Alex Pointon
@alexpointypen.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 PhD Student in Media and Communications at the University of Wolverhampton - Writing about American Children's Animation, Disney and everything Gaming - all views fully my own!
Sending off my PhD thesis today! It's kind of anti-climactic to be honest I may put some intense boss fight music in the background while I send the email.
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Sending off my PhD thesis today! It's kind of anti-climactic to be honest I may put some intense boss fight music in the background while I send the email.
Last month of my PhD, this is the only way I can answer the question as to how it's going.
youtu.be/sVD1HF96WOg?...
youtu.be/sVD1HF96WOg?...
Pepper, what are you doing?
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October 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Last month of my PhD, this is the only way I can answer the question as to how it's going.
youtu.be/sVD1HF96WOg?...
youtu.be/sVD1HF96WOg?...
This was an absolutely amazing pilot! I'm so hyped to see more, it really shows what amazing stuff can be made by already brilliant writers and animators when they're allowed to be as creative as they want to be!
September 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This was an absolutely amazing pilot! I'm so hyped to see more, it really shows what amazing stuff can be made by already brilliant writers and animators when they're allowed to be as creative as they want to be!
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The inaugural issue of International Journal of Disney Studies
@ijdisneystudies.bsky.social is now out #DisneyStudies
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
@ijdisneystudies.bsky.social is now out #DisneyStudies
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
a black and white photo of mickey mouse dancing on a table .
Alt: a black and white photo of mickey mouse dancing on a table .
media.tenor.com
December 6, 2024 at 12:37 PM
The inaugural issue of International Journal of Disney Studies
@ijdisneystudies.bsky.social is now out #DisneyStudies
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
@ijdisneystudies.bsky.social is now out #DisneyStudies
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
Happy New Year! This year I'm set to finish my PhD and start my search for a job. I'm also hoping to attend some more conferences this year and go to more places regardless of the dog! I hope everyone had a fun New Years and that you achieve what you put your mind to in 2025!
January 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Happy New Year! This year I'm set to finish my PhD and start my search for a job. I'm also hoping to attend some more conferences this year and go to more places regardless of the dog! I hope everyone had a fun New Years and that you achieve what you put your mind to in 2025!
Went to see the #Wicked movie today with friends. Although the theatre experience has an indescribable magic to it, the film by far covers for this by how brilliantly they've depicted Oz and the extra time they afford to certain interactions. Cheered me up greatly after a hard week!
November 23, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Went to see the #Wicked movie today with friends. Although the theatre experience has an indescribable magic to it, the film by far covers for this by how brilliantly they've depicted Oz and the extra time they afford to certain interactions. Cheered me up greatly after a hard week!
Grief works in mysterious ways, when my father passed at the end of last May I continued with my PhD full steam ahead. Now the grief has truly sunk in I've taken a three month leave of absence. It's for the best, it does no one any good to just try to ignore it. ♥️
November 21, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Grief works in mysterious ways, when my father passed at the end of last May I continued with my PhD full steam ahead. Now the grief has truly sunk in I've taken a three month leave of absence. It's for the best, it does no one any good to just try to ignore it. ♥️
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Okay, everyone - here is the second list, with everyone I couldn't fit on the first and more besides. Circulate as widely as you did the first one, and let me know who else I've missed! So happy to have such a great community over here. 😊
go.bsky.app/FTB1Kd5
go.bsky.app/FTB1Kd5
November 8, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Okay, everyone - here is the second list, with everyone I couldn't fit on the first and more besides. Circulate as widely as you did the first one, and let me know who else I've missed! So happy to have such a great community over here. 😊
go.bsky.app/FTB1Kd5
go.bsky.app/FTB1Kd5
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A reminder that our #Moana2 roundtable is taking place today! Sign up info ⬇️
As #Moana2 arrives in theatres, we are excited to welcome
Michelle Anya Anjirbag, Colby Miyose and Annelore Spieker to discuss:
How Far I’ll Go: The Impact of Moana
On Monday 11th November 2024, 7-9pm GMT with Shearon Roberts.
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Michelle Anya Anjirbag, Colby Miyose and Annelore Spieker to discuss:
How Far I’ll Go: The Impact of Moana
On Monday 11th November 2024, 7-9pm GMT with Shearon Roberts.
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November 11, 2024 at 9:52 AM
A reminder that our #Moana2 roundtable is taking place today! Sign up info ⬇️
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The largest online database of VIDEO GAME books is right here:
👉 TheVideoGameLibrary.org
Spread the word 📚♥️
GameStudies, GameDev, Game History, Artbooks, Cookbooks, Comics, Biographies - we’ve got it all❗️
👉 TheVideoGameLibrary.org
Spread the word 📚♥️
GameStudies, GameDev, Game History, Artbooks, Cookbooks, Comics, Biographies - we’ve got it all❗️
October 26, 2023 at 11:51 AM
The largest online database of VIDEO GAME books is right here:
👉 TheVideoGameLibrary.org
Spread the word 📚♥️
GameStudies, GameDev, Game History, Artbooks, Cookbooks, Comics, Biographies - we’ve got it all❗️
👉 TheVideoGameLibrary.org
Spread the word 📚♥️
GameStudies, GameDev, Game History, Artbooks, Cookbooks, Comics, Biographies - we’ve got it all❗️
Hi to everyone now following me! A bit about me, academically I'm currently in the last three months of my media and communications PhD on the role of social media and streaming services in LGBTQIA+ representation in American children's animation. I also write on other media and video games.
