Pete Kunze
@petecant.bsky.social
Assistant Professor · Communication · Tulane University
Look, I made a hat: https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/staging-a-comeback/9781978827813/
Look, I made a hat: https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/staging-a-comeback/9781978827813/
Very cool archival news.
www.hrc.utexas.edu/press/releas...
www.hrc.utexas.edu/press/releas...
Harry Ransom Center Acquires the Olivia de Havilland Papers
www.hrc.utexas.edu
January 22, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Very cool archival news.
www.hrc.utexas.edu/press/releas...
www.hrc.utexas.edu/press/releas...
January 1, 2026 at 12:17 AM
The best moment in the new Netflix doc on Hollywood in '75 is when a young film critic very sincerely says it was the one time that film really showed us ourselves -- and then it cuts to a scene from The Bad News Bears where one kid kicks another kid in the crotch.
Genius editing. 10/10, no notes.
Genius editing. 10/10, no notes.
December 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The best moment in the new Netflix doc on Hollywood in '75 is when a young film critic very sincerely says it was the one time that film really showed us ourselves -- and then it cuts to a scene from The Bad News Bears where one kid kicks another kid in the crotch.
Genius editing. 10/10, no notes.
Genius editing. 10/10, no notes.
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Boston University's Creative Writing Program is searching for a senior fiction writer to fill a chaired position, the Andrew W. Mellon Professorship in the Humanities. See the job listing here:
jobs.chronicle.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Boston University's Creative Writing Program is searching for a senior fiction writer to fill a chaired position, the Andrew W. Mellon Professorship in the Humanities. See the job listing here:
the joy of completing IRB training modules as a humanities scholar and being repeatedly told your work isn't research
a man wearing a hat that says hds is standing in front of a glass door .
ALT: a man wearing a hat that says hds is standing in front of a glass door .
media.tenor.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
the joy of completing IRB training modules as a humanities scholar and being repeatedly told your work isn't research
New podcast interview with @markdeuze.bsky.social for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about his excellent new book, Well-Being and Creative Careers: What Makes You Happy Can Also Make You Sick. Well worth a read!
newbooksnetwork.com/well-being-a...
newbooksnetwork.com/well-being-a...
Mark Deuze, "Well-Being and Creative Careers: What Makes You Happy Can Also Make You Sick" (Intellect Books, 2025) - New Books Network
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December 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New podcast interview with @markdeuze.bsky.social for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about his excellent new book, Well-Being and Creative Careers: What Makes You Happy Can Also Make You Sick. Well worth a read!
newbooksnetwork.com/well-being-a...
newbooksnetwork.com/well-being-a...
Really enjoyed talking with @anjirbaguette.bsky.social about Appropriated Tales: Race and the Disney Fairy-Tale Mode for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast.
A must-read (and -listen) for scholars of Disney, animation, and adaptation!
newbooksnetwork.com/appropriated...
A must-read (and -listen) for scholars of Disney, animation, and adaptation!
newbooksnetwork.com/appropriated...
Michelle Anya Anjirbag, "Appropriated Tales: Race and the Disney Fairy-Tale Mode" (Wayne State UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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December 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Really enjoyed talking with @anjirbaguette.bsky.social about Appropriated Tales: Race and the Disney Fairy-Tale Mode for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast.
A must-read (and -listen) for scholars of Disney, animation, and adaptation!
newbooksnetwork.com/appropriated...
A must-read (and -listen) for scholars of Disney, animation, and adaptation!
newbooksnetwork.com/appropriated...
Hey academic humans, if you have a new book in film and media studies and want to do a podcast interview for the New Books Network about it, DM me.
Or if you want someone in your discipline to interview you, fill out this form:
newbooksnetwork.com/authors
Or if you want someone in your discipline to interview you, fill out this form:
newbooksnetwork.com/authors
Pitch a Book - New Books Network
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December 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Hey academic humans, if you have a new book in film and media studies and want to do a podcast interview for the New Books Network about it, DM me.
