Jane Howard @janeannehoward.bsky.social Arts and culture editor, The Conversation Au+NZ
Carmel Pascale @carmelpascale.bsky.social Cultural historian and Visiting Research Fellow at Adelaide Uni - 20th century Australian nationalism, settler colonialism, ideas of Britishness and imperialism, federation, commemoration.
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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com
Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.com / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, PhD @doctorcarrie.bsky.social Professor, Applied Communication, Sensemaking Studies, and Communication Literacy, Dickinson State University.
She/He/They
Posts do not reflect DSU or NDUS.
www.playingwithresearch.com
Moria K. D. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @mora-kd.bsky.social (She/Her) Trans and Media Studies, sf & fantasy reader/writer, tabletop rpg and wargamer.
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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social We're the national voice for cultural, creative & ethical thinking and one of Australia's five Learned Academies. We promote the study and application of the humanities. Posts by Comms team. Re-posts not endorsements.
www.humanities.org.au
AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social https://www.aera.net/SIG137/Writing-and-Literacies-SIG-137
Fiona Eloise Bulle @scifibubble.bsky.social Australian writer of TV, film and currently attempting my first novel...
Mahli-Ann Butt @mahliann.bsky.social Game Studies’ Feminist Killjoy | she/her
Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social Associate Professor: videogames, creative labour, cultural industries. Gamemaker and critic. NTEU member.
The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist (MIT Press): http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545402/
Brisbane, Australia | he/him | can't access DMs sorry
Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social Comics as thinking. Eisner winner. Unflattening from HarvardUP (http://bit.ly/1vENIO7). Former Detroiter/NYer/YYC/now assoc prof SFSU-Comics Studies!
https://spinweaveandcut.com/
Tags #comics
#Unflattening #Nostos
Bob Whitaker @whitakeralmanac.bsky.social Professor of History. Empire, Crime, Policing, and Video Games. Creator and host of historyrespawned.com (history in video games). Not communicating on behalf of my employer.
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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social My name is George. I am the senior mouse catcher and I “work” at Stourbridge Junction railway station. *not all quotes are my own- but quoted with love
Ash Watson @awtsn.bsky.social Sociologist, Senior Lecturer + Scientia Fellow @ UNSW Sydney, Fiction Editor @ The Sociological Review 🏳️🌈 she/her awtsn.com
MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social Bot that tweets quotes(incl spoilers) from
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Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social Pop Culture Lives Here!
International Australian Studies Association @intlausstudies.bsky.social The International Australian Studies Association brings together Australianists from across the world and publishes the quarterly Journal of Australian Studies.
Think Fan Engagement @thinkengagement.bsky.social Helping you to build effective fan relationships. The 2026 Fan Engagement Index is out. How did your club do? Find out at👉fanengagement.net
Dr Natali Pearson @sea-greeny.bsky.social ocean + heritage + Southeast Asia
living on Gadigal land
DECRA Fellow 2025-2027 + Senior Lecturer at University of Sydney | President, Indonesia Council | Councillor, Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology | author #BelitungBook
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie.
Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Australian Journal of International Affairs @austjia.bsky.social
Flagship academic journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Editors-in-Chief: Profs.Joanne Wallis & Tim Legrand (Adelaide University)
Website: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/caji20/current
VoiceThread @voicethread.bsky.social VoiceThread is an asynchronous, multimedia tool that you can use for discussions, presentations, assessments, and more: https://youtu.be/hOYF45c3u
Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com The young person's guide to conquering (and saving) the world.✨
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Laura J. Shepherd @drljshepherd.bsky.social Researcher, educator, enthusiastic but terrible dancer, writing about gender, governance, security, pop culture. Views mine. She/they.
Anika Gauja @anika-gauja.bsky.social Political Scientist, University of Sydney.
SSSHARC at Sydney @sssharc.bsky.social Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre: Seeding and accelerating collaborative research.
