Montreal WorldCon 2027 @montrealworldcon27.bsky.social WorldCon in Montreal in 2027.
https://montreal2027.ca/en
Mark Stewart (he/him) @mediamarknz.bsky.social formerly @markboynz on Twits. Media and Comms academic. Pinko leftie socialist. Queer rights. Tangata tiriti. #Landback.
natasha ryan @natasharyan.bsky.social sociology lecturer @ chapman. concerts, religion, etc. ask me about my tennessee walking horse. (she/they)
Emily Coccia @emcoccia.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow for Innovation in the Liberal Arts at Carleton College * PhD in English & WGS from UMich * teaching and researching 19th C. American working-class reading cultures, media and fan studies, and queer and trans histories
valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social loud disabled academic who’s obsessed with her dog. MA in celebrity & fan studies, currently a MLIS student. creator of spottedhounddesign. suffering mets and destiel fan. she/her.
Breanna @brxanna.bsky.social she/her
AcaFan
Kimberly Hirsh @kimberlyhirsh.com Mom. Librarian. Small in stature, but not in spunk and a super-annoying know-it-all. 📚🌈♿
(she/her)
luisa @luisademesquita.bsky.social PhD in International Relations, investigating K-pop fandoms and their activism. fan scholar & bookstan. in Dragon Age hell (permanently). • eng/pt-br. • https://linktr.ee/luisademesquita
Dean Leetal @deanleetal.bsky.social Phd hopeful, fandom, X-Men, Taskmaster, Staged, SPN, non binary, trans, fat, polyam, neurodivergent, queer, aroace, ceasefire now
Jenny 🍋 PAX West AH8 @asunnydisposish.bsky.social Jenny Park • Korean Illustrator • ENG/한 OK • 교포 • 한복을 사랑하는 그림쟁이 • NO TERFS 퀴혐/여혐/트혐 금지
Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social reporter
text me on signal @ nicolecarpenter.87
email: nicolecarpenterwrites@gmail.com
Popular Culture Association @pcaaca.bsky.social The PCA/ACA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization comprised of scholars and enthusiasts dedicated to the study of popular culture through writing, sharing, and publishing. Our next conference is scheduled for April 2026 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.
Society for Cinema and Media Studies @scmstudies.bsky.social The Official Bluesky account for SCMS
https://www.cmstudies.org/
Questions? Don't hesitate to get in touch with the SCMS office via the Contact Us page, and we’ll be happy to respond.
Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social Researching the Internet is serious business. Mostly.
(We're mainly over on AoIR.social, our organisation Mastodon instance, which is open to all members.)
https://aoir.org/
https://aoir.social/@aoir
https://aoir.org/aoir2026/
MPCA/ACA @mpcaaca.bsky.social The Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association is a regional branch of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. Find us at The University of Iowa October 3-5, 2025. Submissions opening early 2025. mpcaaca.org
@laurabaileyvo.bsky.social @laurabaileyvo.bsky.social 
NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social "Downtown to the World," NYU Press amplifies NYU's leadership in global higher education and research through influential publications that embody the university's core mission and creative identity.
Find us at: nyupress.org
Anime North @animenorthcompass.bsky.social #AnimeNorth2027 takes place from May 28-30, 2027 at the Toronto Congress Centre and The Delta Toronto Airport Hotel
Katee Robert @kateerobert.com They/She. NYT Bestselling author of romance and fantasy. Repped by Bradford Literary. Banner art: Syd Mills. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/kateerobert
Victoria Sands @victoriasands.bsky.social PhD Candidate, Communication and Culture
Toronto
Manzi Rae @manzirae.bsky.social model 🗡️ cosplayer 🗡️ specialty costume fabricator 🗡️ LA film industry vet 🗡️ I'm naked online and worked on some tv shows ✨️ manzirae.com // manzirae.vip
Kyle Shire @kyleshire.bsky.social Senior Producer at Critical Role, Creator & Designer for Queen By Midnight, Writer, Comedian. 🏳️🌈🏋️♂️🎲🐉
It’s chaos, be kind
Help my neighbors Greg & Cynthia after Eaton Fire! https://gofund.me/117e2bc4
bluejay @bluejay.tv professional cutie ✿ tabletop RPGs, cosplay, fantasy fashion/styling ✿ twit @bluejayonx insta @bluejay || she/her 💙💜💖 ✿ alt @bluejayirl.bsky.social
https://msha.ke/bluejay
Sam Maggs @sammaggs.bsky.social NYT Bestselling, Eisner-winning writer of books, comics, & video games. STAR TREK RECOLLECTION out NOW on WebToon! Sr. Mgr, Narrative Storytelling at Critical Role. 🏳️🌈♏️🇨🇦 she/her
Dani Carr @itsdanicarr.bsky.social Writer | Performer | CR Lore Keeper 🖋️
Co-Creator & Writer of The Witch Wolf webcomic: thewitchwolf.org 🌿
Represented by Claire Draper of Au Literary Management 📖
She/Her 💙💜🩷
Matthew Mercer @matthewmercer.bsky.social Storyteller, VO Guy, Vincent Valentine, Minsc, Thirst Trap Ganondaddy, #TheLegendOfVoxMachina, CCO/DM of
Critical Role. I’m always tired. He/Him.
Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social Please consider donating to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund —> https://www.pcrf.net
Aabria Iyengar @aabria.bsky.social she/her | @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social | your story friend on Dimension 20 // Critical Role // The Adventure Zone and more! |
@voiceofobrien.bsky.social @voiceofobrien.bsky.social 
Sam Riegel @samriegel.bsky.social #CriticalRole #TheLegendOfVoxMachina #MightyNein https://streamily.com/samriegel
Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social The home of storytelling around the table! From our Campaign 4 saga in Aramán to Daggerheart and beyond - join the actual play adventure on Beacon.tv, YT, & Twitch
Fansplaining @fansplaining.bsky.social An independent, subscriber-supported publication of reporting, criticism, and more—all by, for, and about fandom. 🎉 fansplaining.com
(Plus 9 years as a podcast: 250+ episodes in our back catalog!)
Elizabeth Minkel @elizabethminkel.bsky.social Digital communities, books, and fandom. Editor of Fansplaining & co-curator of The Rec Center ✨
elizabethminkel.com // fansplaining.com // https://buttondown.email/the-rec-center
Padre Florecita @flourishklink.com Assistant Priest at Christ & St Stephen's (Upper West Side, NYC). Formerly of @fansplaining.bsky.social. They/them 🏳️⚧️.
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social Film and TV critic. Co-host of the Overinvested movie podcast, co-editor of the Rec Center newsletter.
Bylines: TV Guide, Inverse, Vulture, Boston Globe, Atlas Obscura, Empire, etc. she/her
Aja Romano @bookshop.bsky.social Longtime culture writer, formerly of Vox. Member, WGAE, ATCA. They/them or she/her. http://ajaromano.com - I am NOT @bookshop.org lol.
kenyatta @chee.se this feels like coming home to the real internet
Allegra Rosenberg @tchotchke.bsky.social fandom + media + tech + history + polar exploration + the libidinal pleasures of obsession. book out in 2027!!!!!!
newsletter: tchotchke.substack.com
website: allegrarosenberg.com
stitch 🔞 @stitch.bsky.social stitch, she/they. Cohosts #PagesAndPrejudice, old column is Teen Vogue’s #FanService, VERY into JJK. PFP by my beloved Meow! 🔞 In my office era (again)
https://linktr.ee/StitchMM #myfic #myrecs
Kaitlyn Tiffany @kait.bsky.social staff writer at The Atlantic
javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social 🫂🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🫂
writer/producer of the middleman, the witcher, lost, the dark crystal age of resistance, from, cowboy bebop, blood and treasure, the 100, and, of course, seaQuest 2032.
www.linktree.com/okbjgm
Original Berf of Chicagoland @kdc.bsky.social Slinging zines in Chicago @wildramppublishing.bsky.social.
Co-host of "Rough Draft with Keidra and Liz" podcast
https://linktr.ee/KeidraC
Profile ID: Black woman looking up at picture of mountains
Eunice Beatrice Braga @ebbandflowph.bsky.social Storyteller @ fan/work (fanwork.beehiiv.com). Working on an industry research project for my master's around community, making, and playfulness. Transformative fandom = learning and growing from what you love.