Or if you want someone in your discipline to interview you, fill out this form:
newbooksnetwork.com/authors
Or if you want someone in your discipline to interview you, fill out this form:
newbooksnetwork.com/authors
There is a certain humbling comfort that comes with rereading an essay I first studied 19 years ago as a first-semester M.A. student and still -- two PhDs later -- having no idea what the !@#$ the author is talking about.
December 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
There is a certain humbling comfort that comes with rereading an essay I first studied 19 years ago as a first-semester M.A. student and still -- two PhDs later -- having no idea what the !@#$ the author is talking about.
Film and media studies edition: do a shot when you accurately guess the voiceover actor.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t...
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Film and media studies edition: do a shot when you accurately guess the voiceover actor.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t...
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Need a briefing on current genAI copyright landscape, with some historical perspective? Pam Samuelson and Silicon Flatirons are here to help: siliconflatirons.org/wp-content/u... (there is video too!)
siliconflatirons.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Need a briefing on current genAI copyright landscape, with some historical perspective? Pam Samuelson and Silicon Flatirons are here to help: siliconflatirons.org/wp-content/u... (there is video too!)
Today is the deadline!
The Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture conference has a website!
Join us in New Orleans this February!
blackmedia.tulane.edu
Join us in New Orleans this February!
blackmedia.tulane.edu
Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference | Tulane University
blackmedia.tulane.edu
November 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Today is the deadline!
Our keynotes for the Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture conference this February here in New Orleans:
Tiffany E. Barber (University of California, Los Angeles)
Racquel Gates (Columbia University)
Zaire Lanier (writer and narrative designer)
Kristen Warner (Cornell University)
Tiffany E. Barber (University of California, Los Angeles)
Racquel Gates (Columbia University)
Zaire Lanier (writer and narrative designer)
Kristen Warner (Cornell University)
October 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Our keynotes for the Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture conference this February here in New Orleans:
Tiffany E. Barber (University of California, Los Angeles)
Racquel Gates (Columbia University)
Zaire Lanier (writer and narrative designer)
Kristen Warner (Cornell University)
Tiffany E. Barber (University of California, Los Angeles)
Racquel Gates (Columbia University)
Zaire Lanier (writer and narrative designer)
Kristen Warner (Cornell University)
Reminder: One week left to apply to the 2026 Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference!
Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference | Tulane University
blackmedia.tulane.edu
October 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Reminder: One week left to apply to the 2026 Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference!
We've added another keynote to Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture:
Dr. Tiffany E. Barber (University of California, Los Angeles), author of Undesirability and Her Sisters: Black Women's Visual Work and the Ethics of Representation.
CFP below!
Dr. Tiffany E. Barber (University of California, Los Angeles), author of Undesirability and Her Sisters: Black Women's Visual Work and the Ethics of Representation.
CFP below!
October 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We've added another keynote to Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture:
Dr. Tiffany E. Barber (University of California, Los Angeles), author of Undesirability and Her Sisters: Black Women's Visual Work and the Ethics of Representation.
CFP below!
Dr. Tiffany E. Barber (University of California, Los Angeles), author of Undesirability and Her Sisters: Black Women's Visual Work and the Ethics of Representation.
CFP below!
The Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture conference has a website!
Join us in New Orleans this February!
blackmedia.tulane.edu
Join us in New Orleans this February!
blackmedia.tulane.edu
Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference | Tulane University
blackmedia.tulane.edu
September 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture conference has a website!
Join us in New Orleans this February!
blackmedia.tulane.edu
Join us in New Orleans this February!
blackmedia.tulane.edu
The Golden Girls turned 40 this past Sunday, so I wrote about its creator, Susan Harris, and her feminist contribution to US television comedy for Time's Made by History website.
time.com/7316328/susa...
time.com/7316328/susa...
The Woman Behind 'The Golden Girls'
The politics, sensibilities, and humor of the show's pathbreaking creator help explain its enduring appeal.
time.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The Golden Girls turned 40 this past Sunday, so I wrote about its creator, Susan Harris, and her feminist contribution to US television comedy for Time's Made by History website.
time.com/7316328/susa...
time.com/7316328/susa...
