Dr. Esmé Louise James @dr-esme-louise.bsky.social Creator of Kinky History 📚🍆
Author | Podcaster | PhD
Tell Williams @mrwilliamsprek.bsky.social teacher | therapist
AuDHD
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Jacques ze Whipper @jackthewhipper.bsky.social Professional Circus performer
Digital Show on Jan. 24th at https://www.wbur.org/events/980765/jack-the-whipper-with-a-guest-appearance-by-ses-carny-4
jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social Professor, cinephile, treehugger 🌱🪵🪲🦬
Amy Brewer-Davenport @amybdart.bsky.social Artist, she/they, Patreon and YouTube @amybdart amybdart.com
Julia Leyda (she/her) @julia-leyda.northsky.social jaded academic | new Norwegian | chronically ill | ace woke pinko SJW | surviving mainly on film, TV, SFF novels
- doesn't suffer fools
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- mastodon https://hcommons.social/@julia
- movies https://letterboxd.com/jleyda
Dr Deborah Allison @deborahuk.bsky.social Cinema programmer and film writer. Latest books: ‘Film Title Sequences: A Critical Anthology’ (2021) | ‘The Films of Aleksandr Rou: Father of Soviet Fairy-Tale Cinema’ (2025)
Helen Hanson 🗃️🎞️🎥🎬📚 @helenexeter.bsky.social Prof in Film History Uni of Exeter, UK | Research #FilmHistory, #WomenFilmmakers #Adaptation #FilmSound #FilmNoir. Books: Hollywood Soundscapes & Hollywood Heroines #FilmSky 🗃️🎥🎞️🎬
PI: @womensscreenwork.bsky.social
https://womensscreenwork.exeter.ac.uk/
Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social Media studies researcher, Penn State professor, past and future television blogger.
Helen Warner @helenwarner.bsky.social Associate Professor of Media and Digital Cultutes, University of East Anglia
SoundOfTheForest @soundoftheforest.bsky.social Autistic artist and naturalist. Enjoy the unfiltered wandering of my brain. She/they
https://linktr.ee/SoundOfTheForest2
dadchats @dadchats.bsky.social -Lawyer / Law Prof / Screenwriter / Dad
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Dan Povenmire @danielpovenmire.bsky.social 
@hopewalz.bsky.social @hopewalz.bsky.social 
Ris Harp @risharp.bsky.social Artist
Author
Actor
Ris Harp @risharp.com Artist, actor, writer, fighter.
Jenny McNiven @jennymcniven.bsky.social Everyday Projector on YouTube. I'm a witchy ADHD self-discovery junkie, who is multi-passionate, over trying to create a life that pleases anyone but myself, and just here to talk about books and how to be a happier and more fully embodied person ✨
The Rotund Table @therotundtable.bsky.social castle currently under construction 🛠️🏰🛠️
Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Cinema & TV History. I specialise in material culture of film, classical era Hollywood & representations of gender, class & sexuality.
I love old Hollywood movies, cabaret, drag, cocktails & having adventures.
Available for media work.
Laura Horak @laurah.bsky.social Film Studies prof curious about all things cinematic, trans, queer, feminist. Director of @transmediaportl.bsky.social. Author: TRANS CINEMA: MAKING COMMUNITIES, IDENTITIES, AND WORLDS (2026). she/her (white cis queer)
Dr. Sheri Chinen Biesen @sheribiesen.bsky.social Cinema Professor. Film History. Jazz. Books: Through a Noir Lens: Adapting Film Noir Visual Style. Blackout: World War II & Origins of Film Noir. Film Censorship. Music in the Shadows📚📽️🎷
https://noirbooks.blogspot.com
https://SheriChinenBiesen.blogspot.com
Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social Cinematographer. XO Kitty S2/3, Beacon 23, Kindred, A League of Their Own. American Horror Stories. CybelDP.com Rep'd by Intrinsic.
Painter: CybelArtStudio.com
Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social Trans Giantess. 
Jenni Olson @jenniolsonsf.bsky.social I'm @JenniOlsonSF everywhere | Senior Director, Social Media Safety at @glaad.bsky.social. LGBTQ film expert & online pioneer. Maker of films. Proprietor: Butch.org
Elizabeth Alsop @elizabethalsop.bsky.social film & lit scholar, CUNY prof, culture writer, editor, higher ed unionist, author of Elaine May (U of Illinois Press, 2025) and Making Conversation in Modernist Fiction (Ohio UP, 2019).
Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.com Writer, author, media historian.
Columns @ The Hollywood Reporter
News/Reviews @ MovieWeb
Media studies @ Marquette University
Books: The Warner Brothers; Hollywood Hates Hitler…
Adventures in the Archive newsletter: chrisyogerst.substack.com
October K Santerelli @okwrites.bsky.social He/Him/They/Them
Author! Fantasy and Comic Writer.
LGBTQ+, disabled, neurospicy, and proud.
Vive le resistance.