@ArtSS_Sydney
@sydneyuni.bsky.social
McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books.
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Eurovision Song Contest @eurovision.tv The Eurovision Song Contest is the world's biggest live music event - reaching nearly 200 million viewers
Alexandra Dellios @alecadell.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in heritage studies; researcher of diaspora history, memory studies, oral history with migrant background communities, multiculturalism/s, public history, social history, labour history @ the ANU https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9832-2419
Australian Migration History Network @amigrationhn.bsky.social https://amigrationhn.wordpress.com/
Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social Design, Shakespeare, biscuit art. Senior Lecturer in Research & Innovation at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Book: Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume (Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare). She/her.
European Journal of Cultural Studies @ejcs-journal.bsky.social European Journal of Cultural Studies is a major international peer-reviewed journal which has been publishing cultural studies scholarship for over 25 yrs.
Read: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ecs
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Pop Junctions @popjunctions.bsky.social Pop Junctions is a blog that provides reflections on entertainment, pop culture, activism, media literacy, fandom, and more! Formerly known as Confessions of an Aca-Fan by Henry Jenkins.
Website: https://henryjenkins.org/
Melodifestivalen @melodifestivalen.se Fill the stage with light / As dancers will join us
The expectations grow / It's time for the chorus
Visual Politics Research Program @visualpolitics.bsky.social Visual Politics Research Program at the University of Queensland. We promote creative work and interdisciplinary collaborations. https://www.rolandbleiker.com/visualpolitics
Sophie G. Einwächter @einwaechter.bsky.social post-doctoral researcher @ Philipps-Universität Marburg researching scholarly cultures and media. Journal co-editor: Fandom | Cultures | Research & Demokratie gegen Menschenfeindlichkeit. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0851-8379
Australian Women's History Network @auswhn.bsky.social ~ https://www.auswhn.com.au/ ~ the Australian Women’s History Network (AWHN) promotes research, writing + advocacy in feminist, gender + women's history + publishes the peer-reviewed Lilith: A Feminist History Journal + #VIDAblog ~
Eurovisn't Song Contest @eurovisnt.bsky.social Eurovisn't - A song contest where we make the songs!
Have you always wanted to take part in a real song contest? Well, this is the place for you! Join an active community of creatives hosting a bimonthly contest!
Join here!⬇️
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Eureka Henrich @eurekahenrich.bsky.social Historian interested in all things 'm' (migration, museums, memory, material culture, medicine) and a few others too. Currently writing a history of migration and health in postwar Australia. https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/dr-eureka-henrich
Prof Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social Prof, Arts, Design & Architecture, UNSW Sydney, Australia. Sociology of health and digital media research too. Personal blog: https://simplysociology.wordpress.com/
Journal of Femininities @femininities.bsky.social The first academic journal devoted to the study of femininities.
Brill.com/fem
Tully Barnett @tullyb.bsky.social Associate Professor, Creative Industries, Flinders University. Living on unceded lands of the Kaurna people. Director, Assemblage Centre for Creative Arts. Vice President of the Australasian Assocaition for Digital Humanities. Cultural policy studies
Trisha L Poole, PhD @trishalpoole.bsky.social Academic Developer | Teaching & Learning | Higher Education | Scholarship of Teaching & Learning | Digital Learning | SFHEA
Effie Karageorgos @eleaud.bsky.social War, protest, psychiatry & trauma. Historian @Uni_Newcastle. Author: Quiet Protest: A New History of Activism during the Vietnam War (UNSW Press, 2026). Deputy co-director, Centre for Society, Health and Care Research. Editor, Health & History. She/her.
Eurosky Song Contest 20 @escsky.bsky.social The oldest and largest song contest on Bluesky! ✨
🇸🇰 Bratislava, Slovakia ED20
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Celmara @celmara.bsky.social 
Journal of Australian Studies @jas-jozstudies.bsky.social Scholarship and reviews on Australian culture, society, politics, history, and literature. Published on behalf of the International Australian Studies Association (InASA).
