Fandom | Cultures | Research @fcr-journal.bsky.social international OA journal for fan and audience studies based in Germany | bilingual (DE/EN) | 2 issues per year | different formats – ranging from full papers to reviews, conference reports, and data papers
https://journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/index
ZeMKI @zemki.bsky.social Zentrum für Medien-, Kommunikations- & Informationsforschung, Universität Bremen | Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen https://www.zemki.uni-bremen.de
kelly @kmb.bsky.social Doctor of videogames (but now I research true crime), herder of cats, collector of weird Furby art, Nic Cage superfan. She/her.
Feminist Review @feministreview.bsky.social A peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal setting new agendas for feminism. Explores gender in its relationship to race, class, and sexuality. #feminism
https://journals.sagepub.com/home/fer
It’s a Fandom Thing @itsafandomthingpod.bsky.social We are a podcast covering all things fandom and pop culture primarily from the female perspective. New episodes release every Wednesday and Friday. Hosted by Erin Marlow. https://itsafandomthingpod.com/
Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org Promoting top research on Japanese visual culture | Affiliated with UEA | 🎖️ Japan Foundation Award 2024 | Art, history & culture
https://linktr.ee/Sainsbury_Institute
Routledge Books @routledgebooks.bsky.social Academic publisher of books, journals, eBooks, textbooks, software, and online learning resources. 📚💡
Fanny Beuré @fanny-b.bsky.social MCF à l'Université de Lorraine et wannabe influenceuse comédie musicale
Co-host de @allthatjazzpodcast.bsky.social avec
@lucyinthesky4.bsky.social
Shenyan Zhou @syzhou.bsky.social PhD student, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Discourse analysis | Sociolinguistics | Language and social media
Rachel Smith Olson @rachelso.bsky.social PhD candidate. Digital and feminist rhetoric. Western Mass. 🐈Reese Witherspoon's personal shopper.
Tabby Kibugi @tabbykibugiwriter.bsky.social Journalist. Researcher. Writing and reporting on tech, environment, pop culture, and social justice issues. Featured in: Teen Vogue, Refinery29, Glamour, Sierra, CBC Radio, BBC Radio 1XTRA, Reader's Digest, Fansplaining, and more.
Janica Hollmann @janicaezz.bsky.social PhD Candidate in International Relations @UofGSPS
📚Researching #VisualPolitics and #Migration | BISA EPIR Convenor
Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social Food scholar and archivist exploring popular culture and experimenting in digital humanities (she/her). Childless cat lady and contributor to @maryelizaproject.bsky.social. laurakitchings.com
Chris Brockett @chrisbrockett.bsky.social Data janitor and leftover linguist (retired). Tsundoku expert. Language & Cognition. NLP. Japanese literature. Anti-authoritarian. Pro-science. 
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
David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Order: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar.
Geoffrey D. Henry, Ph.D. @ghenry2.bsky.social Ph.D. in Communication - Film from Georgia State University (GSU). Moving Image Studies track.Former graduate teaching/research assistant in the School of Film, Media, & Theatre at GSU. Primary scholarly interest: TV mystery/detective shows. He/his/him
Feminist Studies Journal @feministstudies.bsky.social committed to publishing and championing interdisciplinary research in gender & sexuality studies; unabashedly feminist; fiercely independent; feministstudies.org
Hes Bradley @hesbradley.bsky.social lecturer in english and creative writing at @uniofbuckingham.bsky.social
writer, community gardener,
into vampires and the moon atm
they/them
Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social Reader in English Literature and Film •
International Gothic Association co-president (2022-2026) • Manchester #Gothic Centre founding member • #Horror Studies book series editor • Profile: https://tinyurl.com/2czvabnz
Edinburgh Futures Institute @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social Official Bluesky account of Edinburgh Futures Institute: A futures-focused space for learning, research, and innovation at the University of Edinburgh.
