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.
I don’t know the first thing about science but worked as a barista before going to grad school, so I allow me to speculate…looser grounds would mean that more of them are exposed to the water for longer, thus leading to more flavorful coffee
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I don’t know the first thing about science but worked as a barista before going to grad school, so I allow me to speculate…looser grounds would mean that more of them are exposed to the water for longer, thus leading to more flavorful coffee
come to think of it, they should have a You’re Wrong About-style podcast together
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
come to think of it, they should have a You’re Wrong About-style podcast together
we also have a historian of early Christianity for good measure
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
we also have a historian of early Christianity for good measure
my all-faculty trivia team includes a medievalist and 1-3 classicists, and so this is a regular topic of bar conversation
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
my all-faculty trivia team includes a medievalist and 1-3 classicists, and so this is a regular topic of bar conversation
ooh this sounds excellent
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
ooh this sounds excellent
now that’s a title
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
now that’s a title
already thinking about my karaoke song
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
already thinking about my karaoke song
Thanks! I’m working on the 1953 Inner Sanctum TV show as an early example of first-run syndication, so you will almost certainly hear yourself cited
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Thanks! I’m working on the 1953 Inner Sanctum TV show as an early example of first-run syndication, so you will almost certainly hear yourself cited
this is how I found out acceptances were out
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
this is how I found out acceptances were out
this is how we use it in media studies, and whether the“critical” is implied or explicit it generally assumes a critique of the for-profit system
November 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
this is how we use it in media studies, and whether the“critical” is implied or explicit it generally assumes a critique of the for-profit system
Richard Dyer would beg to differ www.sweetstudy.com/files/dyer-e...
www.sweetstudy.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Richard Dyer would beg to differ www.sweetstudy.com/files/dyer-e...
it has literally never occurred to me to roast then mash potatoes
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
it has literally never occurred to me to roast then mash potatoes
Classical Hollywood could do it perfectly in 90 minutes. you’re telling me you need an extra hour??
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Classical Hollywood could do it perfectly in 90 minutes. you’re telling me you need an extra hour??
I have a colleague who refuses to go to SCMS until it’s in a warm location
November 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I have a colleague who refuses to go to SCMS until it’s in a warm location
I’ve got to start going to more beachfront conferences
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I’ve got to start going to more beachfront conferences