candice roberts
@popmediaprof.bsky.social
▫️media studies & queer theory
▫️communication professor
▫️they/them
📍nyc (via philadelphia)
▫️communication professor
▫️they/them
📍nyc (via philadelphia)
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if you're upset, angry with federal government, i see you. i invite you to spend a few mins off this site today, connect w/ a group already taking action to change things. find a local political org near you. apply for a community board. join a city committee. DM me if you need ideas; happy to chat
@workingfamilies.org wolf packs are everywhere (or start one!)
@lgbtqvictoryfund.bsky.social supports equality coalitions
@emilyslist.bsky.social elects pro-choice candidates
ruraldemocracyinitiative.org mobilizes progressive rural causes
you can @runforsomething.net or help a motivated friend
@lgbtqvictoryfund.bsky.social supports equality coalitions
@emilyslist.bsky.social elects pro-choice candidates
ruraldemocracyinitiative.org mobilizes progressive rural causes
you can @runforsomething.net or help a motivated friend
the amount of "news" bots churning out fake headlines grows exponentially every day on this site
it should actually be illegal to create inaccurate posts about the phillies
keep harrison bader's name out your trash AI mouth
it should actually be illegal to create inaccurate posts about the phillies
keep harrison bader's name out your trash AI mouth
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
the amount of "news" bots churning out fake headlines grows exponentially every day on this site
it should actually be illegal to create inaccurate posts about the phillies
keep harrison bader's name out your trash AI mouth
it should actually be illegal to create inaccurate posts about the phillies
keep harrison bader's name out your trash AI mouth
@workingfamilies.org wolf packs are everywhere (or start one!)
@lgbtqvictoryfund.bsky.social supports equality coalitions
@emilyslist.bsky.social elects pro-choice candidates
ruraldemocracyinitiative.org mobilizes progressive rural causes
you can @runforsomething.net or help a motivated friend
@lgbtqvictoryfund.bsky.social supports equality coalitions
@emilyslist.bsky.social elects pro-choice candidates
ruraldemocracyinitiative.org mobilizes progressive rural causes
you can @runforsomething.net or help a motivated friend
if you're upset, angry with federal government, i see you. i invite you to spend a few mins off this site today, connect w/ a group already taking action to change things. find a local political org near you. apply for a community board. join a city committee. DM me if you need ideas; happy to chat
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
@workingfamilies.org wolf packs are everywhere (or start one!)
@lgbtqvictoryfund.bsky.social supports equality coalitions
@emilyslist.bsky.social elects pro-choice candidates
ruraldemocracyinitiative.org mobilizes progressive rural causes
you can @runforsomething.net or help a motivated friend
@lgbtqvictoryfund.bsky.social supports equality coalitions
@emilyslist.bsky.social elects pro-choice candidates
ruraldemocracyinitiative.org mobilizes progressive rural causes
you can @runforsomething.net or help a motivated friend
if you're upset, angry with federal government, i see you. i invite you to spend a few mins off this site today, connect w/ a group already taking action to change things. find a local political org near you. apply for a community board. join a city committee. DM me if you need ideas; happy to chat
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
if you're upset, angry with federal government, i see you. i invite you to spend a few mins off this site today, connect w/ a group already taking action to change things. find a local political org near you. apply for a community board. join a city committee. DM me if you need ideas; happy to chat
a cool article about television design and sense of place (in this case, tulsa) in the year's best TV show you're probably not watching— the lowdown
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www.forbes.com/sites/rachel...
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www.forbes.com/sites/rachel...
‘The Lowdown’: FX’s Brilliant Neo-Noir Designed For The 21st Century
Costume designer, Alyssa Blair, and production designer, Brandon Tonner-Connolly, on how successful storytelling depends on collaborative cooperation.
www.forbes.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
a cool article about television design and sense of place (in this case, tulsa) in the year's best TV show you're probably not watching— the lowdown
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www.forbes.com/sites/rachel...
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www.forbes.com/sites/rachel...
"Politics is no longer something that is done to us; it is something that WE DO." - @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
"Politics is no longer something that is done to us; it is something that WE DO." - @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
right? when TLC said "no scrubs" everybody knew immediately what they meant. and yet "no kings" is unclear?
(and also somebody write that parody please... 🎶a king is a guy who thinks he's fly/also known as a fascist🎶)
(and also somebody write that parody please... 🎶a king is a guy who thinks he's fly/also known as a fascist🎶)
I've seen multiple posts recently saying No Kings had no demands and I think I see what they mean but that also feels... not quite right to me
For one there's a demand in the name lol "no kings," like everyone was demanding an end to authoritarianism
For one there's a demand in the name lol "no kings," like everyone was demanding an end to authoritarianism
October 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
right? when TLC said "no scrubs" everybody knew immediately what they meant. and yet "no kings" is unclear?
