Julia Leyda (she/her)
@julia-leyda.bsky.social
jaded academic | new Norwegian | chronically ill | ace woke pinko SJW | surviving mainly on film, TV, SFF novels
- doesn't suffer fools
- gleefully uses block function
- mastodon https://hcommons.social/@julia
- movies https://letterboxd.com/jleyda
- doesn't suffer fools
- gleefully uses block function
- mastodon https://hcommons.social/@julia
- movies https://letterboxd.com/jleyda
Pinned
a woman with her eyes closed and the words that sounds nice above her
Alt: a woman (actor Patti Harrison in Together Together) with her eyes closed and the words that sounds nice below her
media.tenor.com
My latest article, co-authored with Nicole Seymour, outlines a theory of #aromantic and #asexual film aesthetics exemplified in a reading of Together Together (Nikole Beckwith, 2021). It's in Camera Obscura journal and I have PDFs if you can't get through the paywall.
doi.org/10.1215/0270...
👀🎞️🖤🤍💜
doi.org/10.1215/0270...
👀🎞️🖤🤍💜
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While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
December 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
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If you've yet to purchase Woodworking, the debut novel from Emily St. James (that's me), the ebook is on sale everywhere for a few days. Just $1.99!
Also, the hardcover is readily available, and you can preorder the paperback, out in May. Hurrah!
bookshop.org/p/books/wood...
Also, the hardcover is readily available, and you can preorder the paperback, out in May. Hurrah!
bookshop.org/p/books/wood...
Woodworking
Check out Woodworking - <b>LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2025<br><br>“Writing a funny book is hard. Writing a convincing takedown of one of America’s most popular...
bookshop.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
If you've yet to purchase Woodworking, the debut novel from Emily St. James (that's me), the ebook is on sale everywhere for a few days. Just $1.99!
Also, the hardcover is readily available, and you can preorder the paperback, out in May. Hurrah!
bookshop.org/p/books/wood...
Also, the hardcover is readily available, and you can preorder the paperback, out in May. Hurrah!
bookshop.org/p/books/wood...
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Grew up doing this in school every year— in addition to racism, it was a great for gender policing.
Henry Ford HATED Jazz because too many Jewish & Black Folks were a part of it. He pushed the Department of Education to make square dance part of the curriculum to counter Jazz.
December 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Grew up doing this in school every year— in addition to racism, it was a great for gender policing.
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Anbefaler sterkt folk å underskrive på denne kampanjen mot store kutt i ProSentrets ressurser.
ProSentret sin fantastiske lavterskel helse- og sosialtjeneste for oss som selger sex henger i en tynn tråd, pga byrådet i Oslo. 5 årsverk skal bort, i en stab på 17. Endelig avgjørelse er den 11, altså under to dager. Sexarbeidere trenger hjelp til å stoppe dette NÅ
www.underskrift.no/vis/14307/
www.underskrift.no/vis/14307/
December 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Anbefaler sterkt folk å underskrive på denne kampanjen mot store kutt i ProSentrets ressurser.
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"i like people. i like the way they smell" is a great counterargument
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"i like people. i like the way they smell" is a great counterargument
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Candace Moore considers recent television scenes that deliver intermittent jolts of queerness—hits of pleasure between the archive and the explorative viewer—to define a method that acknowledges fluctuating degrees of interest when historicizing queer television
Open access! doi.org/10.1525/fmh....
Open access! doi.org/10.1525/fmh....
December 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Candace Moore considers recent television scenes that deliver intermittent jolts of queerness—hits of pleasure between the archive and the explorative viewer—to define a method that acknowledges fluctuating degrees of interest when historicizing queer television
Open access! doi.org/10.1525/fmh....
Open access! doi.org/10.1525/fmh....
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Etwas Weihnachtslektüre gefällig? Hier ist der neue Band zu Weihnachtsfilmen von @andreageier.bsky.social, @irmtraudhnilica.bsky.social und Irina Gradinari: Weihnachtsfilme lesen III. @transcript-verlag.bsky.social
In meinen Kapitel geht es um #Weihnachten auf #Netflix.
In meinen Kapitel geht es um #Weihnachten auf #Netflix.
December 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Etwas Weihnachtslektüre gefällig? Hier ist der neue Band zu Weihnachtsfilmen von @andreageier.bsky.social, @irmtraudhnilica.bsky.social und Irina Gradinari: Weihnachtsfilme lesen III. @transcript-verlag.bsky.social
In meinen Kapitel geht es um #Weihnachten auf #Netflix.