Reposted by Pete Kunze
Check out this fabulous @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview with the editors of the new essay collection THE GOLDEN GIRLS:
September 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Check out this fabulous @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview with the editors of the new essay collection THE GOLDEN GIRLS:
Now available: @alfredmartin.bsky.social and Taylor Cole Miller discussing The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast.
newbooksnetwork.com/the-golden-g...
newbooksnetwork.com/the-golden-g...
Alfred L. Martin Jr. and Taylor Cole Miller eds., "The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai" (Rutgers UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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September 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Now available: @alfredmartin.bsky.social and Taylor Cole Miller discussing The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast.
newbooksnetwork.com/the-golden-g...
newbooksnetwork.com/the-golden-g...
I had a great conversation with Katherine Fusco (@fuscowrites.bsky.social) about her wonderful new book, Hollywood's Others: Love and Limitation in the Studio System.
You can check it out here:
newbooksnetwork.com/hollywoods-o...
You can check it out here:
newbooksnetwork.com/hollywoods-o...
Katherine Fusco, "Hollywood's Others: Love and Limitation in the Star System" (Columbia UP, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I had a great conversation with Katherine Fusco (@fuscowrites.bsky.social) about her wonderful new book, Hollywood's Others: Love and Limitation in the Studio System.
You can check it out here:
newbooksnetwork.com/hollywoods-o...
You can check it out here:
newbooksnetwork.com/hollywoods-o...
I interviewed Justin Wyatt about his new book, Creating the Viewer, on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.
It's a great book, especially for those interested in media industry studies and audience studies.
newbooksnetwork.com/creating-the...
It's a great book, especially for those interested in media industry studies and audience studies.
newbooksnetwork.com/creating-the...
Justin Wyatt, "Creating the Viewer: Market Research and the Evolving Media Ecosystem" (U Texas Press, 2024) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I interviewed Justin Wyatt about his new book, Creating the Viewer, on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.
It's a great book, especially for those interested in media industry studies and audience studies.
newbooksnetwork.com/creating-the...
It's a great book, especially for those interested in media industry studies and audience studies.
newbooksnetwork.com/creating-the...
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🎙️ Check out my conversation with @petecant.bsky.social about the #MediaTravels collection!
We discuss the need for all media studies to be global media studies, the barriers to achieving this, and the value of embracing partial and fragmentary knowledges.
newbooksnetwork.com/media-travels
We discuss the need for all media studies to be global media studies, the barriers to achieving this, and the value of embracing partial and fragmentary knowledges.
newbooksnetwork.com/media-travels
Media Travels: Toward an Atlas of Global Media
Media Travels: Toward An Atlas of Global Media fills a significant gap in global media scholarship by offering short, readable articles covering different types of media from around the world. Through...
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September 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🎙️ Check out my conversation with @petecant.bsky.social about the #MediaTravels collection!
We discuss the need for all media studies to be global media studies, the barriers to achieving this, and the value of embracing partial and fragmentary knowledges.
newbooksnetwork.com/media-travels
We discuss the need for all media studies to be global media studies, the barriers to achieving this, and the value of embracing partial and fragmentary knowledges.
newbooksnetwork.com/media-travels
Really enjoyed discussing Kartemquin Films: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy with Patricia Aufderheide @paufder.bsky.social for the New Books Network @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.
Please check it out:
newbooksnetwork.com/kartemquin-f...
Please check it out:
newbooksnetwork.com/kartemquin-f...
Patricia Aufderheide, "Kartemquin Films: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy" (U California Press, 2024) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
August 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Really enjoyed discussing Kartemquin Films: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy with Patricia Aufderheide @paufder.bsky.social for the New Books Network @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.
Please check it out:
newbooksnetwork.com/kartemquin-f...
Please check it out:
newbooksnetwork.com/kartemquin-f...
Has your toddler demonstrated a growing interest in prosody or postcritique? Have we got the doll for you...
August 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Has your toddler demonstrated a growing interest in prosody or postcritique? Have we got the doll for you...