Ash Lewis @liegeofswords.bsky.social Cosplayer and Geek
Ohio Cryptid
They/Them
Ross Newberry (he/him) @rossnewberry.bsky.social Software dev, writer, pajama murder simulator (BJJ)
RAWR @lokavisi.bsky.social they/them
filthy heathen
huge nerd
Julia Benson-Slaughter @juliabensonslaughter.com Maker, writer, nerd. Lover of coffee, chocolate, cats, owls, shiny things. Pagan. Progressive. Chaotic Good & Neurospicy.
Jewelry: https://noctuadesigns.com
Books: https://chroniclesofthemultiverse.com
Charlotte Moore-Lambert @charlottereads.com books, bugs, bolitics 🇵🇸 https://linktr.ee/cavatica
MM Schill @mmschill.bsky.social Official account
Artist, painter, sumi-e slinger.
Author, victim's rights activism. Associate Editor at Pseudopod. The resident extrovert.
Nicole Givens Kurtz @nicolegkurtz.bsky.social Award-winning author of cyberpunk noir, SF mysteries, Fantasy suspense and weird westerns.
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
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.
Rob Gilmore(Grimoire) @robgrim.bsky.social Father. Pushcart Prize Nominee, multi genre author, musician, LPN. Comic and horror lover, A.D, @ MultiverseCon in Atlanta. Seeking balance. He/Him. https://linktr.ee/RGrimoire
MultiverseCon 2026! 🦑🐲👽🐺 @multiversecon.bsky.social Official BlueSky of Multiverse Convention, a 3-day weekend of fandom fun including panels, parties, gaming, shopping, art, charity fundraising, and more! 🦑 Year 8 arriving in Peachtree City, GA October 16-18, 2026!
S.M. Hillman @smhauthorhalf.bsky.social Writer, gamer, lover, and slayer. Parent. Indie author. I write speculative fiction. - I Boros @invisiblemonkey00.bsky.social
Gerald L. Coleman @geraldcoleman.bsky.social Science Fiction & Fantasy Author
Cofounder—Affrilachian Poets
Scholastic National Writing Juror
Rhysling Award Nom
Locust Award Nom (anthology)
NAACP Image Award Winner (anthology)
Fellow—Black Earth Institute
https://linktr.ee/geraldlcoleman
Robby @rahilliard.bsky.social Cis-het, he/his, male, ally to LGBTQIA++, Attempting to learn to listen, agus tá cupla focal agam, thaitin ceol tradisúinta go mór liom agus seinim fiddle agus mandolin, writer of things, pro union, BLACK LIVES MATTER
Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social Film/Media/Comm/Sound
MAKING STEREO FIT
www.ucpress.edu/books/making-stereo-fit/
Lover of Kiarostami, Rivette, Sondheim, Philip Roth, The Dark Tower, Twin Peaks, Pale Fire, Calvino, and Taylor Swift.
"The cinema has not yet been invented!" - Spinoza
Luci Marzola @lucimarz.bsky.social Hollywood historian. Technology, media industries, labor, craft. Program Coordinator of Cinema and Media Studies@ USC. Hollywood Unions (Rutgers, 2025), Engineering Hollywood (Oxford, 2021)
J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social https://www.johnconnorlikeintheterminator.com
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USC Cinema & Media Studies
but opinions my own
Teagan Bradway @teaganbradway.bsky.social contemporary lit + queer studies prof, lover of coffee and cult cinema, books: QUEER KINSHIP, QUEER EXPERIMENTAL LITERATURE, AFTER QUEER STUDIES (she/her)
Mike Soriano @mikesoriano.bsky.social Ph.D. Candidate. English and Writing Instructor. Media Studies (Seriality), Psychoanalytic Theory. I write on long C19 labor, anarchist, and black radical serials, as well as film and television. | Anthurium Research Fellow @ U of Miami
Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social Bringing Fan Studies scholars together since 2012.
https://fanstudies.org/
https://www.instagram.com/fanstudies
Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social Film professor & Léontine enthusiast! Author of DEATH BY LAUGHTER: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema (Columbia UP, 2024) and co-curator of CINEMA'S FIRST NASTY WOMEN (Kino Lorber, 2022). https://cup.columbia.edu/book/death-by-laughter/9780231559812
J U N I P E R @junebeast.bsky.social Party Girl With a Ph.D. | Spec Fic’, Queerness, Comics | Furality Writing Team | 30s | ΘΔ Sapphic and Trans Santa B’ Bookseller
Brett Pardy @brettpardy.bsky.social Social, Cultural, and Media Studies assistant professor interested in media theory and history, film, comics, hockey, and empathy.
leah toth @thescrvnr.bsky.social assistant professor, film + modern literature + sound studies | amelia courthouse
Dr. Tara L. Conley @taralconley.com media and journalism prof | made a film about my hometown | trekkie 🖖🏾
taralconley.org
Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social Professor of English and Film & Media Studies, marathon runner, shih tzu fanatic. If you're looking for more info, check me out at www.benson-allott.com 
Dr. Acafanmom @acafanmom.bsky.social Asst Professor in perpetuity | researching fandom and popular culture |
RPs are sometimes bookmarks for myself | Osaka
Tyler @ebdim9.bsky.social Film studies PhD | Adjunct Worker | Slow Cinema | Realism | Offscreen Space | Psychoanalysis
spoogles @spoogliedoo.bsky.social they/them, uoft european and eurasian studies
modern russian history, conflict studies, media theory and semiotics.
