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Bill Bowring @billbowring.bsky.social Law teacher, barrister, political activist
Majority @majorityuk.bsky.social We exist to rebuild our democratic institutions to serve the interests of the many. We do this by supporting citizens to become activists and activists to become leaders. www.majorityuk.org
Bert Russell @bertrussell.bsky.social Senior Fellow ICTA at UAB Author "Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green and Democratic Future" (2025) & “Radical Municipalism: The Politics of the Common and the Democratization of Public Services” (2025) Preorder books: https://linktr.ee/Bertierussell
Keir Milburn @kmilb.bsky.social Co-director of Abundance. Co-author of Radical Abundance (2025) and author of Generation Left (2019). Co-host of the #ACFM podcast.
Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
TFTS, Aberystwyth University @tftsaberystwyth.bsky.social Adran Theatr, Ffilm ac Astudiaethau Theledu, Brifysgol Aberystwyth. / Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies, Aberystwyth University.
Prifysgol Aberystwyth @prifaber.bsky.social Prifysgol y Flwyddyn yng Nghymru 2024, The Times a The Sunday Times Good University Guide. English: @aberuni.bsky.social
University of Bristol @bristoluni.bsky.social Top 10 UK Uni 📚 Leading research 🔬 World-class teaching 👩‍🎓 Vibrant city 🙌 Ranked 51st in the 🌍 (World University Rankings 2026) #WeAreBristolUni bristol.ac.uk
TrydaNi Car Clubs @trydanicarclubs.bsky.social Cymunedol rhannu ceir yn hawd | Community car sharing made easy 🚗 🔗 TrydaNi.org
Radio Dyfi @radiodyfi.live Radio Dyfi is an independent internet radio station based in Machynlleth, Wales. Tune in every Wednesday from 4PM for a variety of music and more, only on Radio Dyfi. Listen Live & On Demand: https://www.mixcloud.com/radiodyfi/
Radical Film Network @radicalfilmnetwork.bsky.social The Radical Film Network is the largest network for activist and experimental film in the world. Free to join and run by and for its members, the RFN supports progressive film culture in all its forms across the globe.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social Lecturer in Political Ecology at Lancaster University. Co-author of "Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green and Democratic Future" (2025)
Ffilm Cymru Wales @ffilmcymruwales.bsky.social The development agency for Welsh film. Yr asiantaeth ar gyfer datblygu ffilm yng Nghymru. www.ffilmcymruwales.com
Right to Roam @righttoroam.bsky.social Campaigning to unlock access to nature in England & Wales. 🥾🌿🔓 get in touch: hello@righttoroam.org.uk resources and links: https://linktr.ee/right2roam
Female Feedback Film Festival @femalefilmfestival.bsky.social The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival (FFFF) was created for women filmmakers and screenwriters. The goal is to showcase the best of female talent from around the world. https://femalefilmfestival.com/ https://filmfreeway.com/FEEDBACKFemaleFilmFestivalFFFF
The Learning Cooperative @thelearningcoop.bsky.social A workers’ cooperative | emancipatory education | accessible pricing | critical pedagogy | international justice and anti-imperialism
UCL Open Environment @ucloe.bsky.social Non-commercial #OpenScience journal from UCL Press (University College London, UK) publishing inter & multi-disciplinary research for the benefit of humanity, across all environment-related subjects.
labodoble @labodoble.bsky.social *experimental filmmaking duo*curatorial projects in photochemical cinema*teaching & more*
Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk Monotropic writer, science tutor, Autistic community organiser and independent researcher. Based in Edinburgh. they/them. https://linktr.ee/0olong
Sarah Ward @fictionalsarah.bsky.social 𝚁𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 | 𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚢 𝙼𝚎𝚗 | 𝙽𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚝 ✨ 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 ; 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 🤘🏼
Bectu @bectu.bsky.social Official Bectu Union account: linktr.ee/bectu We're dedicated to supporting staff & freelancers across the creative industries. A sector of Prospect Union.
Paula Kahumbu @paulakahumbu.bsky.social CEO WildlifeDirect, Nat Geo Explorer, elephant expert, filmmaker, presenter, writer, educator. Secrets of the Elephants, Wildlife Warriors, Owen & Mzee. Love Nature!
New School of the Anthropocene @nsota.bsky.social Founded in 2022. Addressing biopolitical emergency & climate justice through art-critique-experiment. Building a new society in the shell of the old. Join us at the Art Workers' Guild in London or across seven continents online! www.nsota.org
SWWDTP @swwdtp.bsky.social South, West & Wales (Arts & Humanities) Doctoral Training Partnership. We are a partnership of 9 universities and other orgs, providing AHRC funding for PhDs.