Claire Cornillon @clairecornillon.bsky.social Maîtresse de Conférences HDR
Littérature comparée/ Études Cinématographiques
Co-responsable du Master Humanités et Industries Créatives
Nîmes Université/ RIRRA21
Séries TV, Pop Culture
https://linktr.ee/clairecornillon
Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social Progressive publishing on Politics & IR, Economics, Middle East, Asia, Africa, International Development, Sociology & Gender. Sign-up for news: bit.ly/3pxyHjb
Amanda Krause @studylistening.bsky.social Dr/she/her
Senior Lecturer (Psychology), @JCUCHS @JCU
#MusicScience - everyday music #listening and #WellBeing
current @AusMusPsySoc.bsky.social president
Console-ing Passions @consoleingpassions.bsky.social Console-ing Passions, founded in 1989 by U.S. feminist media scholars & artists, is an international conference on TV, new media, & identity.
Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social SF fan, writer etc etc. 🏴Author of The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein; Rhetorics of Fantasy and Considering the Female Man (Luna Press, Order now!) UK GUFF delegate to Swancon 2028, Member of @brisbanein28.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 (Farah/they)
Final Girls Podcast 🔪💕 @finalgirlspodcast.bsky.social A film major (Kellie) and a pop culture writer (Sarah) diving deep into horror's last women standing, one bloodbath at a time. Episodes weekly 🔪🩸👑
www.final-girls.com
33 1/3 Books @3313books.bsky.social Short books about legendary albums and music genres. 📚 🎶 Published by Bloomsbury.
Explore the 33 1/3 hub! ⬇️
www.bloomsbury.com/33-13-hub
Bloomsbury Film & Media @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social Innovative academic research, textbooks & practical guides by Bloomsbury’s Film & Media team and the BFI🎬
https://www.bloomsbury.com/academic/film-media/
Get the latest books news, events and offers ✉: https://www.bloomsbury.com/newsletter
Internet Policy Review @policyr.bsky.social Journal for internet studies. Interdisciplinary & open access. Published by @hiigberlin.bsky.social & @cais-research.bsky.social in cooperation with @create-glasgow.bsky.social @cis-cnrs.bsky.social IN3 @uocuniversitat.bsky.social & Skytte Institute UT
Adaptation Today @adaptationtoday.bsky.social adaptive and responsive resource for adaptation studies scholars, as well as scholars in film, media studies, literary studies, and beyond!!
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.
Rebecca Wanzo @rawreader.bsky.social Professor at Washington University. Author of The Suffering Will Not Be Televised and The Content of Our Caricature. Black studies, Feminist Theory, Media Studies, Comics.
Guigo Alves @guigoas.bsky.social Publicitário e Mestrando em Comunicação | Estudos de Música e Fãs 🪐 Daydreamer e Pokefan 🏳️🌈
Master's Student in Communication | Music and Fan Studies ✨️
Lyr 🦊 @lyrwar.bsky.social PC Gaymer, RPGs in all forms.
PhD Candidate (Media Studies). I think hard about the experience of existing in the virtual, by looking at games.
Interested in E-lit, (queer) bodies in media...
Insta: @lyrwar
Discord: lyrwar
he/him
SWPACA @swpaca.bsky.social #SWPACA27: February 17-20, 2027
FB @southwestpca • BS @swpaca.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/swpaca
Disney Undressed @disneyundressed.bsky.social Dissecting the dresses, scrutinizing the suits, and considering the clothes that deck out your favorite Disney characters!
Bloomsbury Books UK @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social We make books! An independent publishing house with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes. ✨📚
sander @sanderholsgens.bsky.social Research on skateboarding, urban culture, and DIY art/video @ Leiden University
Bylines on video games @unpause.nl
Kate @not-quite-dr-kate.bsky.social PhD candidate, keeper of Natasha the cat, mom, fan of fandom, probably cold right now. Check out fandom.raynordslab.org to see my dissertation exhibition
Larpocracy @larpocracy.bsky.social This Horizon Europe-funded project explores developing spaces for deliberation and democratic skills through role-playing. Seven leading partners will use larp as a platform to create inclusive and democratic social spaces, both online and offline.
Game Research Lab @gameresearchlab.bsky.social Tampere University Game Research Lab, officially established in 2002, is a leading centre for multidisciplinary research into games, play, and their numerous applications. Read more about us: https://gameresearchlab.tuni.fi
Abertoir Horror Festival @abertoirfest.bsky.social Gŵyl Arswyd Ryngwladol Cymru | Wales' International Horror Festival // ✍️ by Nia // 12-16 November ✨ 20 years of Abertoir in 2025!
