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Dr. EJ Nielsen @direjackalope.bsky.social Academic looking at visual culture, gender, fans, and monsters. They/them. Sometimes I make stuff. Frequently fannish. Retweets & likes =/= endorsements.
Liang Ge (they/them) @liangge11.bsky.social Lecturer in Sociology @morgancentre.bsky.social University of Manchester Sociology Department | Digital Media & Tech, Digital Methods, Gender & Sexuality, ESEA Creative Industries and Popular Cultures | they/them
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Owen G Parry @fanriot.bsky.social Artist, scholar of art, performance and visual culture. Senior Lecturer at CSM
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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social Award winning (if you're into that sort of thing). Producer/Reporter for NPR's Weekend Edition. Health, horror, punk, cats and lifting heavy things. DC is a real place. SAGAFTRA
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. alexanderchee.net
Claire Trottier 🇨🇦 @doctrott.bsky.social 🗒️Chair of Euphrosine Foundation, chair of @patmillscanada.bsky.social , co-founder of @wecobien.bsky.social, Board of Trottier Family Foundation
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Aftermath @aftermath.site Aftermath is an independent, worker-owned website about video games and internet culture.
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Mothership @mothership.blog Gaming coverage for her, them, and yes, him, too.
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Tamar Herman @tamarherman.com Writer. K-pop & ent biz reporter. Author. She/Her. Published in Billboard, NME, Forbes, Variety, & many more. Have a day job, will not be here 24/7 because I love myself more than I love engagement bait.
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Dylan Morrison @dylanthyme.bsky.social Queer romcom author, snack connoisseur, Terry Pratchett enthusiast. Proudly trans and sheepishly neurotic. RECIPE FOR TROUBLE, FALL INTO YOU and SECOND HELPINGS out now! Preorder COMFORT READ, out this October: https://geni.us/1579-al-aut-ch
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Ana D. @pokachee.bsky.social games and internet culture writer at teen vogue, npr, wired, the verge, game informer and lots of other places | 😈🏳️🌈 - looking for work - anadiazwrites@gmail[dot]com
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sam @lunarriviera.bsky.social she/her 🏳️🌈 just another writer with a cat | danmei/dangai main | #默读 #光渊 #杀破狼 #猎罪图鉴 #致命游戏 #雪迷宫 | p大 enthusiast, 肉包 enjoyer | entitled to #dmbj compensation | 我胡汉三又回来了。| lunarriviera.carrd.co 🍵
Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social Science fiction. Fantasy. The universe. And related subjects.
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Stephanie Burt @notquitehydepark.bsky.social poems, pop music, superheroes, lit crit, SFF, friends, trans joy. Cats, dogs, kids. Way too accommodating. Swiftie. https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stephanie-burt/taylors-version/9781541606234/?lens=basic-books
dafnap @dafnap.bsky.social Comic Book Editor. Not very comic.
Meghan Fitzmartin @megfitz89.bsky.social Will write for pie.
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Tessa Gratton @tessagratton.bsky.social NYT bestselling queer SFF author. #MXTX trash. STRANGE GRACE, THE QUEENS OF INNIS LEAR, LADY HOTSPUR, NIGHT SHINE, STAR WARS: The High Republic, THE MERCY MAKERS! nonbinary, they/she
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
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kayti burt @kaytiburt.bsky.social pop culture ✍🏼: @time-magazine.bsky.social @rollingstone.com @polygon.com @vulture.com @latimes.com @pastemagazine | transformative fandom fan | poor country kid | she/her | black lives matter |
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Mark Stewart (he/him) @mediamarknz.bsky.social formerly @markboynz on Twits. Media and Comms academic. Pinko leftie socialist. Queer rights. Tangata tiriti. #Landback.
Fiction Fans Podcast @fictionfanspod.bsky.social Weekly (mostly) SFF book podcast hosted by @svmcaro.bsky.social & @lillyscribe.bsky.social // We're fans of fiction, and have a lot of opinions // skeets mostly by Sara // https://linktr.ee/fictionfanspod
Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social I love cats, comics, and houseplants. She, her. SFWA Romance Steering Committee member. Writer of "A Place of Refuge" hopepunk space opera: https://books2read.com/rl/aplaceofrefuge
lena barkin @scenicrailway.bsky.social https://thefanthropologist.com/ newsletter✨ Film & TV studies MFA ✨ Jamie scholar ✨ I believe soup was invented in 1867 by Shrek ✨hutch baby please call me I'm very normal 🪴🦓3️⃣ linktr.ee/lenabarkin
Dr Emily E. Roach @librarywithoutdust.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Law. Researches LGBT media, pop culture and modern legal histories. Writer and CIC Director. 🩷💜💙
Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social reading books, writing books, defending books
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Mark Klink @markaklink.bsky.social digital artist, 3d glitch, experimental cinema
Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com 40+ yrs in print, 50+ novels, asst'd TV/film, NYT B'seller List every now & then, blah blah blah. Ireland-resident. Ebook store: https://ebooks.direct. Now with added Ko-Fi! (https://ko-fi.com/dianeduane) I miss @peter.petermorwood.com.
