and fans. Using them to promote and pay for the art they’ve already read for free. Setting fanfic writer up for possible lawsuits and forever binding them and their the work to a bigot. #Romancelandia

Promotional material for Irresistible urge to fall for your enemy by Brigitte Knightly, which is the published title of what was once a popular Harry Potter fan fiction featuring a romance between Hermione and Draco. Promotional material gives a breakdown of the “Dramoine ship” its online popularity making the books origins not only clear but a selling point of the book.

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Like with any fandom, people wonder, "What if these two characters got together?" And since Draco and Hermione are complete opposites, and because everyone loves a good enemies-to-lovers story, naturally, this was a fan-favorite pairing.
The emergence of Dramione skyrocketed within the fanfiction community, which led to several published adaptions, including the forthcoming Alchemised by SenLinYu, adapted from Manacled, setting us up to break out Brigitte Knightley at just the right time.
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · May 5

Today is Karl Marx's birthday.

All books by and on Marx are on sale for up to 50% off as part of our Red May Sale.

May 5th is Marx's birthday

The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways – the point however is to change it. Karl Marx's contributions to the study of economics, politics, and philosophy are beyond measure. ...

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Elizabeth Minkel @elizabethminkel.bsky.social · May 2

For the wonderful folks at @ellipsus.com, I wrote a guest post about fic and generative AI!

As people yank archives for LLMs or "finish" others' work with these tools, we're increasingly seeing AI used to create fic, too. But if you outsource the act of being a fan to AI, what does that leave you?

Where the wild stories are

Fandom is a vast and varied space made up of many overlapping communities, and just like the world at large, attitudes about genAI aren’t a monolith. But if If you outsource the act of being a fan to ...

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Fansplaining @fansplaining.bsky.social · Apr 28

Finished reading @sachajudd.com's journey through RPF history and want more RPF commentary and analysis? WELL 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

The RPF Question — Fansplaining

Amid blurry boundaries between fic, celebrity fandom, and conspiracy theories, how real person fiction evolved from forbidden to mainstream and back again.

www.fansplaining.com

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Aurélie Petit 👩🏻‍💻✨ @aurelievpetit.bsky.social · Apr 28

I am so happy that @michellehsho.bsky.social will be one of our keynotes 😄 They are an Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore and will talk about their new book "Emergent Genders: Living Otherwise in Tokyo’s Pink Economies" 🏳️‍⚧️🏙️🌸➡️ ticket here: events.humanitix.com/queer-and-fe...

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Steve Saidemonster @smsaideman.bsky.social · Apr 29

And SSHRC!

Guy Felicella @guyfelicella.bsky.social · Apr 29

Congratulations everyone we saved CBC 🇨🇦‼️

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Aurélie Petit 👩🏻‍💻✨ @aurelievpetit.bsky.social · Apr 25

Let’s goooo, link to the event: events.humanitix.com/queer-and-fe... 💌💌💌💌 come hang out with us May 19-21 !!!

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · Apr 22

This is how you do it.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NYU Faculty Take Classes Off Campus to Protest Lack of Protections for International
Students
NEW YORK, April 17, 2025 - More than fifty NYU faculty members have taken their classes off campus starting today, and continuing for the next week, to protest the University's lack of commitment to protect international students in the face of the Trump administration's attacks. Some faculty have moved their classes to in-person locations that have been declared sanctuary spaces, where international students are assured that building administrators will do everything in their power to refuse to cooperate with ICE agents. Other faculty have moved their classes online so that students can attend from a safe location of their choosing.

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Nicolle Lamerichs @nicolleness.bsky.social · Mar 17

"Gaylor points to the possibility of “queering” even the most mainstream popular culture. [...] Under this rubric, Swift herself is not so much an object of a conspiracy as the conspiracy is an object of communal world-building for queer users and their allies." #taylorswift #fandom #academia

olivia stowell @oliviastowell.bsky.social · Mar 17

so proud to share that my article “‘You’re Like the Cute Harmless Version of QAnon’: Taylor Swift ‘Gaylor’ Subreddits and Microconspiracy Archives, Affects, and Aesthetics” was published today in the International Journal of Cultural Studies!

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