Kate Fortmueller
@kfortmueller.bsky.social
Media industries, labor, and unions.
Author of Below the Stars & Hollywood Shutdown (both UTX, 2021), Co-editor, Hollywood Unions (Rutgers, 2025), Boom to Bust: How Streaming Broke Hollywood Workers w/ @mirandabanks.bsky.social in 2026.
Assoc. Prof @GSU
Author of Below the Stars & Hollywood Shutdown (both UTX, 2021), Co-editor, Hollywood Unions (Rutgers, 2025), Boom to Bust: How Streaming Broke Hollywood Workers w/ @mirandabanks.bsky.social in 2026.
Assoc. Prof @GSU
Proofs arrive in our inboxes tomorrow and @mirandabanks.bsky.social and I will send this out to press before the end of the year!
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November 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Proofs arrive in our inboxes tomorrow and @mirandabanks.bsky.social and I will send this out to press before the end of the year!
Preorder w/ UCPSAVE30 for 30% off
www.ucpress.edu/books/boom-t...
Preorder w/ UCPSAVE30 for 30% off
www.ucpress.edu/books/boom-t...
Brief pause from my social media hiatus for shameless self-promotion (and because I love our cover). My book w/ @mirandabanks.bsky.social is available for purchase at the UC Press website www.ucpress.edu/books/boom-t...
September 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Brief pause from my social media hiatus for shameless self-promotion (and because I love our cover). My book w/ @mirandabanks.bsky.social is available for purchase at the UC Press website www.ucpress.edu/books/boom-t...
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!
June 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!
Congratulations, @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social and Melissa Click! I know it’s on order at my library!
March 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Congratulations, @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social and Melissa Click! I know it’s on order at my library!
It’s Oscar Sunday and I’m always thinking about AMPAS’s union busting origins, but in a year when multiple films featuring dance are nominated it’s worth thinking about why choreographers/dance directors are not nominated alongside other nominees. (Interested? Follow @creditthecreator on Instagram)
March 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It’s Oscar Sunday and I’m always thinking about AMPAS’s union busting origins, but in a year when multiple films featuring dance are nominated it’s worth thinking about why choreographers/dance directors are not nominated alongside other nominees. (Interested? Follow @creditthecreator on Instagram)
Excited to dig into my contributor copy and think about some of the possibilities to assign chapters in future classes!
March 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Excited to dig into my contributor copy and think about some of the possibilities to assign chapters in future classes!
The world is on fire, but @mirandabanks.bsky.social and I just submitted the manuscript for Hollywood Walkout: Creative Labor in the Age of Streaming.
January 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The world is on fire, but @mirandabanks.bsky.social and I just submitted the manuscript for Hollywood Walkout: Creative Labor in the Age of Streaming.
2024 was my year of co-authoring and I had a great time interviewing people about themed pickets and writing this with @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 9:14 PM
2024 was my year of co-authoring and I had a great time interviewing people about themed pickets and writing this with @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Editor copies have arrived!
December 2, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Editor copies have arrived!
Spotted in the conference wilds! Thanks for sending @petecant.bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Spotted in the conference wilds! Thanks for sending @petecant.bsky.social
And for those who want to follow all the CP folks, apply to CP25 to see some of these scholars in person in Atlanta!
November 11, 2024 at 9:02 PM
And for those who want to follow all the CP folks, apply to CP25 to see some of these scholars in person in Atlanta!
For all the feminist media scholars who just joined Bluesky...consider submitting a proposal to Console-ing Passions 2025! We're hosting it at Georgia State University and we're looking forward to lively conversations!
fmt.gsu.edu/console-ing-...
fmt.gsu.edu/console-ing-...
November 11, 2024 at 12:06 AM
For all the feminist media scholars who just joined Bluesky...consider submitting a proposal to Console-ing Passions 2025! We're hosting it at Georgia State University and we're looking forward to lively conversations!
fmt.gsu.edu/console-ing-...
fmt.gsu.edu/console-ing-...
Thrilled to have a book cover (even though I know we have several rounds of edits ahead). Luci and I started talking about this in March 2020, so we've been living with this project for awhile. Excited to see it become a real book!
www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/hollywood-un...
www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/hollywood-un...
April 3, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Thrilled to have a book cover (even though I know we have several rounds of edits ahead). Luci and I started talking about this in March 2020, so we've been living with this project for awhile. Excited to see it become a real book!
www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/hollywood-un...
www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/hollywood-un...
The SCMS MISIG and Sports Media SIG have a virtual roundtable on the Sports Media Industries in 2024!
RSVP now and you'll get the link as a reminder next year ;)
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
RSVP now and you'll get the link as a reminder next year ;)
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 21, 2023 at 5:15 PM
The SCMS MISIG and Sports Media SIG have a virtual roundtable on the Sports Media Industries in 2024!
RSVP now and you'll get the link as a reminder next year ;)
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
RSVP now and you'll get the link as a reminder next year ;)
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Register for the event here: https://ucsc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d5-JWXQDRpaaYhJ4z5Yk9w#/registration
July 28, 2023 at 12:28 PM
Register for the event here: https://ucsc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d5-JWXQDRpaaYhJ4z5Yk9w#/registration