November 9, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Hi to everyone now following me! A bit about me, academically I'm currently in the last three months of my media and communications PhD on the role of social media and streaming services in LGBTQIA+ representation in American children's animation. I also write on other media and video games.
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Fabulous tip - & it explains the post emojis you see pop up. And now I’ve created my own bookmark feed this way.
BOOKMARKING: For new Bluesky users ("newskies"!) wondering about the 📌 emoji, that's an informal bookmark feature as we await a future official one. Just reply to any post with 📌, and the post will be added to this feed (which you can pin to your top/sidebar for ready access):
November 9, 2024 at 7:02 AM
Fabulous tip - & it explains the post emojis you see pop up. And now I’ve created my own bookmark feed this way.
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A thread of Historian Starter Packs to help find your communities.
First Pop Culture and Media:
bsky.app/profile/herm...
First Pop Culture and Media:
bsky.app/profile/herm...
As promised, the Popular Culture and Media Studies starter pack! If you work in this realm and would like to be added, just let me know. :) I wanted us all to be able to find each other here.
go.bsky.app/JtBHuwU
go.bsky.app/JtBHuwU
November 8, 2024 at 9:05 AM
A thread of Historian Starter Packs to help find your communities.
First Pop Culture and Media:
bsky.app/profile/herm...
First Pop Culture and Media:
bsky.app/profile/herm...
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As promised, the Popular Culture and Media Studies starter pack! If you work in this realm and would like to be added, just let me know. :) I wanted us all to be able to find each other here.
go.bsky.app/JtBHuwU
go.bsky.app/JtBHuwU
November 7, 2024 at 1:09 PM
As promised, the Popular Culture and Media Studies starter pack! If you work in this realm and would like to be added, just let me know. :) I wanted us all to be able to find each other here.
go.bsky.app/JtBHuwU
go.bsky.app/JtBHuwU
I suppose after all that's happened I'm moving over to here and maybe Mastodon for everything. Currently in the last three months of my PhD, exciting (and stressful) times!
November 7, 2024 at 2:41 PM
I suppose after all that's happened I'm moving over to here and maybe Mastodon for everything. Currently in the last three months of my PhD, exciting (and stressful) times!
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and you know what I'll take it.
September 19, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and you know what I'll take it.
Found out why I've been having a worse and worse attention span lately at my bi-yearly eye test. Turns out that I've gone a few levels up on what I need for my glasses and I was probably straining my eyes very badly reading texts and looking at word documents. Roll on new glasses. 😅
February 3, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Found out why I've been having a worse and worse attention span lately at my bi-yearly eye test. Turns out that I've gone a few levels up on what I need for my glasses and I was probably straining my eyes very badly reading texts and looking at word documents. Roll on new glasses. 😅
It's a beautiful thing when fans don't just keep the lights on even though that has merits in itself but actually keep the community thriving and the game growing. Personally I'm still trying to do all of the content I didn't understand as a child before I reach stuff this cool!
Today, an additional two new Cogs roll off the assembly line. Soon, they could be at the top of the corporate ladder. The Resistance is watching closely.
Read up on Resistance intel at toon.town/newcogs, and prepare your Toon for the return of the Toontown Test server!
Read up on Resistance intel at toon.town/newcogs, and prepare your Toon for the return of the Toontown Test server!
Under New Management: Approved for Testing
Greetings from the Toon Resistance! This is Lord Lowden Clear with an urgent message for the citizens of Toontown. As you may remember, last year our Giant Interconnected Monitoring Machine Interpreti...
toon.town
February 3, 2024 at 8:30 AM
It's a beautiful thing when fans don't just keep the lights on even though that has merits in itself but actually keep the community thriving and the game growing. Personally I'm still trying to do all of the content I didn't understand as a child before I reach stuff this cool!
I'm supposedly starting my write up year today (even though the application is still being processed apparently!)
Feels odd to be starting it but I know I need to update a lot of the writing and improve on it so it's at the standard of my intro and conclusion as I rewrite things.
Feels odd to be starting it but I know I need to update a lot of the writing and improve on it so it's at the standard of my intro and conclusion as I rewrite things.
February 2, 2024 at 6:55 PM
I'm supposedly starting my write up year today (even though the application is still being processed apparently!)
Feels odd to be starting it but I know I need to update a lot of the writing and improve on it so it's at the standard of my intro and conclusion as I rewrite things.
Feels odd to be starting it but I know I need to update a lot of the writing and improve on it so it's at the standard of my intro and conclusion as I rewrite things.
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An amazing piece written by @cherrypoppunk.bsky.social! Queer scholars, DisNeteers, and Disney scholars should definitely have a read 📚
My essay "We Don’t Talk About Homos: Queer Activism and the Fight to Make #DisneySayGay" is OUT NOW in
Paromita Pain's new collection!
In this piece, I provide a foundation for understanding Disney, its employees, and its fans' place in the DeSantis war. Link: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Paromita Pain's new collection!
In this piece, I provide a foundation for understanding Disney, its employees, and its fans' place in the DeSantis war. Link: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
September 30, 2023 at 7:45 PM
An amazing piece written by @cherrypoppunk.bsky.social! Queer scholars, DisNeteers, and Disney scholars should definitely have a read 📚