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Grammarly’s claim to have dead experts reviewing user work is grotesque, to be sure, but whether or not those people are alive, this is absurdly false advertising. Where are the class action lawsuits?

Call for papers Special issue Decoloniality in media and cultural studies: Looking Back, Looking Forward. Special issue editors: Jonathan Corpus Ong (University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA), Laura Guimarães Corrêa (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil), Wen Jin (East China Normal University)

🗣️🔊 We are proud to announce the Call for Papers for the next special issue, "Decoloniality in Media and Cultural Studies: Looking Back, Looking Forward".

Share this with your network and @ that colleague who can make a great contribution to decoloniality in media and cultural studies! 👩🏾‍🏫🧑🏻‍🏫👨🏽‍🏫

CFP: Sounding Things: Props, Material Culture, and Accessories in Popular Music

Abstract Deadline: May 1, 2026
Abstract Length: 350–500 words
Editors: Kate Galloway, Paxton Haven, and Mike Levine

Full call here: drive.google.com/file/d/1mfyd...

Cover of Journal of Popular Television featuring a collage of blue-toned TV screens under hanging purple wisteria flowers on a lavender background.

👑 New season excitement calls for deeper insight! Our Journal of Popular Television special issue explores how Bridgerton reimagines period drama, fandom and fantasy. A must-read for fans of the hit Netflix series.

Find out more 👉https://ow.ly/eawz50YmRXM

Promotional graphic for K-Pop Fandom: Performing Deokhu from the 1990s to Today by Areum Jeong. The book cover appears on the left, showing a green-lit K-pop concert scene with a large crowd and stage lights; the title is in bold neon-green text. On the right, a pull quote reads, “Smart and immersive, this is a must-read for anyone wanting to understand the passions and practices of K-Pop fandom.” — Matt Hills. The University of Michigan Press logo appears at the bottom.

Just published!
"K-Pop Fandom: Performing Deokhu from the 1990s to Today"
More than mere obsession: Areum Jeong studies #K-pop fandom, showing how “#deokhu” fan labour drives its global reach, politics, and cultural impact.
Discover now: bit.ly/46Ty35e
@uofmpress.bsky.social

Don’t say it!!! Don’t you say it!!!

Front of exhibit

Side view of exhibit

Me with exhibit

Quantum Identities: Speculative Fiction's Role in Queer Communities Speculative fiction has always imagined worlds beyond boundaries - of time, of space, and of self. For queer communities, these imagined futures have long offered refuge, resistance, and recognition. This case brings together objects loaned by artists, fans, and creators who use sci-fi, fantasy, and fandom as tools to explore identity, belonging, and transformation. These artifacts reflect how speculative worlds help queer people see themselves - and one another - not as anomalies but as possibilities. In every brushstroke, pixel, stitch, and starship, we find new ways to imagine who we are and who we might yet become.

Quantum Identities is here!
What began as a passion project 18 months ago turned into an incredible exhibit. This case represents over 39 oral histories, 15 written histories & 25 curated objects. Honoring and preserving stories that mattered.

#PublicHistorian
#Exhibit
#LGBTQIA2+
#QueerHistory

I came here to write the same thing.

Panel graphic for The Mars Society's Red Planet Live Women In STEM panel with a red Martian surface background and headshots for Janet Ivey, Ashton Zeth, Janeya Griffin, and Amy Imhoff

Tomorrow: Women in STEM panel from The Mars Society's Red Planet Live! We're talking about the current state of women STEM fields, including that controversial Blue Origin flight.

Tune in tomorrow, May 20 at 5pm PT/8pm ET & hear from Janet Ivey, Janeya Griffin, host Ashton Zeth, & myself about...

Thank you!

Leveled up: Master’s degree unlocked.

Next Level: Ph.D

#Graduation #Gradschool

😆😆

I don’t think I’ve ever experienced academic burnout this intensely. 13 days till graduation and a really good nap.

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2025 NCMC Conference

18 months of research summed up in 3 hours. I’m so thankful for everyone who has been apart of this project, and all those who have supported and encouraged me.

Next up: Exhibit #AcademicSky #Museums #GradStudent #Trekademic #QueerHistory

Sky and Blue Shark in the older days taking a photo as a memory but Sky wants to make it clear to the historians that they didn't wear socks

Making it clear to the historians

Conference poster? Epic. My sense of calm? Missing, presumed dead. I’m running on 3 hours of sleep, 2 granola bars, imposter syndrome, and pure spite.¹

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¹This came to me in a dream after panic attack #2, a cold Sprite, and Zotero crashing.
*Full Citation still needed.*

#academicsky

I love this

"You’re about to graduate," I whisper, as I present queer identity in sci-fi to a 9am Sunday panel consisting of two grad students, a half-eaten bagel, and God. #academicsky

He’s coming for the Redwoods, isn’t he.

Overpaid, oversexed and over here, was the refrain during WW2

2025 Conference Vibes

1000%

Follow @strangenewpod.bsky.social & check out the full podcast episode celebrating #StarTrekVoyager 30th anniversary.

#StarTrek #AgathaAllAlong #Trekademia #CaptianJaneway #AgathaHarkness

Me in my Jedi costume (white cloak gold tabard) holding my hood - and then holding a gold light saber

My costume on the mannequin next to the picture of the Jedi Master Sol in The Acolyte

Day 15 of #28DaysOfBlackCosplay : High Republic Jedi Temple Garb - #StarWars The Acolyte

“Yord… put your clothes on.”

Captain Janeway broke new ground as the first female captain in #StarTrek, challenging traditional male roles in sci-fi. Her leadership & strength paved the way for strong & complex female characters, like #AgathaHarkness. Janeway showed the 🌎 women could lead & navigate complex challenges.

🚨NEW EPISODE DROP🚨

Join us & our special guests Ashlyn from @durassisterspod.bsky.social and @azaij.bsky.social for SNP’s #startrekvoyager 30th Anniversary show. Available now!

YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/FZi_cwF...

Web: www.strangenewpod.com/thirty-years...

I’m not Robbie, but I would love to chat!

🚨RED ALERT🚨

Tonight’s Voyager pod has been POSTPONED until MONDAY NIGHT. We’re also adding another guest to join @azaij.bsky.social! Ashlyn from @durassisterspod.bsky.social joins us this Monday. Alternative tonight? Check out our buddies at Trek Geeks for THURSDAY NIGHT GEEKS at 8:30 PM ET

2 years ago, I was in the ICU on a ventilator due to multiple seizures. 2 weeks earlier, I walked out of a lecture and had a seizure on campus, & 3 months before that, I broke my back in 3 places due to a seizure fall.

I’m so lucky to be alive, healthy, & loved. Blessed is an understatement