My Internet Identity @earlgreytea68.bsky.social The same as I ever was: lots of writing, lots of complaining. But almost never complaining about writing. 
Evan Hayles Gledhill @gothicbodies.bsky.social Professional nerd researching Gothic Fangirls and Families.
Disabled, Queer, Socialist. They/them
Ludi Price @ludiprice.bsky.social Librarian, PhD in fan information behaviour & Visiting Lecturer. #FanLIS project co-founder. #Romy fan author/artist. Ace spec.
"I would totally cosplay Loki, but I'm too lazy to make the horns."
calanthe milton @melodioustear.bsky.social she/her. disabled, autistic/adhd & queer. PhD @ university of kent, researching embodied Madness in interactive media through a Mad and crip lens. occasional nerd musician & twitch streamer. recklessenough.com
aka rebecca milton
cesperanza @cesperanza.bsky.social Oldskool fan, newfangled world.
Morgan Dawn @morgandawn.bsky.social Mastodon: http://sfba.social/@morgandawn or
Counter.Social: http://counter.social/@morgandawn
Twit: https://twitter.com/morgandawn6
Vidder, fangirl, bad typist. Resist much. Obey little. I choose my own way to burn. Lots of politics, a smidge of fandom.
Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social she/her. southern geek feminist, genre critic, and scholar of boning. bylines at NYT Book Review, Booklist, Strange Horizons, Lady Business, Reactor. author of SFF romance column Ships in the Night for Reactor.
JSA Lowe @jsalowe.com just another poet with a tabby cat | ersatz researcher, masterless ronin, island dweller, winter sparrow | we must hurry if we are going to dance | jsalowe.com
Daniel Cavicchi @danielcavicchi.bsky.social Professor, Rhode Island School of Design. American studies, fandom studies, music studies, sound studies. Views are my own. https://www.risd.edu/academics/history-philosophy-and-social-sciences/faculty/daniel-cavicchi
Allison McCracken @shegiles2010.bsky.social American Studies prof at DePaul; cultural history, pop culture & media, gender/queer/feminist/madness studies. Wrote REAL MEN DON’T SING. Peak tumblr is my aesthetic.
Dr Bethan Jones (she/her) @memorieschild.bsky.social Research Associate/lecturer at Cardiff Uni School of Journalism, Media and Culture; honorary research fellow at Amgueddfa Cymru Museum Wales; @fanstudies.bsky.social. Writes about fandom, cult TV, true crime, tattoos, cancel culture and other fun stuff.
Dr. Acafanmom @acafanmom.bsky.social Asst Professor in perpetuity | researching fandom and popular culture |
RPs are sometimes bookmarks for myself | Osaka
Paul Booth @pbooth81.bsky.social Teacher, writer, dog-lover, reader, board gamer, tv watcher, Doctor Who enabler; annoyingly optimistic.
New Doctor Who Big Finish author: check out my Short Trips "Ahead of Time" coming out April 2025
Linda @bookdal.bsky.social Researcher, scholar, fan studies enthusiast, and here for healing.
Dr Rebecca Williams @augustaquarius.bsky.social Associate Professor / Creative Industries R&I Lead @ University of South Wales. @fanstudies.bsky.social Board Member. Transmedia Tourism • Theme Parks • Disney • Participatory Cultures • Media Endings
💻 https://linktr.ee/drrebeccawilliams
Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social Bringing Fan Studies scholars together since 2012.
https://fanstudies.org/
https://www.instagram.com/fanstudies
Fan Studies Network North America @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social At FSNNA we're working to create a supportive, welcoming community for developing & sharing research in the interdisciplinary field of fan studies.
Sign up for our newsletter! https://share.google/0eVsE74dUlNnBlrtQ
Website: https://fsn-northamerica.org/
Dr Naomi Jacobs @ladylark.bsky.social Lecturer in Design Policy and Futures Thinking at Lancaster University, researching technology and society, and sometimes fandom. Co-Director of @Imaginationlanc.bsky.social. Wrote for @blackarchive.co.uk. She/her.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2079-1658
Daphne Olive @daphneolive.bsky.social Designer & 📺 Writer on TheOldManFX + Percy Jackson and the Olympians
podcasts: Fathoms Deep blacksailscast.bsky.social
and Can I Just Say (lit/film/TV)
she/her — @daphneolive on all sites
all links at www.daphneolive.com and www.JustSayPodcast.com
Sadie Witkowski, PhD @sadiewit.bsky.social Constantly ranting about fandom (mostly Supernatural) & science (mostly 🧠)
Scientist, storyteller, scuba diver, podcaster
Sacha Judd @sachajudd.com Talks and writes about fans and tech (sachajudd.com). Co-founder of Lume (lumemusic.com). Letterboxd’s Senior Harry Styles Correspondent.