Anne Jamison @prof-anne.bsky.social Professor of English at U of Utah. 1L. I compare literatures…now, with more law! Current teaching: Global Lit (Fall 2026). Current projects: Kafka, fanfic, torts, etc.
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
allison (the photographer): faster, more intense @allyspock.bsky.social photographer. podcaster. allergic to smugness.
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Matt Hills @matt-hills.bsky.social Independent scholar, former Professor of Fandom Studies, life-long Doctor Who fan, lover of genre fiction (especially SF and crime), frequently astonished reader of contemporary political commentary 
Amanda-Rae Prescott (she/her) @amandaraeprescott.bsky.social Black & multiracial Freelance journalist specializing in UK TV, Masterpiece PBS, Doctor Who and period drama news, fandom trends, and diversity representation. Occasional cosplayer and historical costumer. Email: info@amandaraeprescott.com
Dr Thomas Baudinette @tbaudinette.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Global Cultures at Macquarie University; East-SE Asia (Kpop, BL, idols), esp. queer media; opinions my own
Laura Wheatman Hill @laurawheatmanhill.bsky.social Writer (?!)
2 dogs (!!)
Also 2 humans (...)
https://www.laurawheatmanhill.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
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app I wrote #TheDarkFantastic. Aspiring YA fantasy author; newbie YouTuber. Professor and grad program chair; Auntie PhD. 🔺1913, OES⭐️, Rattler🧡🐍, Wolverine💛💙. Detroit vs Everybody. Linktree: Ebonyteach.
klaudia @kaludiasays.bsky.social person you may know from being online for too long, i mostly repost yaoi on this app
over 25 ✨ she/her ✨ free 🇵🇸 fuck 🧊
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Hannah @inhannahland.bsky.social Queer & disabled playwright, poet, cosplayer, and player of ttrpgs. She/her
www.inhannahland.com
Jenessa Williams, PhD @jenessawilliams.bsky.social 🎓Music, Fandom & Internet Cultures Postdoctoral Researcher (Stanford University)
✍🏽Music Journalist (DIY, FortyFive, Guardian, NME etc.)
📌 https://jenessawilliams.substack.com
Abby Kirby @abbykirby.bsky.social Middle school ELA// MA in Media Studies// Fandom Researcher// Gravity Falls & Psych Fan// Fanfic Enthusiast
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.
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 
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
Ivan Askwith @ivanovitch.bsky.social Helped resurrect a few things you loved the first time around. Ran digital at Lucasfilm & strategy at bigspaceship. Fandom + UXD. He/him.
Wild Ramp Publishing @wildramppublishing.bsky.social Zines about pop culture and identity, microgrants, programming and more!
Chicago-born.
Started by @kdc.bsky.social
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Chicago zine microgrants Aug 2026!
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
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. 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.
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
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.
Linda @bookdal.bsky.social Researcher, scholar, fan studies enthusiast, and here for healing.
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
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.
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
Ellipsus @ellipsus.com Write like a human. Ellipsus is an easy-to-use collaborative writing tool made by writers, for writers.
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Dr. Effie Sapuridis @effietheant.bsky.social Assistant Professor, LIM College | PhD Media Studies | Reviews Editor, Journal of Fan Studies | she/her
Elizabeth Inglee Richards @bodgei.bsky.social 
Brent C. Lambert @brentclambert.bsky.social Writer. Black SFF always! Hugo Award Winner. One of the co-hosts for Just Keep Writing.
he/him http://brentclambert.com
SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social SCMS Fan and Audience Studies Scholarly Interest Group. Sharing posts, CFPs and info about fan studies and audience studies.
Evan Hayles Gledhill @gothicbodies.bsky.social Professional nerd researching Gothic Fangirls and Families.
Disabled, Queer, Socialist. They/them
Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social Writer of books, drinker of tears! Carnegie nominated, Locus and Nebula shortlisted. LONG LIVE EVIL, a portal fantasy in which the villains unionise, is my #1 Sunday Times & USA Today bestselling adult fantasy debut. She/her
My Internet Identity @earlgreytea68.bsky.social The same as I ever was: lots of writing, lots of complaining. But almost never complaining about writing. 
cesperanza @cesperanza.bsky.social Oldskool fan, newfangled world.
Zan Romanoff @zanopticon.bsky.social author of BIG FAN, SQUARE WAVES, VACATION SELF & lots of other stuff
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. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (MIT)
(#TTRPG digital storytelling performance)
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
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."
Saathi @saathi1013.bsky.social Fandom acct. She/her, queer, married, white BOFQ. Disavows the proship/anti divide. Purveyor of OT3+ fic, cracky plot bunnies woven into epics, fandomcrit, & occasional nonsense. Female character stan, always. Saathi1013 from AO3, tumblr, & twitter.
Lacy Baugher Milas @lacymb.bsky.social ✨ You ain’t ever gonna burn my heart out. ✨ | Freelance writer & editor for hire |Former Paste Magazine TV and Books editor | Ninth Doctor evangelist | Cat lady 🐈⬛ | #wahoowa | Subscribe to @theshippinglane.bsky.social