eng/рус
Brandy MP @brandymp.bsky.social Associate Professor of Communication + Media Studies @ Fordham U; Scholar of Black popular media, contemporary television and film, digital culture, and celebrity
Ervin Malakaj @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social plant dad and dog mom 🏳️🌈
https://www.ervinmalakaj.com
Scott Ferguson @videotroph.bsky.social associate professor somewhere
@moneyontheleft.bsky.social
* posts do not reflect the views of my employer
Glenn Heath Jr. @matchcuts.bsky.social Film Studies Lecturer / SDSU
Managing Director / Pacific Arts Movement
Artistic Director / Digital Gym Cinema- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Creaig Dunton @creaigdunton.com Professor/Criminologist. Music nerd/critic. What’s Happening aficionado.- D @drsteinke.bsky.social @drsteinke.bsky.social
Katie Mack @astrokatie.com Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr.
Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social Jorts the cat.
Jean helps me.
Saladin Ahmed @saladinahmed.bsky.social Eisner winning writer. MILES MORALES, BATMAN UNBURIED, ABBOTT, STARSIGNS, TERRORWAR, BLACK BOLT, THRONE OF THE CRESCENT MOON. 
Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social They/she. My cats' names are Bruce, Clark, & BabyBear. Nebula award winning F&SF writer/editor/teacher. Snark at your own risk. Located in South Bend, IN. Sometimes I swear. linktr.ee/catrambo
Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social Author of four books and the CULTURE STUDY newsletter. PhD in celebrity gossip. My dogs are named Steve and Beverly.
Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social Author, essayist, hot fat monster of appetites. Bi my books and tell me I’m pretty.
https://linktr.ee/megelison
Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social I write books and post too many cat pictures. She/her, only.
Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning and USA Today best-selling author, narrator, and professional puppeteer. Also has a talking cat. Latest title: Apprehension.
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social World’s greatest author
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine. 
Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social I make Dad jokes on NPR and also write books and other things. 
Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com Author of the Noss Saga (LGBTQ+ epic fantasy series). Layout Artist & Director of Cinematography at Disney (Zootopia, Encanto, Frozen, Moana, etc). Photographer, animator, designer, he/him 🏳️🌈
Married to @dahlumii.bsky.social
www.joaquinbaldwin.com
Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social I helped make Moon, Source Code, Warcraft, Mute and just finished making ROGUE TROOPER, out in 2026!
Also made the graphic novel MADI and the kids Stenton & Zowie.
Adam Savage @asavage.bsky.social Maker. Science Communicator. Connector. 
Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social Patreon.com/robinince for blog posts and podcasts
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
B.J. Novak @bjnovak.bsky.social Avid blue sky guy (quick q: what is bluesky)
LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social Kunta, Geordi, Reading Rainbow guy. Flies twice as high… #bydhttmwfi
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com Astrophysicist
Dave Foley @davesfoley.bsky.social A comedian that you or your parents or maybe your grandparents may have enjoyed occasionally since the late 80s. A member of the skit comedy ensemble The Kids In The Hall for 40 years and counting because none of us can find the exit.
Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social Writing and yelling. 
Stephen Colbert @stephencolbert.bsky.social Evie’s husband 
James Gunn @jamesgunn.bsky.social DC Studios co-CEO, #Superman, #GuardiansoftheGalaxy, #Peacemaker, dog owner, husband, servant to my cat.
Edgar Wright @edgarwright.bsky.social Spaced / Shaun Of The Dead / Hot Fuzz / Scott Pilgrim Vs The World / The World’s End / Baby Driver / The Sparks Brothers / Last Night In Soho / The Running Man
Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social My new special Night Thoughts is out NOW on Hulu.
linktr.ee/kumailnanjiani
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Gene Luen Yang @geneluenyang.bsky.social Cartoonist and Comic Book Writer
🧧American Born Chinese
🏀Dragon Hoops
🐢Secret Coders
🗡Books of Clash
🦸🏻♂️Superman Smashes the Klan
👊🏼Shang-Chi
🐵Monkey Prince
☁️Avatar
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Margaret Cho @margaretcho.bsky.social Comedian etc
Stephen Fry @stephenfry.bsky.social Grazer and nibbler at the outer edges of new social media platforms
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Jennifer Liang @jenniferliang.bsky.social Innovation Specialist. Assistive Technology. Autism educator. Media Literacy/ DigCit. Executive Function Skills. #BrainPOP Educator She/ Her
Jess Morrissette @decafjedi.com I'm a professor who studies politics, games, and pop culture. I stream retro adventure games every Wednesday night at twitch.tv/decafjedi. Co-host of the Quest Quest podcast. Links to all my other stuff at decafjedi.com!
candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social ▫️media studies & queer theory
▫️communication professor
▫️they/them
📍nyc (via philadelphia)