Dan Hassler-Forest
@danhf.bsky.social
Author, teacher, anti-authoritarian, media studies prof @ Utrecht Univ. 2026 books: FAST & FURIOUS FRANCHISING and THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE. Prepping book on Twin Peaks.
Pre-order: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517921088/fast-and-furious-franchising/
Pre-order: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517921088/fast-and-furious-franchising/
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Dan Hassler-Forest
@danhf.bsky.social
· Oct 16
Fast and Furious Franchising
What the popularity of the Fast and Furious film franchise says about Hollywood blockbusters and media productionFast and Furious Franchising charts the tran...
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My new book FAST AND FURIOUS FRANCHISING: HOW THE SERIALIZED BLOCKBUSTER REMADE HOLLYWOOD is now available for pre-order from @uminnpress.bsky.social!! www.upress.umn.edu/978151792108...
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December 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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New work: a review of After Mass Media by @drtvlotz.bsky.social in Continuum. Important book for TV studies, lots to learn from it. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
After mass media: storytelling for microaudiences in the twenty-first century
Published in Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies (Ahead of Print, 2026)
www.tandfonline.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:53 PM
New work: a review of After Mass Media by @drtvlotz.bsky.social in Continuum. Important book for TV studies, lots to learn from it. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Excited to receive an inspection copy of @mznewman.bsky.social’s revised MEDIA STUDIES TOOLKIT, which I hope to teach in next year’s iteration of my Introduction to Media Studies course.
February 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Excited to receive an inspection copy of @mznewman.bsky.social’s revised MEDIA STUDIES TOOLKIT, which I hope to teach in next year’s iteration of my Introduction to Media Studies course.
I spent the morning giving a first in-depth interview on my forthcoming book FAST AND FURIOUS FRANCHISING for the next episode of the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast. Episode should drop next week! www.upress.umn.edu/978151792108...
Fast and Furious Franchising
What the popularity of the Fast and Furious film franchise says about Hollywood blockbusters and media productionFast and Furious Franchising charts the tran...
www.upress.umn.edu
February 11, 2026 at 10:47 AM
I spent the morning giving a first in-depth interview on my forthcoming book FAST AND FURIOUS FRANCHISING for the next episode of the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast. Episode should drop next week! www.upress.umn.edu/978151792108...
Oldest selfie on your phone?
February 11, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Oldest selfie on your phone?
February 10, 2026 at 7:16 PM
is a million times a lot?
NEW: Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin tells Axios in an interview.
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www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin alleges
One document recounts that Trump said he "never" asked Epstein to leave Mar-a-Lago.
www.axios.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:46 PM
is a million times a lot?
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“Until someone builds a Badder Bunny.”
February 10, 2026 at 5:59 PM
“Until someone builds a Badder Bunny.”
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Also, "racism is a spectrum" is one of the stupidest things this Black man has ever heard.
Fuck off with that shit.
Fuck off with that shit.
February 10, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Also, "racism is a spectrum" is one of the stupidest things this Black man has ever heard.
Fuck off with that shit.
Fuck off with that shit.
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Racist is as racist does.
A person who does a racist thing is a brick in the racist edifice.
A single grain of rice isn't nutritious enough to fill you, but a whole bunch of grains make a bowl.
A person who does a racist thing is, like a grain, doing their part.
This is what blocking is for.
A person who does a racist thing is a brick in the racist edifice.
A single grain of rice isn't nutritious enough to fill you, but a whole bunch of grains make a bowl.
A person who does a racist thing is, like a grain, doing their part.
This is what blocking is for.
Blacksky I got a question. How do y’all deal with the “Racism is a spectrum and not everyone who says or does something racist is a racist” crowd?
February 10, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Racist is as racist does.
A person who does a racist thing is a brick in the racist edifice.
A single grain of rice isn't nutritious enough to fill you, but a whole bunch of grains make a bowl.
A person who does a racist thing is, like a grain, doing their part.
This is what blocking is for.
A person who does a racist thing is a brick in the racist edifice.
A single grain of rice isn't nutritious enough to fill you, but a whole bunch of grains make a bowl.
A person who does a racist thing is, like a grain, doing their part.
This is what blocking is for.
I managed to get the kid hooked on Jeff Wayne’s musical version of The War of the Worlds, so now of course we had to go for the Spielberg film, which still fucking rips.
a girl in a red dress is surrounded by red branches
ALT: a girl in a red dress is surrounded by red branches
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I managed to get the kid hooked on Jeff Wayne’s musical version of The War of the Worlds, so now of course we had to go for the Spielberg film, which still fucking rips.
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Most Read | SFFTV☄️
'Breaking the cycle: Black girl protagonists and the emancipatory fantastic in film and television' by @srtoliver.bsky.social and @autumnadia.bsky.social
Browse the full special issue ⬇️
bit.ly/SFFTV-18-3
@ebonyteach.blacksky.app @danhf.bsky.social @gerrycanavan.bsky.social
'Breaking the cycle: Black girl protagonists and the emancipatory fantastic in film and television' by @srtoliver.bsky.social and @autumnadia.bsky.social
Browse the full special issue ⬇️
bit.ly/SFFTV-18-3
@ebonyteach.blacksky.app @danhf.bsky.social @gerrycanavan.bsky.social
When @danhf.bsky.social shared with me his idea for a special issue on The Dark Fantastic, I was surprised, honored & (truly) shy about it all.
My dear colleagues @srtoliver.bsky.social & @autumnadia.bsky.social have curated an incredible issue here. Grateful to SR, Autumn, Dan, Gerry & SFFTV! 🖤✨🎬
My dear colleagues @srtoliver.bsky.social & @autumnadia.bsky.social have curated an incredible issue here. Grateful to SR, Autumn, Dan, Gerry & SFFTV! 🖤✨🎬
SFFTV 18.3 (a special issue on the Dark Fantastic guest-edited by S.R. Toliver and Autumn A. Griffin) is now live! This is a special one (including SFFTV's first venture into creative praxis).