Dr Ellie Tomsett @ellietomsett.bsky.social Comedy academic. Author of Stand Up
Comedy and Contemporary Feminisms (2023), co-founder of Mixed Bill research network. Book reviews editor for Comedy Studies. Views/cats my own. She/her
natalie @scaredofcustard.bsky.social English Lit PhD student @ UoLiverpool: contemporary trauma literature and theory, online reading communities and affects 💫 amateur internet archaeologist 🔎 writer: Refinery29, VICE, i Paper, Dazed
Dr Heidi Colthup @heidi-colthup.bsky.social When the revolution comes I'll be in bed reading or playing a video game. Lecturer in film & media, writer, editor, feminist (NOT a terf), UCU rep. She/her
#WIASN #WalkingSimulators 
GIFCon @gifcon.bsky.social Glasgow International Fantasy Conversations is a meeting-place for academics, creative writers, and other fantasy-minded folks (we call them fantasts) to come together and discuss fantastical works in a supportive setting.
#GIFCon2026
Sonya 🕊️ @sonya.eurosky.social 🚺 She/her
⭐️ Tejana
📍 Houston, TX
Professional interests: immigration, public international law, & natsec
Personal interests: pop culture, tech, & cats
Erika Ningxin Wang @erikanwang.bsky.social Asst Prof @cuhksz| PhD @KingsCMCI| MSc @oxford_anthro| Vice-chair of AUD section @IAMCR| ECR @icahdq| Anthropologist & ethnographer in fans, internet governance & media industry.
British Science Fiction Association @bsfa.bsky.social The British Science Fiction Association. Est 1958. Publisher of Vector, Focus, and the BSFA Review. Join us at http://bsfa.co.uk/join-the-bsfa
International Gothic Association @igagoths.bsky.social The International Gothic Association is a large family of academic researchers, students, artists and writers with a shared interest in all things Gothic. www.globalgoth.org
David Peyron @kitsunegari13.bsky.social MCF en com/sociologue. Culture geek, fans, pop culture, identité, transmédia, subcultures, steampunk et jeux de mots. Abonne toi, je rends pas.
Chaîne Youtube: Postmodem.
Catherine Baker @richmondbridge.bsky.social PERFORMING QUEER NATIONS: THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST IN POST-COLD-WAR EUROPE due from Manchester University Press in 2027. She/her.
molly taft @mollytaft.com disaster dyke on the apocalypse beat @wired.com . very tall with a very short dog. they/them. molly_taft@wired.com, signal: @mollytaft.99. mollytaft.com
Soundtrack Your Life 🎬🎧 @soundtrackyourlife.net A podcast where Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak chat with guests about their favorite soundtracks. Episodes out 2nd and 4th Mondays of every month. Contributor to I Have That on Vinyl. Writing site: blog.soundtrackyourlife.net
https://linktr.ee/soundtrackcast
Gothic Studies @gothicstudies.bsky.social The academic journal of the International Gothic Association (www.globalgoth.org), published by Edinburgh University Press and edited by Emily Alder and Jamil Mustafa. Email gothiceditors@gmail.com
European Journal of American Culture @ejacjournal.bsky.social European Journal of American Culture (Intellect). Peer-reviewed journal. Cultural & American Studies. Editors @drjohnwills.bsky.social + @drhstilley.bsky.social; Reviews editor @aidandolby.bsky.social
Literature/Film Quarterly @litfilmquarterly.bsky.social 
Kate Galloway @kategalloway.bsky.social Assistant Prof. Laurier popular music, music + environment, sound studies, digital media & game studies Co-organizer @SwiftCon2021 & Music & the Internet 2023
KC's Corner✨🌌 @kcforeal.bsky.social KC. Any/All. 27. Grad student researching fandom. Making plethora of content
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/kaitlyn.cb3
Kate Stuart @katestuart.bsky.social Researcher of authorship, identity performance, and online book culture. Writer of fantasy and anything else that takes my interest. Day-to-day supporter of learning development and academic skills in HE. She/they
Francesca Kavanagh @fkkav.bsky.social Lecturer in English | 18 & 19C women’s writing and reading practices, fandom, and the Gothic | Jane Austen, Dorothy Wordsworth, and Caroline Lamb. [she/her]
Popular Arts Conference @popular-arts.bsky.social The Popular Arts Conference (PAC) is an annual academic conference for the studies of the popular arts. More information, including the latest CFP, is at https://populararts.org/.
Genn Ruan @gennruan.bsky.social acafan| PhDing at UCR|MA at UVA |Cultural Studies, Resistance, New Materialism, Railroad, Popular Religion, Chinese Diaspora, Indigenous & Queer Theories
Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social Nonfiction writer. Author of The Mess That Made Them (Bloomsbury, 2026) geni.us/TMtMT. Two-time Best of the Net nominee. | 🏠 Council Bluffs, IA (Omaha Metro Area) | Rep: Anderson Literary Agency
ciara @ciaraoc.bsky.social MA student in literature and publishing at university of galway. editorial lead of ROPES literary journal issue 34. just here to skulk on the edges of academia circles and talk myself into doing a phd 🫶🏻
Dr Gheorghe Williams @gheorghewilliams.bsky.social ECR, contemp. Gothic drama, ecodramaturgy, queer theatre 🎭 Reviews Editor at Revenant (revenantjournal.com) 📖 @Gheorghe_L_W
Ollie Kaplan @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social Features Editor & Board @prismcomics.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️Deputy Managing Editor @comicsbeat.bsky.social
Bylines @ The Mary Sue, Popverse, Star Trek, Eisner-winning PanelxPanel & more 🏳️🌈
Wifey = @averykaplan.bsky.social 🖖
Jennifer Mosier @jennifermosier.bsky.social Actor, director, artistic multi-hyphenate. Half-Asian since before it was cool. Bring on the cats. And the video games. Newly arrived to Canada.
Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social senior reporter at the guardian us / julia.wong@theguardian.com / juliacarriewong.11 on Signal
Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social "Zeitgeistprofessor". Cultural history, gender research at Stanford. Books: WHAT TECH CALLS THINKING (2020); THE CANCEL CULTURE PANIC (2024). WHAT TECH CALLS GOVERNING and PROJECT 1933 (2026). Pod: In Bed With the Right. Newsletter: adriandaub.substack.com
Mark Fryers @mffrench.bsky.social Writer, academic, filmmaker, animal lover, cinephile.
Unofficial Ao3 journal @ao3newsupdate.bsky.social Unofficial AO3 updates for fanfiction lovers. Brought to you by ENSSIB students. Welcome! 💌📚📌
#fanfiction #ao3 #archiveofourown #fanstudies #booksky
Shawna Lipton, PhD @romancescholar.bsky.social Writer & public scholar. I read the theory so you can enjoy the smut.
Mikhail Koulikov @animemangastudies.com Promoting and facilitating academic approaches to Japanese animation (anime) and comics (manga).
News, announcements, links, commentary, questions, thoughts.
www.animemangastudies.com
- featuring the Anime and Manga Studies Database
Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social The University of Michigan's Center for Political Studies (CPS) posts about social science research, politics, policy, and free data resources.
Michelle Ho @michellehsho.bsky.social Assistant professor of feminist and queer cultural studies at National University of Singapore, PI of @casmidaproject.bsky.social @queermeninsg.bsky.social @cleansportssg.bsky.social, & Author of #EmergentGenders @dukepress.bsky.social (use code: E25MHSHO)
Trans-Asian Transcultural Fandom @transasianfan.bsky.social Symposium happening on May 28, 2026
https://transasianfan.wordpress.com/
Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social Chief Executive, The British Academy
Chair, Our World in Data
Board, National Audit Office
Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE
Visiting Professor, Kings College London
Fellow, Birkbeck College
Views my own
Dr. Sam @samjam258.bsky.social Sam James, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Communication at Auburn University. Fulbright research alum 🇰🇷 Fan scholar obsessed with organizing and labors of love💚
Humandifferenzierung @sortingpeople.bsky.social Menschen unterscheiden einander immer und überall. Wir forschen dazu.