(and also somebody write that parody please... 🎶a king is a guy who thinks he's fly/also known as a fascist🎶)
(and also somebody write that parody please... 🎶a king is a guy who thinks he's fly/also known as a fascist🎶)
i generally keep my depraved f1 interests off this account, but i'll just say– give charles leclerc even a halfway decent car and nobody on the grid, save verstappen, holds a candle to him
October 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
i generally keep my depraved f1 interests off this account, but i'll just say– give charles leclerc even a halfway decent car and nobody on the grid, save verstappen, holds a candle to him
once again asking people to not quote-post m*ga and fascists, including videos of their irl nonsense. they love knowing they have provoked you. don't engage. don't reply. don't repost— even to critique. stop the spread.
October 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
once again asking people to not quote-post m*ga and fascists, including videos of their irl nonsense. they love knowing they have provoked you. don't engage. don't reply. don't repost— even to critique. stop the spread.
i'm predictable, but richard linklater has got my goddamn number. blue moon is a sad, beautiful movie i'll watch a dozen times. and happy to report that ethan hawke is just as generous and cool as you hope— as good in person as he is onscreen
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October 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
i'm predictable, but richard linklater has got my goddamn number. blue moon is a sad, beautiful movie i'll watch a dozen times. and happy to report that ethan hawke is just as generous and cool as you hope— as good in person as he is onscreen
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i dreamed i was the host of a "what's my line"-esque game show where humans pretend to be cyborgs and a panel of cyborgs had to guess which ones were really human
October 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
i dreamed i was the host of a "what's my line"-esque game show where humans pretend to be cyborgs and a panel of cyborgs had to guess which ones were really human
after the hunt clearly endeavors to make the audience uncomfortable; viewing it as a professor adds a unique layer of discomfort. julia roberts is so damn good, and DP malik sayeed's incredible work is the most boundary-pushing thing about the whole film
Luca Guadagnino’s new film, “After the Hunt,” is “a posh Ivy League whodunnit and a cinematic Rorschach blot, cleverly rigged to generate cascading waves of suspicion,” @justincchang.bsky.social reviews.
“After the Hunt” Is a Pleasurably Ludicrous House of Cards
In Luca Guadagnino’s film, Julia Roberts plays a Yale professor forced to choose sides when a student accuses a colleague of sexual assault.
www.newyorker.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
after the hunt clearly endeavors to make the audience uncomfortable; viewing it as a professor adds a unique layer of discomfort. julia roberts is so damn good, and DP malik sayeed's incredible work is the most boundary-pushing thing about the whole film
"I loved every second of the regular season... [this team has] made a World Series, an NLCS, won the NL East two years in a row. That's a successful franchise. That's winning. That's giving yourself a chance. I hope they do it again next year. I hope they do it again forever."
go phils
go phils
i loved the 2025 philadelphia phillies. no playoffs can make me hate them. defector.com/what-ill-rem...
What I'll Remember About The Phillies | Defector
At the Phillies’ 2025 home opener, we decided that it was our year. As my friend Dana and I stood next to the giant balloon arch and let someone take our photo, people around us were feeling optimisti...
defector.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"I loved every second of the regular season... [this team has] made a World Series, an NLCS, won the NL East two years in a row. That's a successful franchise. That's winning. That's giving yourself a chance. I hope they do it again next year. I hope they do it again forever."
go phils
go phils
"As an autocratic dystopia continues to take shape, it’s difficult not to wonder how far this will go. Will libraries become the new speakeasies?" - @andizeisler.bsky.social
#BannedBooksWeek
www.salon.com/2025/10/06/t...
#BannedBooksWeek
www.salon.com/2025/10/06/t...
The dumbing down of America, one banned book at a time
A majority of Americans are against book bans. That won't stop a well funded, fear-fueled movement.
www.salon.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"As an autocratic dystopia continues to take shape, it’s difficult not to wonder how far this will go. Will libraries become the new speakeasies?" - @andizeisler.bsky.social
#BannedBooksWeek
www.salon.com/2025/10/06/t...
#BannedBooksWeek
www.salon.com/2025/10/06/t...
so busy with other work that i haven't seen as many festival films as i normally would but popped in for members' trivia last night. @filmlinc.bsky.social folks put on great events. (and also accidentally ended up at an A24 buyout at one of my local bars)
love NYFF season on the west side
love NYFF season on the west side
October 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
so busy with other work that i haven't seen as many festival films as i normally would but popped in for members' trivia last night. @filmlinc.bsky.social folks put on great events. (and also accidentally ended up at an A24 buyout at one of my local bars)
love NYFF season on the west side
love NYFF season on the west side
AI worth a pre-order
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
AI worth a pre-order
hard not to see ryder cup fans as a timely US metaphor— rich white dudes, emboldened by richer white dudes in power, making a spectacle of bad behavior. pro golf, like any global franchise, is impure all around but still easier to root for team EUR and rory to tell those douches to shut the fuck up
September 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
hard not to see ryder cup fans as a timely US metaphor— rich white dudes, emboldened by richer white dudes in power, making a spectacle of bad behavior. pro golf, like any global franchise, is impure all around but still easier to root for team EUR and rory to tell those douches to shut the fuck up
PTA's one battle after another has big "my partner is a Black woman" energy... multiple interpretations. sex + sexuality purposefully unsettle the audience, and harris describes some of the nuance here. ultimately agree that he makes a damn good (long, worth it) movie
www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n...