Becca Harrison @beccaeharrison.bsky.social Writer and researcher (Sight & Sound, BBC radio, etc.) interested in cinema, nature, power. New book *A Star Wars World* forthcoming 2027 with Bloomsbury. Let's get organised. Pass me the matches. She/her.
james r price @iagoaprhys.bsky.social (he/him) (fe/nhw) Doc Filmmaker. Lecturer. PAR in anti-extractivist doc-making and its education. nahemi Green & Documentary officer. BAFTSS Media+ Environment SIG CoConvenor. CCFC🔴⚪️🔴 Ouseburn, Tyne, Brynaich, Prytain.
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.
[in]Transition @intransition.bsky.social [in]Transition, the first peer-reviewed journal of videographic criticism. https://intransition.openlibhums.org/
Jason Mittell @jmittell.bsky.social Media studies professor at Middlebury College; video essayist & author of videographic book on Breaking Bad; author of written books on TV, narrative theory, etc.; journal manager of @intransition.bsky.social . [he/him] https://linktr.ee/jmittell
Steve Anderson @sfanders.bsky.social Scholar-artist, video essayist https://www.realityfrictions.net https://technocinema.net https://criticalcommons.org
Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org The Open Library of Humanities. Building a sustainable, diamond open access future for the humanities. Part of Birkbeck, University of London & makers of Janeway
Professor Caroline Edwards @theblochian.bsky.social Professor of Contemporary Literature & Culture at Birkbeck, University of London. Executive Director of @openlibhums.org & @ojcollective.bsky.social. Utopia, mushrooms, trees, sci-fi, weird stuff, open access, higher ed.
Drew Morton @damorton.bsky.social Professor, videographic critic and co-editor of [in]Transition, author of Panel to the Screen, gamer, runner, bass player, wiener dog keeper. Los Angeles/Texas https://damorton.wordpress.com/
S Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social Stealth assassin from the clouds.
MAI: Feminism & Visual Culture @maifeminism.bsky.social MAI is a peer-reviewed, open-access publication for feminist scholars, writers, artists and activists who address visual culture at large.
Women Film Pioneers Project @wfpproject.bsky.social A digital publication & resource that advances research on silent-era women filmmakers. Published by the Columbia University Libraries. https://wfpp.columbia.edu/
Jeroen Sondervan @jeroenson.bsky.social Programme Leader Open Scholarly Communication at @opensciencenl.bsky.social | Dutch Research Council (NWO) | http://www.openscience.nl | co-founded @MediArXiv.bsky.social | #openaccess | views my own | posts in 🇳🇱 & 🇬🇧 | www.orcid.org/0000-0002-9866-0239
José Arroyo @josearroyo.bsky.social Teacher, critic; interested in all things film.
JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies @jcmsjournal.bsky.social Media studies for all. Print & online open access content. We value accessibility, transparency, diversity, & community. Published through SCMS Online at: https://jcmsjournal.org
Ariel Avissar @arielavissar.bsky.social Media scholar, video maker and PhD student at Tel Aviv University. TV studies, popular culture and videographic criticism. https://www.arielavissar.work/ https://vimeo.com/arielavissar
Laura Bondía @laurabondia.bsky.social Film scholar, journalist, comic-liebhaber https://encadenados.org/ https://photo-play.net
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
Homay King @homay.bsky.social Author, teacher, scholar. Film, contemporary art, digital culture. California raised, Philadelphia based. https://linktr.ee/homay.king
@kristimck.bsky.social @kristimck.bsky.social
Dan Hassler-Forest @danhf.bsky.social Author, teacher, anti-authoritarian, media studies prof @ Utrecht Univ. New book – FAST AND FURIOUS FRANCHISING: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517921088/fast-and-furious-franchising/
Cinapse @cinapse.bsky.social Cinematic discovery and discussion. www.cinapse.net
Barbara Flueckiger @flueko.bsky.social film scholar turned entrepreneur, founder Timeline of Historical Film Colors filmcolors.org, Scan2Screen.com, science enthusiast, mother, baker
Nick Davie @nickdavie.bsky.social Film/Television PhD Researcher @ UoN: arthouse, authorship, formalism in Twin Peaks: The Return. Here for the Garmonbozia. @ whalefromtv on Twitter/X, words for various. Nickdavie.wordpress.com
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’.
Amsterdam University Press @amsterdamupress.bsky.social Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher in the Humanities & Social Sciences. Posts in EN & NL.
