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Charlotte Stevens
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Senior Lecturer @ Birmingham City University (film/tv, fandom, games), she/her
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charloween.bsky.social
the energy to bring into 2026
danielleinflux.bsky.social Danielle @danielleinflux.bsky.social · 1d
A seasonal greeting card available in the public domain, supplied by Toronto Public Library, circ 1845 - 1899. "The card pictures a cat's head and paw emerging from behind a broken wall."

🎊Wishing you a bright and happy New Year!🥂
This greeting card pictures a cat's head and paw emerging from behind a broken wall and the text "Wishing you a bright and happy New Year."
December 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
charstevens.bsky.social
Happy Heated Rivalry season finale to all who celebrate!

Also, re: #FandomStudies...
What Heated Rivalry’s success reveals about fan fiction’s cultural staying power
With origins as a Wattpad hockey romance, the show relies on the imaginative extension that defines fan work
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
charstevens.bsky.social
Apparently I'm out in paperback! And it looks to be on sale, so if you're looking for a £35 stocking stuffer, boy do I have a recommendation for you... #fanstudies
Fanvids: Television, Women, and Home Media Re-Use
Fanvids, or vids, are short videos created in media fandom. Made from television and film sources, they are neither television episodes nor films; they resemble music videos but are non-commercial fan...
www.routledge.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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cinefeline.bsky.social
I have read the article in question (link in comments of the QT) and just want to point and laugh at this para, which implies with a straight face that men are being discriminated against, without acknowledging that men are statistically more likely to apply for jobs they are underqualified for.
To give a sense of what this meant on the ground: In 2022, there were 728 applicants to tenure-track jobs in the humanities at Brown, 55 percent of whom were men. At every stage of the process the male share was whittled down. The long list was 48 percent male, the short list 42 percent. Only 34 percent of candidates who made it to the interview round were male—and only 29 percent of the jobs were ultimately offered to men. A similar dynamic played out in the social sciences: 54 percent of the 722 applicants were men; 44 percent of the shortlist was male, and just 32 percent of job offers were tendered to men; in the physical sciences, women were 23 percent of applicants, but received 42 percent of job offers.
December 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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videogamecultures.bsky.social
If you want another look at the topics presented at VGC 2025, we've got good news: half of the contributions now include a full paper as part of our Online Proceedings 🥳A big thanks to all the authors!
Here's the link: videogamecultures.org/2025-abstrac...
2025 Papers and Abstracts – Video Game Cultures
videogamecultures.org
December 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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hannahstrong.co.uk
now why are you doing my boy dirty with this headline?
Despite the increasing prevalence of Al tools for visual enhancement and voice synthesis, Aardman steadfastly maintains its signature stop-motion and clay animation techniques. Mr Park reflected on past technological shifts, telling Radio Times: "When Toy Story came out (in 1995), we thought, 'How long have we got?' But we've managed to survive CGI." He noted a "resurgence of interest" in stop-motion, adding, "We use CGI as well, but Al is a whole new thing." He acknowledged the widespread concern, stating, "Obviously a lot of people will be fearing for their jobs." Detailing Aardman's approach, Mr Park explained: "We want to embrace the technology and find in what ways it's going to be useful to us, maybe to do animation a bit quicker, but we're going to be very cautious not to lose our values."
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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mattdenny.bsky.social
The initial image of light coalescing into a bird has big 70s children's tv show about paganism vibes. Just needs a library music backing track
jendeavour.bsky.social Dr Jen Baker @jendeavour.bsky.social · Nov 19
Someone's keen! Not even light yet 😴
November 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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willpooley.bsky.social
my mac doing its best to telephone a seventeenth century ecclesiastical record 🗃️
Screenshot of a 17th century record. Mac Preview has highlighted some it and offer options: “Add To Contacts... Call ٥٣٠٢٥٢١- Using iPhone FaceTime FaceTime Audio Message ٥٣٠٢٥٢١٠ Large Type Look Up "٥٣٠٢٥٢١٠٠ Writing Tools”
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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lswisnom.bsky.social
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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skot.bsky.social
A Kimono decorated with skeletons, from Japan, 1840-1860 CE,
now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
October 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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regretteruane.bsky.social
Philip Larkin’s this be the verse mangled into Ozymandias, the text reads They Oz you up, your mandyias. They may not mean to, but they do. They give you vast and trunkless legs A sunken shattered visage too. But they were Ozzed up in their turn By Mandyias upon the sand Who half the time had wrinkled lips And half in sneering cold command. Oz hands on mandyias to man. Like mighty works atop a shelf Look on them early as you can Ye mighty and despair yourself
October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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jarona7.bsky.social
Very excited to share that on November 10 @discoxford.bsky.social are hosting a hybrid roundtable on Videogame preservation practices with @carrythezero.bsky.social, Alex Habgood, digital archivist at Rebellion studios, and @emarlow.bsky.social:

digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/video-...
Video Game Preservation: Practices and Approaches
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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qmucu.bsky.social
*FIFTEEN THOUSAND JOBS LOST*.
If this were in a sector in which the PM could go and do a photoshoot looking like One Of The People, we’d have had a government intervention by now.
October 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
charstevens.bsky.social
yesterday a student said something about chatgpt in my hearing, and without working out if it was a positive or dismissive comment I said "oh don't sully the air of my classroom with that name" and continued with my slide. the way the group murmured in response sounded like they were on my side 🤞
cinefeline.bsky.social dr. cat @cinefeline.bsky.social · Oct 8
Same for academics and it's so depressing
hannahstrong.co.uk Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk · Oct 8
A lot of """"creatives"""" have seemingly accepted generative AI as part of art and filmmaking and I'm hear to say you're all big stinky phonies and I hate you
October 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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eddierobson.bsky.social
There's something very "Ford Prefect" about a process that arrives at "Harper Collins" as a sensible name for a pornbot
localnotail.bsky.social Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · Oct 7
Ah but do you get pornbots like Jonn?
October 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
charstevens.bsky.social
thought i'd be kind as an editor and quickly drop the proper in-text references in place of this chapter's "ibid." and "op. cit", but halfway through it i am:
i) regretting my choices,
ii) firmly opposed to the use of "ibid." and "op. cit" by anyone ever, and
iii) stopping for lunch
October 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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evehayes123.bsky.social
Having studied #digitalID in depth for my PhD and written a book about this way before anyone had even flagged it as a problem - this a TERRIBLE idea. We have been warning the UK government about the dangers of digital ID for years. No one listened. #digitalidentity www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme
The prime minister believes a new scheme would help crack down on illegal working in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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ninaheise.bsky.social
The CfP for the 1st themed issue of our journal Fandom | Cultures | Research is out & I'm especially excited for this one, since it combines two of the things I'm most interested in: #fanstudies & #memorystudies. Added bonus: a workshop in Marburg in Feb 26.

journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/announce...
Call for Abstracts - Themed Issue 2/26 & Accompanying Workshop: “Fan Practices of Memory and Remembrance” | Fandom | Cultures | Research
journals.uni-marburg.de
September 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
charstevens.bsky.social
it's the Friday before teaching starts next week, aka the perfect time for the summer's last mint Cornetto from the freezer as a pre-dinner snack
September 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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vanguardhusky.bsky.social
My friend and colleague @lerelle.bsky.social needs research participants for their PhD project. The research focuses on intersectionally minoritised queer people's experiences using dating apps. So could you please take a look at this and share it if you can? (1/3)
September 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
charstevens.bsky.social
I did hesitate before deleting (change is scary?), but I've done it
hystericalblkns.bsky.social Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · Sep 17
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
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September 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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hpsvanessa.bsky.social
I wish more people would call this what it is: a lie/scam to increase unpaid labour. Management know many of us won’t give crap feedback, so instead we work evenings/weekends or let other work slip. Their spreadsheet is happy, students still get decent feedback. All the burden is on the Lecturer.
ernestopriego.com Ernesto Priego @ernestopriego.com · Sep 17
Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...
Screenshot. King's College London page. Examples of effective practice The following scenarios follow the above guidelines and offer insights into ways that academic staff can use AI transparently and in an assistive capacity, always ensuring human oversight and judgment remain central. Scenario A – Scaling feedback while maintaining quality Lecturer A is responsible for marking over 100 essays within a two-week window. Conscious of the limitations this workload places on the depth of individual feedback, they adopt a hybrid approach using their university’s approved or supported LLM tool, Copilot. Without ever uploading student work directly, Lecturer A composes an anonymised summary for each student, noting which marking criteria were met and the approximate percentage achieved for each. They input this summary alongside the official rubric into Copilot, prompting it to generate supportive, criterion-referenced feedback. This feedback is then carefully reviewed, adapted, and personalised before being uploaded to the marking platform. Students are made aware of this process in advance and shown a demonstration, reinforcing transparency and trust.
September 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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cinefeline.bsky.social
I know just the book for you
Cover of the book Horror Films for Children by Catherine Lester
September 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
charstevens.bsky.social
I'm also looking forward to this, which starts tomorrow and is why I just speed-walked across FRA make my connection
September 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM