Bridget Kies
@bridgetkies.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Film Studies and Production; Faculty Fellow, AI and Teaching, Oakland University - aka The Murder, She Wrote lady who's currently working on critical AI studies. Is this thing even on?
I don’t know how I’ve gone this long without seeing The Third Man, but I finally did and it’s so good! That final scene …
October 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I don’t know how I’ve gone this long without seeing The Third Man, but I finally did and it’s so good! That final scene …
I’m not trying to brag, but today I had one of the best classes in 20 years.
October 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I’m not trying to brag, but today I had one of the best classes in 20 years.
Why do I have an entire folder called Slide Templates on my computer and spend hours making beautiful slides? Because this is what I get after SEVEN attempts to have Copilot generate slides with visual design based off my lecture notes.
October 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Why do I have an entire folder called Slide Templates on my computer and spend hours making beautiful slides? Because this is what I get after SEVEN attempts to have Copilot generate slides with visual design based off my lecture notes.
When you're working on a presentation about the current state of copyright and AI...
October 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
When you're working on a presentation about the current state of copyright and AI...
When your approach to learning is straight from Andrew Sarris’s playbook, I guess cinema gonna cinema.
September 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
When your approach to learning is straight from Andrew Sarris’s playbook, I guess cinema gonna cinema.
Proofs for Teaching AI in Film and Media Studies with @melstanfill.bsky.social submitted. See you all on publication day!
September 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Proofs for Teaching AI in Film and Media Studies with @melstanfill.bsky.social submitted. See you all on publication day!
Copyediting time! Teaching AI in Film and Media Studies, co-authored with @melstanfill.bsky.social, is coming soon.
August 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Copyediting time! Teaching AI in Film and Media Studies, co-authored with @melstanfill.bsky.social, is coming soon.
Who is making decisions about the messaging of the DNC’s donation asks? I don’t need a political mom guilting me into donating, thanks.
July 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Who is making decisions about the messaging of the DNC’s donation asks? I don’t need a political mom guilting me into donating, thanks.
Michigan friends and #murdershewrote fans, join me at @schulerbooks.bsky.social in West Bloomfield on August 2 for a book signing!
July 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Michigan friends and #murdershewrote fans, join me at @schulerbooks.bsky.social in West Bloomfield on August 2 for a book signing!
The time I turned in two book manuscripts on the same day!
July 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The time I turned in two book manuscripts on the same day!
Thank you to the Rochester Hills public library for having me speak about Murder, She Wrote and the cozy mystery last night, and extra special thank you to the many friends and colleagues who showed up. I was blown away by the turnout!
June 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Thank you to the Rochester Hills public library for having me speak about Murder, She Wrote and the cozy mystery last night, and extra special thank you to the many friends and colleagues who showed up. I was blown away by the turnout!
When this comes up in your feed only an hour after you gave a talk about Murder, She Wrote and grandma…..
May 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
When this comes up in your feed only an hour after you gave a talk about Murder, She Wrote and grandma…..
At least this time all the comments called out this “technological salvation” for how stupid it is.
April 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
At least this time all the comments called out this “technological salvation” for how stupid it is.
We already have this. It’s called Google docs or Word 365, but what extra gets me is that in the demo video the student just clicks “accept” on all the prof’s suggestions without reading them. Yes, yes, a superb model of education! I hate ed tech.
April 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We already have this. It’s called Google docs or Word 365, but what extra gets me is that in the demo video the student just clicks “accept” on all the prof’s suggestions without reading them. Yes, yes, a superb model of education! I hate ed tech.
The Wheel of Time S3 finale is a dud of a story that’s not a finale and, bizarrely, features a Zoobilee Zoo character in stripper platform stilettos that’s totally out of sync with the rest of the production design. What happened here?
April 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The Wheel of Time S3 finale is a dud of a story that’s not a finale and, bizarrely, features a Zoobilee Zoo character in stripper platform stilettos that’s totally out of sync with the rest of the production design. What happened here?
Sometimes you take selfies with other people’s books bc you know they won’t. @nyupress.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social @melstanfill.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Sometimes you take selfies with other people’s books bc you know they won’t. @nyupress.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social @melstanfill.bsky.social
Fandom, the Next Generation is two years old now, but still nice to see it in the wild.
April 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Fandom, the Next Generation is two years old now, but still nice to see it in the wild.
The book selfie is one of my favorite parts of conferencing. Murder, She Wrote is out now for a bargain price from Wayne State UP.
April 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The book selfie is one of my favorite parts of conferencing. Murder, She Wrote is out now for a bargain price from Wayne State UP.
Today in my AI learning community: pre-bunking as a strategy to combat misinformation...plus cats.
March 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Today in my AI learning community: pre-bunking as a strategy to combat misinformation...plus cats.
February 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My film history students are learning about how radical New Queer Cinema was as a movement that coincided with the late AIDS epidemic. I sent them to the CDC as an authority on AIDS data.
February 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
My film history students are learning about how radical New Queer Cinema was as a movement that coincided with the late AIDS epidemic. I sent them to the CDC as an authority on AIDS data.
It’s me, your local author of a bunch of stuff I didn’t write
January 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It’s me, your local author of a bunch of stuff I didn’t write
These survey results are a reminder to talk to your students in the early weeks of the semester, even if you don't want them to use AI in your course (especially then!). I'm updating my recommendations on "the talk" and syllabus policies. Stay tuned for that.
January 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
These survey results are a reminder to talk to your students in the early weeks of the semester, even if you don't want them to use AI in your course (especially then!). I'm updating my recommendations on "the talk" and syllabus policies. Stay tuned for that.
From the terrible site. Are people really still having students turn in paper and marking it up excessively in red pen? And posting to gripe about it? This is terrible pedagogy all around.
January 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
From the terrible site. Are people really still having students turn in paper and marking it up excessively in red pen? And posting to gripe about it? This is terrible pedagogy all around.