In meinen Kapitel geht es um #Weihnachten auf #Netflix.
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The Frankfurt School be like . . .
November 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Frankfurt School be like . . .
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December 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Could we please have a queer remake of Home Alone 1 a la Schitt's Creek, with the plot revolving around Moira Rose, I mean Catherine O'Hara (the mother), and Daniel Levy (Culkin son) as the forlorn son making do with family out of town ... Just a thought.
December 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Could we please have a queer remake of Home Alone 1 a la Schitt's Creek, with the plot revolving around Moira Rose, I mean Catherine O'Hara (the mother), and Daniel Levy (Culkin son) as the forlorn son making do with family out of town ... Just a thought.
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No surprises here: nothing glamorous about (peri)menopause. 🙄
Geena Davis Institute New Study Shows How Film Fails to Portray Experiences of Women Over 40, Including Menopause and Aging (EXCLUSIVE)
A new Geena Davis Institute study shows how film fails to show experiences of women over 40.
variety.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
No surprises here: nothing glamorous about (peri)menopause. 🙄
Definitely right about Harrow and Henry. Both have stuck with me, albeit in different registers.
The Everlasting is uniquely brilliant yet at times recalls 1984, Hild, and This Is How You Lose the Time War. Thank you for this, @alixeharrow.bsky.social !!
The Everlasting is uniquely brilliant yet at times recalls 1984, Hild, and This Is How You Lose the Time War. Thank you for this, @alixeharrow.bsky.social !!
end of year lists are slightly silly and necessarily imperfect but: this is so cool thank you npr 🥹
www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...
Here are 8 novels NPR staff and critics loved in 2025
Every year, we ask NPR staff and book critics to share their favorite titles in our annual Books We Love guide. Here are 8 fiction picks that were standout stars.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Definitely right about Harrow and Henry. Both have stuck with me, albeit in different registers.
The Everlasting is uniquely brilliant yet at times recalls 1984, Hild, and This Is How You Lose the Time War. Thank you for this, @alixeharrow.bsky.social !!
The Everlasting is uniquely brilliant yet at times recalls 1984, Hild, and This Is How You Lose the Time War. Thank you for this, @alixeharrow.bsky.social !!
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End-of-semester commitments felt like too much? Bowing out gracefully is sometimes necessary, as tricky as that is to do. As you ponder your needs in the coming year, keep these tips in mind to navigate the delicate art of backing out.
ideasonfire.net/backing-out-...
#TenureTrack
ideasonfire.net/backing-out-...
#TenureTrack
December 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
End-of-semester commitments felt like too much? Bowing out gracefully is sometimes necessary, as tricky as that is to do. As you ponder your needs in the coming year, keep these tips in mind to navigate the delicate art of backing out.
ideasonfire.net/backing-out-...
#TenureTrack
ideasonfire.net/backing-out-...
#TenureTrack
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"Under my leadership, we have instituted an assessment program where we assess how we assess what we already assessed, using learning outcomes that include all of the buzzwords someone in admin told us were important."
A Faculty Member’s Self-Evaluation at the End of the Semester
Dear Committee Members, As part of the faculty review process, I am pleased to report to you on my work. In this letter, I will offer information ...
buff.ly
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Under my leadership, we have instituted an assessment program where we assess how we assess what we already assessed, using learning outcomes that include all of the buzzwords someone in admin told us were important."
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📢 We are pleased to host a seminar by Professor Jason Mittell (Professor of Film and American Studies, Middlebury College, USA), a leading figure in film and media studies and director of the acclaimed Workshop on Videographic Criticism at Middlebury College.
December 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
📢 We are pleased to host a seminar by Professor Jason Mittell (Professor of Film and American Studies, Middlebury College, USA), a leading figure in film and media studies and director of the acclaimed Workshop on Videographic Criticism at Middlebury College.
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I felt exceedingly well prepared for this print-and-fold ornament thanks to our zine-making experiments last month.
The Greenhouse Christmas tree is now 120% better thanks to this new ornament. You can make your own! www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/dam/jcr:a46f...
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I felt exceedingly well prepared for this print-and-fold ornament thanks to our zine-making experiments last month.
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Apps for black feminist theory summer institute due 12/15. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out. I can promise a week of exciting intellectual conversation, a delightful community of graduate students working on black feminist theory from an array of perspectives, and cookies.