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rjau20
The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com Independent English-language journalism in Ukraine
Become a member: kyivindependent.com/membership
FT Visual & Data Journalism @data.ft.com The FT’s team of reporters, statisticians, illustrators, cartographers, designers, and developers work with colleagues across our newsrooms, using graphics and data to find, investigate and explain stories.
https://www.ft.com/visual-and-data-journalism
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
POLITICO Europe @politico.eu Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
Politico @politico.com Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
www.politico.com
Reuters @reuters.com 
CNN @cnn.com Asking the hard questions and bringing unique perspectives from across the globe. This is CNN.
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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Dr Luke Mansillo @lukemansillo.com Political scientist: public opinion, political behaviour, survey research methods, advanced democracy elections, Australian politics and racial politics. Penchant for Bayesian statistics.
https://www.lukemansillo.com
Damien O'Meara (he/him) @djomeara.bsky.social Researching communication, brand and visibility in creative industries; queer representation in mainstream media | Lecturer Public Relations at RMIT
Brad Taylor @bradrtaylor.bsky.social Political theorist at University of Southern Queensland. Excessive decoupler. liberal. New Zealander in Australia. PPE, public policy, social + political epistemology, tech politics and ethics, institutions.
International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social International peer-reviewed journal dedicated to global research on cultural practices, processes, texts, infrastructures, and identities.
journals.sagepub.com/home/ics
Daði Freyr @dadimakesmusic.bsky.social Hi, my name is Daði Freyr and I make music
@jaythechou.bsky.social @jaythechou.bsky.social And the Oscar goes to Paddington in Peru
Twitter Refugees Welcome!
Vassiliki Veros @vaveros.bsky.social Libraries and digital literacies scholar as well as popular romance fiction. PhD teaching @ UTS.
Walking, talking, storytelling and shallowreading. I sometimes forget the shallow part.
shallowreader.com
Tom Conley @tomjconley.bsky.social Political economy and shit
Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social Australian political theorist & international relations professor. Climate, justice, biodiversity, ecodemocracy. He/him. New book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262552554/the-ecology-politic About: https://www.anthonydburke.net
Alex Dane @alexdane.bsky.social academic, annoying woman, animal lover.
Brendan Churchill @brenchurchill.bsky.social | Associate Professor in #Sociology
| Co-chair, Work Futures Hallmark Research Initiative
+ Tasmanian export at The University of Melbourne
| Researching #Youth #underemployment #gigeconomy
#FutureofWork + #care #Gender| ❤️ 🎾 🏳️🌈
Wade Kelly @wadekelly.com Senior Lecturer, Researcher Development Academy, Deakin University. Research Engagement and Impact is my main jam. I love a good terrazzo floor, typewriters, plaques and every dog I meet. he/him | 🏳️🌈 | 🇨🇦 in 🇦🇺
Philip Luke Johnson @phillegitimate.bsky.social Studying how gangs and govts do things with words. Teaching students to do things with words. Very occasionally doing things with words. Lecturer @ Flinders Uni
Updates: https://philipljohnson.com/
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Alison Young @scotinoz.bsky.social Art, architecture, cities, Japan, street art, cats, literature, film. And food.
Academic.
Views are my own.
Benjamin Hanckel @benhanckel.bsky.social Sociologist at Western Sydney University. Researching: youth studies, health & wellbeing, digital media, gender & sexuality.