Peter Suber @petersuber.bsky.social Open research, metaresearch, higher ed, US politics. True blue. Dad of daughters. I post to Mastodon more than Bluesky. But see my bridge account for B versions of the M posts. https://bsky.app/profile/petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy
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
Will DiGravio @willdigravio.bsky.social researcher, fact-checker: extremism, conspiracies, US history critic: Paste, Time, etc. assistant editor, Cineaste PhD Candidate in Media Studies, University of Amsterdam The Video Essay Podcast views mine www.willdigravio.com
Open Book Publishers @openbookpublish.bsky.social Leading Open Access publisher of high-quality academic books. Non-profit, scholar-led. Part of @copim.bsky.social and @openbookcollective.bsky.social. Find us here: https://lnk.bio/openbookpublishers
Cormac Donnelly @cormacrestrike.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Film LJMU | researching film sound & production Making video essays & exploring creative practice Founding editor @fragmentsjournal.bsky.social Associate Editor @intransition.bsky.social
Open Book Collective @openbookcollective.bsky.social A charity bringing together libraries, publishers, and publishing service providers to secure the diversity and financial futures of open access book production and dissemination. https://openbookcollective.org/
Queline (kikikrazed) @queline.bsky.social 📺 Video essayist: BFI, GKIDS, youtube.com/@kikikrazed 💬 Community manager: @theessaylibrary.com 💻 kikikrazed.com
Open Institutional Publishing Association @oipassoc.bsky.social A community of practice for open institutional publishers in the UK, driving change in academic publishing. Visit https://oipauk.org/
The Essay Library @theessaylibrary.com 📼 Video essay collective making weird and fun collaborative projects: youtube.com/@theessaylibrary 📱 Discord server with 900+ members dedicated to the craft of video essays: theessaylibrary.com
Vinzenz Hediger @vinzenzhediger.bsky.social Film scholar, director of the Cinémathèque Suisse. Research @goethe_uni Frankfurt: http://konfigurationen-des-films.de http://ceditraa.net https://age-c.eu/
Transgender Media Portal @transmediaportl.bsky.social Discover films, videos made by trans, Two Spirit, nonbinary, intersex, and gender-nonconforming artists. https://www.transgendermediaportal.org/ Director: @laurah.bsky.social Check out our LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/transgendermediaportal
sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social critic and cultural historian of genre fantasies / senior acquiring editor @leverpress.bsky.social / associate editor of sf @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social / read more: seanguynes.com
Dagmar Brunow @dbrunow.bsky.social Professor of film studies at Linnaeus University, Sweden. Works on audiovisual archives & cultural memory; film historiography & video collectives. Likes bookshops, cinemas, libraries, and archives.
David Sorfa @davidsorfa.bsky.social Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Film Studies at the University of Edinburgh: https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/david-sorfa
Alexandra Juhasz @mediapraxis.bsky.social Scholar and maker of activist media; fake and real; digital and material. Working in and about AIDS, (long) COVID, queer, trans, anti-racist and feminist media. Trying to act on my commitments to non-Zionism, the climate, and my union, PSC-CUNY.
Barbara Zecchi @barbarazecchi.bsky.social Film Studies professor at the University of Massachusetts. Cat lady with dogs. Videoessayist trained at Middlebury College. Author of books on women filmmakers. Co-editor of [in]Transition. Member of the Film Academy of Spain. From Venice.
Veronika Hanakova @veronikahanakova.bsky.social AV essayist exploring New Media & Digital Culture ~ Media Archaeology ~ Researcher of gimmicky artifacts: from Star Wipe to my latest obsession the DVD ~ Member of Grassroots of Digital Europe ~ Curator for Marienbad Film Festival & Artycok.TV
Comparative Cinema @comparativecinema.bsky.social We are an academic journal that approaches film from a comparative perspective. Edited by Pompeu Fabra University. https://raco.cat/index.php/Comparativecinema/index
Jaap Kooijman @jaapkooijman.bsky.social Associate professor Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Academic director ASCA (Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis), author of Fabricating the Absolute Fake and De muziekfabriek, co-editor of The Richard Dyer Reader. www.absolutefake.com
Miklós Kiss @mikloskiss.bsky.social Associate Professor of AV Arts & Cognition @rug.nl, author of this http://bit.ly/2SJM29Q, this http://bit.ly/2a4zvaw and this http://bit.ly/3A0KrPG. ORCID: 0000-0002-9136-8200
Open Humanities Press @openhumanities.bsky.social International, scholar-led, not-for-profit, radical open access publishing collective. Free books, journals and more on theory, culture, media, philosophy, art. Check us out at: www.openhumanitiespress.org
OASPA - The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association @oaspa.bsky.social Representing a diverse community of organisations engaged in open scholarship, we work to support open access becoming the predominant model of publication. oaspa.org Conference registration at https://buytickets.at/oaspa
OpeningTheFuture @openingthefuture.bsky.social openingthefuture.net is a funding model for open access books. Designed for small/med scholarly publishers, it is free to use by any Press seeking a low-risk move towards OA. Doesn't rely on BPCs, is equitable, sustainable, & part of the Copim Community.
