Josie
@jotorresbarth.bsky.social
Asst. prof of TV/media studies. Current book project: US radio + TV horror anthologies 1940s-1960s, gender/domestic space + media technology, the uncanny. #FirstGen. She/her.
my colleague told me there was a package for me in the department office “with a funny address label.” guess it’s good we’re a small school…
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
my colleague told me there was a package for me in the department office “with a funny address label.” guess it’s good we’re a small school…
I may live in the middle of nowhere but it’s walking distance from an Art Deco single-screen repertory theater that hosts a yearly festival of horror shorts
November 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I may live in the middle of nowhere but it’s walking distance from an Art Deco single-screen repertory theater that hosts a yearly festival of horror shorts
me and a bunch of senior citizens seated for the Lon Chaney Phantom of the Opera with live musical accompaniment
October 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
me and a bunch of senior citizens seated for the Lon Chaney Phantom of the Opera with live musical accompaniment
this made me dig out an old course pack (remember those??) and it’s possible that this is what I was trying to think of…I can’t promise, though
September 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
this made me dig out an old course pack (remember those??) and it’s possible that this is what I was trying to think of…I can’t promise, though
of the many infuriating things in this world, in this moment I cannot get over the stupidity of the design of my wireless mouse
September 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
of the many infuriating things in this world, in this moment I cannot get over the stupidity of the design of my wireless mouse
also how is there no gif of this exchange
September 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
also how is there no gif of this exchange
Raised the projector screen after class this morning to discover the Yellowjackets symbol, so maybe *this* is how I die
August 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Raised the projector screen after class this morning to discover the Yellowjackets symbol, so maybe *this* is how I die
ready for day 1 of Intro to Film and Media Studies
August 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
ready for day 1 of Intro to Film and Media Studies
my colleague gifted me this video tape found mysteriously in his office…is this how I die?
August 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
my colleague gifted me this video tape found mysteriously in his office…is this how I die?
What a time to be alive
August 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
What a time to be alive
Desperate times in 1943
August 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Desperate times in 1943
1946 was really a time
July 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
1946 was really a time
what, and I cannot stress this enough, the actual fuck
June 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
what, and I cannot stress this enough, the actual fuck
this is still steaming me up, y’all
June 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
this is still steaming me up, y’all
while the main entrance to our library is closed for construction you have to go in through a service entrance…which looks like a good way to lure professors to your murder cave
June 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
while the main entrance to our library is closed for construction you have to go in through a service entrance…which looks like a good way to lure professors to your murder cave
I keep thinking of this tagline
June 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I keep thinking of this tagline
my yearly reminder that I will never, ever get used to American levels of air conditioning
June 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
my yearly reminder that I will never, ever get used to American levels of air conditioning
some real gems in the “audience reaction” file
May 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
some real gems in the “audience reaction” file
absolutely love that bored executives in 1954 apparently doodled the same way middle schoolers did in 1994
May 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
absolutely love that bored executives in 1954 apparently doodled the same way middle schoolers did in 1994
hello from the archive
May 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
hello from the archive
if I didn’t know better I’d think this was one of those unfunny corporate April Fools’ jokes
May 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
if I didn’t know better I’d think this was one of those unfunny corporate April Fools’ jokes
can I just say that this never happens (especially not 17 times in a row at the worst time possible) with a physical book?
May 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
can I just say that this never happens (especially not 17 times in a row at the worst time possible) with a physical book?