He/Him 🏳️🌈
Tamson Pietsch @capandgown.bsky.social History, empire and the politics of knowledge. University of Technology Sydney
A McKeil @acmckeil.bsky.social Researching international (dis)order and cosmopolitan global order alternatives LSEIDEAS
Deepak Nair @deepaknair.bsky.social IR at ANU
International sociology | diplomacy | bureaucracy | Southeast Asia
Associate editor, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy
www.deepaknair.org
Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social 
Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social I write books and academic things. OG AI hater.
https://jsubotic.com
I have a new book! "The Art of Status: Looted Treasures and the Global Politics of Restitution" https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-art-of-status-9780198909750?lang=3n&cc=at#
Samuel Moyn @samuelmoyn.bsky.social “Gerontocracy in America” (2026)
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374607647/gerontocracyinamerica/
http://campuspress.yale.edu/samuelmoyn
Alesia Michelle @alesiamichelle.com Creator. Talker. Organizer. Mom
Liz Giuffre @lizgiuffre.bsky.social Academic, writer, fan. Gadigal land.
Sam Close ButNoCigar @butnocigar.bsky.social Academic, knitter, video game player. Into popular culture, digital media, labor, and creativity. Known to make a video essay now and then.
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
Rafal Zaborowski @zaborowski.bsky.social Senior Lecturer (Assoc Prof) at King's College London. Media, audiences, popular music, virtual idols, migration, Japan, brewing, wrestling, board games, stuff no one else finds funny.
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
fanhackers @fanhackers.transformativeworks.org Fanhackers is a project of the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) to make fan studies scholarship more accessible. We blog about research, maintain a fan studies bibliography, and more.
Dr Ross Garner @drrossgarner.bsky.social Senior Lecturer @Cardiff JOMEC. Co-Investigator of media.cymru media tourism research. Co-editor of Popular Communication journal. Ask me about #Pokemon #JurassicPark and #Dinosaurs
More information at: https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/garnerrp1
Liz Evans @lizjevans.bsky.social Professor of Screen Cultures at Uni of Nottingham. Writing about audiences, media industries, technologies, & transmedia while mum to two future superheroines. Co-Editor of ‘Participations’.
Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies @participations.bsky.social Interdisciplinary, independent and open access journal focused on all forms of audience research and reception studies.
NEW ISSUE: November 2025: https://www.participations.org
Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social Communication and media professor researching the internet, platforms & automation in society via cultural studies & digital methods. Brisbane/Sunshine Coast hinterland.🏳️🌈🏞🌄✨️
Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social Official account • good cats being workers • unionized • mascot: Jobert the cat • Business/credit/removal: translatedcats@gmail.com • Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/translatedcats/
Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social Fancy words, witty descriptions, and vintage illustrations to educate and entertain.
My Book!
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781682687994
Calendars!
https://grandiloquent-word-of-the-day-2026-calendars.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Prof Jo Barraket AM @jobarraket.bsky.social Director, @msei-unimelb.bsky.social. Researching social economy & social innovation for fairer societies. Growing. Cooking. Eating. Living w/ MS, bloke, Zoe the beagle & Stormy the Lab x. Views mine. She/her
Renee Jeffery @reneejeffery.bsky.social Professor of International Relations at Griffith University. Human rights and transitional justice in Asia, emotions and international relations, dogs, art, and wombats.
Slow Historian (Dr Simon Sleight) @slowhistorian.bsky.social Considered thinking - Sustainable scholarship - Artisanal histories.
Reading / writing / teaching / mentoring. @King's College London.
Occasional history musings on cities, memory, youth, Australia.
The Research Whisperer @therealrw.bsky.social The Research Whisperer is dedicated to the topic of doing research in academia. We’re here to support, encourage, and work towards better academic lives. Created and managed by @tseenster and @jod999
Blog: https://researchwhisperer.org/
Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social Political scientist at the University of Melbourne. Formerly of other places. Research: war, intelligence, innovation, and normative change in international politics. Cat paparazzo. He/Him 🇨🇦🏳️🌈✡️
Peter Rees @peternrees.bsky.social SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow interested in migration, citizenship and rights. Currently researching maritime migration at the Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva. 
Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social Professor of Criminology, @oxfordcrim.bsky.social, co-Director @bordercrim.bsky.social, writes about immigration detention and deportation.