Cydnii Wilde Harris (she/her) @cydniiwilde.bsky.social Spelman Woman / Jedi Master of Arts / Film Scholar / Bibliophile / Come on stop trying to hit me and hit me.
Evelyn Kreutzer @evelynkreutzer.bsky.social Film/media scholar, video essay maker, feminist www.evelynkreutzer.com Postdoc at USI Lugano Previously at Film University Babelsberg PhD from Northwestern University
Em T @emtherese.bsky.social NC mountains. Dogs and cats. LGBTQ+, antiracist, pro democracy. no DMs
Francesca Coppa @fcoppa.bsky.social English & theatre & film & fandom. Fair use advocate. In the process of building something new.
Laura Rascaroli 🇪🇺 @larascaroli.bsky.social Prof in Film & Screen Media @ucc.ie Editor-in-Chief, @alphavillej.bsky.social Essay film, documentary, art film, European & World Cinemas https://publish.ucc.ie/profiles/L.Rascaroli@ucc.ie
Abby Keating @abkeating.bsky.social Film lecturer @ucc, writer, maker. Co-founder of Alphaville Journal. Researching women in film & protest media. Runs on music. abbkeating.wordpress.com
Girish Shambu @girishshambu.bsky.social I live in Buffalo and write about film culture. Book: “The New Cinephilia”.
Aca-Media @aca-media.bsky.social A podcast offering an academic perspective on media, from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies https://aca-media.org/
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social Occasionally writing https://lukemckernan.com
Colleen Kennedy-Karpat @cbkenkar.bsky.social Assoc Prof, adaptation, Agnès Varda, amateur video essayist. Not necessarily in that order. Trying my best to pay attention. 🇺🇸 born, studied 🇫🇷, teaching in 🇹🇷 Bilkent COMD Co-host @ymmwtpodcast.bsky.social Co-chair @adaptstudies.bsky.social
Colleen Laird @colleenlaird.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Japanese Film at the University of British Columbia. Videographic scholarship ❤️
@chiaragrizzaffi.bsky.social @chiaragrizzaffi.bsky.social
Sarah-Mai Dang @sarahmaidang.bsky.social Film and Media Studies Scholar | Humboldt Research Fellow | Zentrum Künste und Kulturtheorie (UZH/ZHdK) | Digital Film and Media History | Cultural Heritage Data | Feminism | Open Science | sarahmaidang.com | @SarahMaiDang@fedihum.org
Shane Denson @shanedenson.bsky.social Media theorist | Stanford Art & Art History | Modern Thought & Literature | shanedenson.com | Author: Postnaturalism (https://tinyurl.com/3pxpatav); Discorrelated Images (https://tinyurl.com/44mp6kxy); & Post-Cinematic Bodies (https://tinyurl.com/mr2u5spk)
kev, it is what it is @kevinlferguson.bsky.social by popular demand
Journal of Electronic Publishing @jepub.bsky.social A peer-reviewed, diamond open access journal on contemporary scholarly publishing issues and practices. Co-edited by Alyssa Arbuckle and Janneke Adema, supported by @michiganpublishing.bsky.social https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/
Post45 Journal @post45.bsky.social Open access peer-reviewed journal for scholarship on postwar American literature and culture post45.org/journal Editor @jdconnor.bsky.social Managing Editor @aabedkoff.bsky.social Editor-at-Large @arthurzw.bsky.social‬
Maria O’Brien @mariaobrien.bsky.social Lecturer, researcher, games, film and media. Dog owner, cocktail maker, cyclist
Allison Cooper @kinolab.bsky.social Director, Kinolab; Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Cinema Studies, Bowdoin College; Video Essayist.
@necsusjournal.bsky.social @necsusjournal.bsky.social
SCMS Digital Humanities & Videographic Criticism SIG @videoessays.bsky.social This is the official Scholarly Interest Group account of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies' Digital Humanities & Videographic Criticism group.
Charlotte Crofts @charlottecrofts.bsky.social New here. Professor of cinema arts; director of Cary Comes Home Festival; co-founder of Angela Carter Society; chief editor of Screenworks; filmmaker, lover of cinemas & their curtains. #BristolCityOfFilm Views my own. https://linktr.ee/charlottecrofts