Year 5 of the Black Feminist Theory Summer Institute: Applications are open, more info on our website. Please spread the word.
December 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Apps for black feminist theory summer institute due 12/15. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out. I can promise a week of exciting intellectual conversation, a delightful community of graduate students working on black feminist theory from an array of perspectives, and cookies.
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Clearly I now need to drop all my other work and watch seven seasons of Mad Men, for science
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Clearly I now need to drop all my other work and watch seven seasons of Mad Men, for science
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YEAH THE BIGGER JOY IS WHEN UR SMART FRIEND & FELLOW WRITER LIKES YOUR BOOK 😭 this is the most generous thread
Truly is there any bigger joy than reading a friend’s smart, nuanced, passionate book and being suffused with love and pride and critical hope? I think not
Also: I cried a lot!
Also: I cried a lot!
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
YEAH THE BIGGER JOY IS WHEN UR SMART FRIEND & FELLOW WRITER LIKES YOUR BOOK 😭 this is the most generous thread
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cannot express how much my weekend has been improved by watching, for the first time!, BOUND (1996)
November 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
cannot express how much my weekend has been improved by watching, for the first time!, BOUND (1996)
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bring back Monologues!! let actors swish around in capes and deliver speeches, as god intended!!! abandon grim hyper-realism in favor of Theater!!!!!!
i think about "i burn my decency for someone else's future" all the time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3RC...
Andor | Luthen Rael’s Monologue | Disney+
YouTube video by Star Wars
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
bring back Monologues!! let actors swish around in capes and deliver speeches, as god intended!!! abandon grim hyper-realism in favor of Theater!!!!!!
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I wrote some for-the-layman stuff. www.sfwa.org/2021/01/26/c...
"Cities That Think Like Planets": On Writing Sustainable Cities in Science Fiction - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
by Arkady Martine Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in The SFWA Bulletin #215. On the dining-room table which has […]
www.sfwa.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I wrote some for-the-layman stuff. www.sfwa.org/2021/01/26/c...
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Yet nothing changes here in Australia.
No mask recommendations, little airborne controls, no far UVC. Visit a Dr & they act like you’re wrong for avoiding infection from a vascular/neurotrophic virus. We can’t even get up to date vax.
What an absolute failure @albomp.bsky.social has been on Covid.
No mask recommendations, little airborne controls, no far UVC. Visit a Dr & they act like you’re wrong for avoiding infection from a vascular/neurotrophic virus. We can’t even get up to date vax.
What an absolute failure @albomp.bsky.social has been on Covid.
From NCNED in Australia:
Altered brain tissue microstructure and neurochemical profiles in long COVID and recovered COVID-19 individuals: A multimodal MRI study
Free fulltext:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#LongCovid #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
Altered brain tissue microstructure and neurochemical profiles in long COVID and recovered COVID-19 individuals: A multimodal MRI study
Free fulltext:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#LongCovid #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
November 30, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Yet nothing changes here in Australia.
No mask recommendations, little airborne controls, no far UVC. Visit a Dr & they act like you’re wrong for avoiding infection from a vascular/neurotrophic virus. We can’t even get up to date vax.
What an absolute failure @albomp.bsky.social has been on Covid.
No mask recommendations, little airborne controls, no far UVC. Visit a Dr & they act like you’re wrong for avoiding infection from a vascular/neurotrophic virus. We can’t even get up to date vax.
What an absolute failure @albomp.bsky.social has been on Covid.
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It hasn’t been a total flop. As a tool for spotting douchebags it’s been a perfect 10.
Tesla’s Cybertruck is turning 2. It’s been a big flop.
CEO Elon Musk once described the Cybertruck as Tesla’s “best ever” product. But demand for the controversial pickup truck has dried up.
www.marketwatch.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
It hasn’t been a total flop. As a tool for spotting douchebags it’s been a perfect 10.
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i'm finding... heterogeneity... in my students' levels of engagement, preparedness, follow-thru. I'm also assigning less work than i used to (fewer pages of rdg, lower word count assignments, shoveling points their way)
i find it curious that 99% of the commentary i've seen does not mention covid.
i find it curious that 99% of the commentary i've seen does not mention covid.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
i'm finding... heterogeneity... in my students' levels of engagement, preparedness, follow-thru. I'm also assigning less work than i used to (fewer pages of rdg, lower word count assignments, shoveling points their way)
i find it curious that 99% of the commentary i've seen does not mention covid.
i find it curious that 99% of the commentary i've seen does not mention covid.