'One Battle After Another' wants a revolution
Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and Teyana Taylor star in Paul Thomas Anderson's action thriller about the unfulfilled promises of protest and rebellion.
www.npr.org
September 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
PTA's one battle after another has big "my partner is a Black woman" energy... multiple interpretations. sex + sexuality purposefully unsettle the audience, and harris describes some of the nuance here. ultimately agree that he makes a damn good (long, worth it) movie
www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n...
Let's keep advocating for evidence-based policy, rather than policy-based "evidence"...
share.inquirer.com/thiunf
share.inquirer.com/thiunf
Trump’s claim Tylenol and autism are linked is wrong, Drexel scientist says
Drexel University scientist Brian Lee found no link between a mother taking Tylenol and her child developing autism in a large-scale study published last year in the medical journal JAMA.
share.inquirer.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Let's keep advocating for evidence-based policy, rather than policy-based "evidence"...
share.inquirer.com/thiunf
share.inquirer.com/thiunf
thiiiis. i say this to my students all the time. aside from academic, ethical, environmental concerns (all relevant)— their brains are already better at most of the things they are trying to do with LLMs
People are interpreting this as snark or me calling McConaughey dumb but that was truly not my intention.
I think human minds are extraordinary, including his!
My dismay is with the way marketing is LLMs is leading people to doubt their own capacities in favor of something technological.
I think human minds are extraordinary, including his!
My dismay is with the way marketing is LLMs is leading people to doubt their own capacities in favor of something technological.
September 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
thiiiis. i say this to my students all the time. aside from academic, ethical, environmental concerns (all relevant)— their brains are already better at most of the things they are trying to do with LLMs
if you are not used to feeling this kind of fear, this is for you. if like elie m and many of us, this is not your first rodeo with the violent white right, this is for you. useful tips for these times
A white man killed another white man, but Black people are catching death threats.
So, instead of talking about white feelings again, I explored my own death threats, and tips for others who are unused to white America.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
So, instead of talking about white feelings again, I explored my own death threats, and tips for others who are unused to white America.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Threatening Vulnerable People Is No Way to Mourn Someone Who Was Murdered
Those who had nothing to do with the violence against Charlie Kirk are being menaced—just like always.
www.thenation.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
if you are not used to feeling this kind of fear, this is for you. if like elie m and many of us, this is not your first rodeo with the violent white right, this is for you. useful tips for these times
Reposted by candice roberts
Awful and dangerous to hear the Mayor echo the transphobic bigotry coming from the Trump administration. It's completely at odds with the values of our city and another reason why his single, disgraced term in office cannot end soon enough.
September 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Awful and dangerous to hear the Mayor echo the transphobic bigotry coming from the Trump administration. It's completely at odds with the values of our city and another reason why his single, disgraced term in office cannot end soon enough.
with many of my neighbors and local orgs, we've been fighting this hard. reassuring that our local electeds listened (not mayor and gov, of course). if you haven't seen firsthand, it's wild how much money has been poured into celeb endorsements, bot campaigns, courting small biz owners, bribes, etc
Times Square casino bid nixed by local advisory board https://gothamist.com/news/times-square-casino-bid-nixed-by-local-advisory-board
Times Square casino bid nixed by local advisory board
Times Square, where there will not be a Ceasar's Palace casino
The proposal cannot advance after being rejected by the Caesars Palace Times Square Community Advisory Committee. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
with many of my neighbors and local orgs, we've been fighting this hard. reassuring that our local electeds listened (not mayor and gov, of course). if you haven't seen firsthand, it's wild how much money has been poured into celeb endorsements, bot campaigns, courting small biz owners, bribes, etc
September 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
still thinking about the history of sound— a beauty that you should see if you can. in an era of excess, everything about this film from the music to the pacing to the acting (especially paul mescal) is graceful restraint
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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Paul Mescal, Josh O'Connor find love and song in 'The History of Sound,' a WWI romance
Two of Hollywood’s most in-demand actors teamed up with director Oliver Hermanus for a bittersweet film about two men who fall in love through music.
www.nbcnews.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
still thinking about the history of sound— a beauty that you should see if you can. in an era of excess, everything about this film from the music to the pacing to the acting (especially paul mescal) is graceful restraint
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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“If every author in the class filed a claim, industry advocates warned, it would "financially ruin" the entire AI industry.” arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“If every author in the class filed a claim, industry advocates warned, it would "financially ruin" the entire AI industry.” arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...