Sonderforschungsbereich an der @unimainz und dem @ieg-mainz
https://humandifferenzierung.uni-mainz.de/
Podcast: https://www.ub.uni-mainz.de/de/remix/podcasts/sone-solche
Journal for Social Thought @jst-journal.bsky.social JST (The Journal for Social Thought) is a peer-reviewed academic journal run by graduate students in the department of sociology @WesternU
Read the issues at: https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/jst/index
bianca kang @kirillias.bsky.social 2nd year phd in societal computing at carnegie mellon //
sociolinguistics, network analysis, fan studies
link: kirillias.github.io
Dr. Chase A. Thompson @chaseathompson.bsky.social Podcaster, Historian, Writer, living in Salinas, California. Check out the Interesting Pod: https://pod.link/1826088946. Doctoral degree in counseling, pursuing a history PhD. I love hiking, mystery reading, & eating cereal in perilously unhealthy volumes.
Shirley Li @shirklesxp.bsky.social The Atlantic staff writer. Zach Woods EGOT campaign manager. EW alum. sli@theatlantic.com
Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social Research Associate in the School of Journalism, Media & Culture at Cardiff University / Researcher for DRAGON at Swansea University.
Research interests: #radicalright, #politicaldiscourse & #onlineharms.
https://allmylinks.com/keighleyperkins
ActuFanfic @actufanfic.bsky.social Posts and reposts about Fanfics:
Academic articles, reading recommendations, thematic analysis.
Veille informationnelle :
Fanfictions, conseils de lecture, thématiques autour de l’écriture et des fanfics.
Zizhong Zhang (Oti) @otizhang.bsky.social Assistant Professor | Zhejiang University: Game Studies; Sports Comm; Globalization; Inclusivity and Diversity; Mixed Methods
Nitasha Sharma @nsharma100.bsky.social Geographer|DarkTourism| Rituals|Authenticity|Sacred Spaces|Folklore|MagicalTourism|Pilgrimage| Sustainability| ailurophile. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110792072/html
Prof. Jason Bostick, Ed.D. @profjasonbostick.bsky.social English adjunct faculty, Santa Monica College & El Camino College
Composition/Rhetoric/Pedagogy
LMU Ed.D. Cohort 16
Disneyland AP/MKey/DVC, student of all things Disney
Ziedrich Pengels @thebigzeo.bsky.social I’m a PhD student studying far-right radicalisation in speculative fiction fandom - Dirty Pinko Commie - Transsexual - Trekkie - Historical Fashion Nerd (They/He) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🖖
And yes, the accursed tattoo still burns when she tweets!
Helen Morgan Parmett @hxmorgan.bsky.social Associate Professor in Film & TV Studies at the University of Vermont. Co-Director of the Lawrence Debate Union. Studies media, place, and, identity. Author of "Stadium City: Sports and Media Infrastructure in the United States"
K-Pop Fandom @kpopfandom.bsky.social K-Pop Fandom: Performing Deokhu from the 1990s to Today by @areum.bsky.social (@uofmpress.bsky.social, Feb 2026)
https://press.umich.edu/Books/K/K-Pop-Fandom3
Camilla Wallin Lämsä @cwlamsa.bsky.social PhD in Literature. My newly published doctorial thesis examines readerly attachments in the Jane Austen fandom on Tumblr 📚
Paul Hodkinson @paulhodkinson.bsky.social Prof of Sociology at University of Surrey - fathers, masculinities, youth, digital media...
Angela Washington @amwashington.bsky.social Assistant Museum Librarian @metmuseum | acquisitions, management, critlib | Art, history, pop culture | Bronx Girl, manga fan, knitter.
Furry Studies @furrystudies.org ~ Fuzzy Logic for the Curious ~
Third Furry Studies academic conference coming to Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia and Online in July 2027.
furrystudies.org
Nina Jones @ninajonesfilm.bsky.social Documentarian, currently producing a film exploring the ethics of true crime content production for a PhD at The University of Birmingham.
Whitney Phillips @whitneyphillips.bsky.social Assistant Prof of Information Politics and Ethics at the University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication. I write about quasi-religion & politics at http://populardemonology.substack.com