TOC and articles for subscribers at liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/sfftv/18/3
TOC and articles for subscribers at liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/sfftv/18/3
February 10, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Most Read | SFFTV☄️
'Breaking the cycle: Black girl protagonists and the emancipatory fantastic in film and television' by @srtoliver.bsky.social and @autumnadia.bsky.social
Browse the full special issue ⬇️
bit.ly/SFFTV-18-3
@ebonyteach.blacksky.app @danhf.bsky.social @gerrycanavan.bsky.social
'Breaking the cycle: Black girl protagonists and the emancipatory fantastic in film and television' by @srtoliver.bsky.social and @autumnadia.bsky.social
Browse the full special issue ⬇️
bit.ly/SFFTV-18-3
@ebonyteach.blacksky.app @danhf.bsky.social @gerrycanavan.bsky.social
Post a banger not in English
Dutch OG hip-hop duo The Opposites' anti-racist anthem "Fok Jou" (the title means exactly what you think it does)
youtu.be/3LB3iwHhvoo
Dutch OG hip-hop duo The Opposites' anti-racist anthem "Fok Jou" (the title means exactly what you think it does)
youtu.be/3LB3iwHhvoo
February 10, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Post a banger not in English
Dutch OG hip-hop duo The Opposites' anti-racist anthem "Fok Jou" (the title means exactly what you think it does)
youtu.be/3LB3iwHhvoo
Dutch OG hip-hop duo The Opposites' anti-racist anthem "Fok Jou" (the title means exactly what you think it does)
youtu.be/3LB3iwHhvoo
Age verification? I'd always carry around two spare AA batteries in my pocket for when the cassette tape in my Walkman started slowing down.
Age verification? School handouts smelled good
Age verification? I complained to my mom that all the good movies at the rental store were on Beta and we only had VHS.
February 10, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Age verification? I'd always carry around two spare AA batteries in my pocket for when the cassette tape in my Walkman started slowing down.
It's been six weeks since I stopped drinking alcohol, and as someone who would routinely have a few drinks pretty much every day for many, many years, it has been surprisingly easy to do without!
February 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
It's been six weeks since I stopped drinking alcohol, and as someone who would routinely have a few drinks pretty much every day for many, many years, it has been surprisingly easy to do without!
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"I'm going to Mars" "I'm going to the moon" You can't even go to visit your children
Elon Musk's ambition to one day settle Mars appears to have taken a back seat for a rather nearer and more achievable goal – sending humans to live on the moon. https://cnn.it/46sbAMm
February 10, 2026 at 12:23 AM
"I'm going to Mars" "I'm going to the moon" You can't even go to visit your children
My personal Best Picture contenders ranking as of today:
Sinners
Marty Supreme
OBAA
Sentimental Value
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Train Dreams
Hamnet
F1
(Havent seen The Secret Agent yet…)
Sinners
Marty Supreme
OBAA
Sentimental Value
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Train Dreams
Hamnet
F1
(Havent seen The Secret Agent yet…)
This is where I'm at:
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Bugonia
The Secret Agent
Hamnet
Train Dreams
Frankenstein
F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Bugonia
The Secret Agent
Hamnet
Train Dreams
Frankenstein
F1
February 10, 2026 at 1:41 PM
My personal Best Picture contenders ranking as of today:
Sinners
Marty Supreme
OBAA
Sentimental Value
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Train Dreams
Hamnet
F1
(Havent seen The Secret Agent yet…)
Sinners
Marty Supreme
OBAA
Sentimental Value
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Train Dreams
Hamnet
F1
(Havent seen The Secret Agent yet…)
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“You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.”
— Kurt Vonnegut
— Kurt Vonnegut
February 10, 2026 at 12:41 AM
“You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.”
— Kurt Vonnegut
— Kurt Vonnegut
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What is this, a novel? A screenplay? A poem?
Post with reckless motherfucking abandon. Make mistakes. Epic ones that will make you cringe and break out in a cold sweat at 3am.
Write posts that, even after you've deleted them in shame, will reverberate in the mind forever in its silliness.
Post with reckless motherfucking abandon. Make mistakes. Epic ones that will make you cringe and break out in a cold sweat at 3am.
Write posts that, even after you've deleted them in shame, will reverberate in the mind forever in its silliness.
February 9, 2026 at 10:26 PM
What is this, a novel? A screenplay? A poem?
Post with reckless motherfucking abandon. Make mistakes. Epic ones that will make you cringe and break out in a cold sweat at 3am.
Write posts that, even after you've deleted them in shame, will reverberate in the mind forever in its silliness.
Post with reckless motherfucking abandon. Make mistakes. Epic ones that will make you cringe and break out in a cold sweat at 3am.
Write posts that, even after you've deleted them in shame, will reverberate in the mind forever in its silliness.
February 9, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Another phenomenal ending. 😭
February 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Another phenomenal ending. 😭
Gimme gimme gimme!!
This weekend I speedran my way through 2/3rds of @danielkraus.com ‘s compulsively readable, obsessively forensic study of NOTLD. Excited to wrap it up in the day or two. Jump on this thing when it his the streets next month.
February 9, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Gimme gimme gimme!!
In just a few minutes, this absolute queen of cinema takes us all to school. 🫡
opened YouTube and literally yelled seeing this on my front page
Laura Dern’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
In just a few minutes, this absolute queen of cinema takes us all to school. 🫡
Having a genuinely great movie day. 🤗
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Having a genuinely great movie day. 🤗