Dr. Emily Hamilton-Honey @hermioneclone.bsky.social Associate Professor at SUNY Canton. YA series books, C19AmLit, WWI, fandom, gender studies. Queer (pan/demi), feminist, Wiccan. 🏳️🌈📚☕ Views my own, not employer's. https://linktr.ee/emilyhamiltonhoney
Rainbow Rowell @rainbowrowell.bsky.social Yes! My mother named me this!
Author of Eleanor & Park, Slow Dance and the Simon Snow Trilogy. Writer of She-Hulk and Runaways. My new book is called Cherry Baby, and it is good 🍒
Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social information science professor (tech ethics + internet stuff)
kind of a content creator (elsewhere also @professorcasey)
though not influencing anyone to do anything except maybe learn things
she/her
more: casey.prof
Francesca Coppa @fcoppa.bsky.social English & theatre & film & fandom. Fair use advocate. In the process of building something new.
Heidi Tandy (is not sharing/posting legal advice) 💫 @heidi8.bsky.social #fanlaw ✨FlaBar BoardCert IP lawyer✨ #fandomismyfandom✨ #FYeahCopyright®✨
I don't tweet/❤️legal advice✨Heidi8 or HeidiEight in most places since 1994 #lawsky
Anisa Khalifa @anisa.bsky.social audio journo & host of The Broadside @wunc.org. culture writer. coffee addict. co-creator of podcasts dramasoverflowers.bsky.social & Muslim in Plain Sight.
Zan Romanoff @zanopticon.bsky.social author of BIG FAN, SQUARE WAVES, VACATION SELF & lots of other stuff
gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social im gita
they/them
cofounder of aftermath.site
Level Up For Romance! coming in 2027
gita@aftermath.site
Aftermath @aftermath.site Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
www.aftermath.site
Rascal News @rascal.news Independent, Worker-Owned TTRPG Journalism | Subscribe to us at rascal.news
Lin Codega @lincodega.com author, journalist, game writer—PASHA THE STORM out now | co-founder @rascal.news, editor @fansplaining.bsky.social | WRA TVL S3—🏳️⚧️ they/them—a bit of a killjoy—there's a hugo here somewhere
Jay Castello 🌻 @jaymcastello.bsky.social freelance culture writer 🍏 book & game editor ☕ narrative designer 🎲 short (& long) fiction author 📚 ace attorney podcast host @turnaboutbreakdown.bsky.social 🌈 basically if it involves words i'll do it 🌙 jaycastello.com 🦢 they/she
Dr. Suzanne Scott @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social Fangirl, Associate Professor of media studies at UT Austin, author of "Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry" (NYU Press, 2019) and a bunch of other stuff. Posts aren't endorsements, mind your own cartwheels, etc. etc.
Bertha Chin (she/her) @berthac.bsky.social Fan, celebrity & cultural studies academic. Senior lecturer in media & cultural studies in Singapore. Intermixing posts on shows I'm watching/discovering, fandoms, academia, and occasionally, life. Opinions strictly my own.
Lauren Orsini @laurenorsini.bsky.social Twitter refugee formerly known as @laureninspace. Bylines at Anime News Network and Forbes. 
Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social She/her. U.S. Southerner. Mouthy, but soft. Editor of Intergalactic Mixtape and others: https://heyheyrenay.carrd.co / https://patreon.com/cw/heyheyrenay
Charles Pulliam-Moore @charlespulliam.bsky.social Now: Film / TV / culture critic @ The Verge. As previously seen in: io9 + Gizmodo + NPR. GLAAD Award-winning comics wonk. Adjunct Pokémon Professor. Quite gay. Friend to all cats. charles@theverge.com
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: A Wall Is Also a Road, Automatic Noodle, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
Evan Narcisse @evnarc.bsky.social 🇭🇹 He/him. Senior Writer, @brasslionent on Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver. Video games. Comic books. Blackness. Past: @Kotaku, @io9, #RiseOfTheBlackPanther, @Marvel #MilesMoralesPS5. Next: Batman/Static: Beyond from @DCComics EvanNarcisse.com
Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social Associate Professor of English @ Harvard. Medieval literature, queer theory, fan fiction & fan studies. She/her. Support trans rights.
http://www.drannawilson.com/
Three Patch Podcast @three-patch.com https://three-patch.com
Fox Estacado @foxestacado.bsky.social Artist. Foodie. Adventurer. Cat parent. Milky Way Chaser. Based in Los Angeles. See my #Art #PublicHealth #Pottery #Photography Store: foxestacado.etsy.com More links: https://linktr.ee/foxestacado
⛓️ERIK⛓️ @bikenesmith.bsky.social he | 26 | angry black trans man | mutant terrorist | xavier/magneto yaoi scholar
serving: art, media analysis, ravings
ceo of @houseofcherik.bsky.social
18+ art at @darknesmith.bsky.social
Shannon Sauro @shansauro.bsky.social She/ her. Applied linguist | teacher educator |runner | fan. Researching fan practices for language learning in the digital wilds and the L2 classroom, virtual exchange, & computer-assisted language learning. This is an Ilya Rozanov stan account
Areum Jeong 정아름 @areum.bsky.social 👩🏻🏫 Korean film, pop culture, theatre & performance @arizonastateuni.bsky.social
📚 Beyond the Sewol (U of Hawaii Press, Sept 2025) & K-Pop Fandom (@uofmpress.bsky.social, Feb 2026)
📧 areumjeong@gmail.com
Wild Ramp Publishing @wildramppublishing.bsky.social Zines about pop culture and identity, microgrants, programming and more!
Chicago-born.
Started by @kdc.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/wildramppublishing
Chicago zine microgrants Aug 2026!
Ava Bucy @fangirlresearch.bsky.social Media Studies Lecturer and PhD Student studying fangirls @ Uni of Huddersfield, girlhoods, popular music, fan politics, celebrity etc
Uni of Leeds and Emerson College alum, from LA now cozying up in the Yorkshire countryside.
queer audhd disabled
Angelique Jurd @angeliquejurd.bsky.social Author. Coffee lover. Queer kitten. Writer of queer romance
CedarBough T. Saeji @thekpopprof.bsky.social human- a professor of #Korean and East Asian Studies. Research on performing arts (traditional mask dance dramas, K-pop and hip-hop), media, museums, tourism... #kpop #kdramas 한/영. 합기도, cycling, food, coffee 
Rotem Rusak @rotemrusak.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief @Nerdist, Words around the internet! Save #Hannibal. Fannibal. Magic & Myth. She/Her, Contact: rotemrusak@gmail.com; rrusak@nerdist.com, http://ko-fi.com/Z8Z2CG3I, Moondancer1626 on Twitter
Cara Marta Messina @caramartamessina.com 💖Assistant prof of English
💜fan studies & digital rhetoric
💙keeper of Team Rhetoric feed
💖Alliance for Refusing Generative AI Discord https://discord.gg/fPpdr2fkBp
💜writing a book on fanfiction
💙”your silence will not protect you “
Fic Clique @ficclique.bsky.social by Nic, Brenna, and Reid | Fannish Analysis and Discussion Podcast | tags: Meta, Humor, Fandom, Fic | Length: 1.5-2 hours | WIP - updates every other Friday
Cecilia D'Anastasio @cecianasta.bsky.social reporter covering video games and digital culture for Bloomberg News
www.cecianasta.com
Discord: ehvee
Signal: Cecilia.01
Dr Suzanne Black @suzannerblack.bsky.social Into Contemporary Literature, Digital Humanities & Fan Studies.
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Edinburgh; views my own.
she/her
Please don't DM me - I can't access them anymore.
Line Nybro Petersen @linenybro.bsky.social Associate Prof. in Media Studies. Researching participatory culture e.g. fan cultures, digital play, extremism, and conspiracy theories online. University of Copenhagen. Co-coordinator of smidgeproject.eu. She/her. Obsessive knitter and yarn dyer.