Dr Rukmini Pande
@rukminipande.bsky.social
Academic. Working on the intersection of race/ism in media fandom.
Pleased to share that my paper, “You Can Be Lara Croft Too!”: Examining the Extractive Colonial Logics of Tomb Raider Fan Tourism in Cambodia, has been published in the special edition on Tomb Raider of Feminist Media Histories doi.org/10.1525/fmh....
“You Can Be Lara Croft Too!”Examining the Extractive Colonial Logics of Tomb Raider Fan Tourism in Cambodia
Cultural heritage has been substantively identified as a vital motivator for tourism. An additional significant driver of visitor interest to specific historical locations is the influence of media pr...
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July 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Pleased to share that my paper, “You Can Be Lara Croft Too!”: Examining the Extractive Colonial Logics of Tomb Raider Fan Tourism in Cambodia, has been published in the special edition on Tomb Raider of Feminist Media Histories doi.org/10.1525/fmh....
The plane crash details are terrifying 😔 those poor students where it crashed too
June 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The plane crash details are terrifying 😔 those poor students where it crashed too
I think we're at war... Surreal to have updates of missile and drone strikes in between pope memes
May 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I think we're at war... Surreal to have updates of missile and drone strikes in between pope memes
Had to withdraw from a deeply meaningful project because it's increasingly clear that writing about activist spaces might put ppl at risk in terrifying ways. Even if respondents are kept anonymous the writing still creates an accessible chronicle of actions that bad faith actors could use 😓
April 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Had to withdraw from a deeply meaningful project because it's increasingly clear that writing about activist spaces might put ppl at risk in terrifying ways. Even if respondents are kept anonymous the writing still creates an accessible chronicle of actions that bad faith actors could use 😓
Did SCMS put out a statement about Trump's actions putting its members at greater risk this year? I'm not getting conference emails this year but I'm curious
April 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Did SCMS put out a statement about Trump's actions putting its members at greater risk this year? I'm not getting conference emails this year but I'm curious
Ppl keep telling me ai is great for finding initial sources in fields you're not familiar with so I was like FINE ILL TRY 🤷🏾 and then every source it gave was either totally made up or didn't say what it claimed at all.....like.... we're so cooked
March 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Ppl keep telling me ai is great for finding initial sources in fields you're not familiar with so I was like FINE ILL TRY 🤷🏾 and then every source it gave was either totally made up or didn't say what it claimed at all.....like.... we're so cooked
The world continues to be awful but works goes on....Sharing my chapter in the (excellent) second edition of the Routledge Companion to Media Fandom where I think through some implications of "transnational fandom" and the challenges that face us as scholars
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
What Does the “Transnational” Mean for Fan Studies Today? Some Provoca
The category of transcultural fandom as it circulates in fan studies today indicates those fan communities that are perceived as “outside the dominant paradigm
www.taylorfrancis.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The world continues to be awful but works goes on....Sharing my chapter in the (excellent) second edition of the Routledge Companion to Media Fandom where I think through some implications of "transnational fandom" and the challenges that face us as scholars
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Deeply ironic when you give anon review on smth pointing out that it doesn't deal with race as an aspect of fanwork... and then you get a revised version that completely changes the pitch of the analysis to focus on race...but no scholarship by scholars of colour is referenced
December 27, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Deeply ironic when you give anon review on smth pointing out that it doesn't deal with race as an aspect of fanwork... and then you get a revised version that completely changes the pitch of the analysis to focus on race...but no scholarship by scholars of colour is referenced
Feeling a bit doom-ish about the future of academic writing negl... Even good students can't seem to resist using AI to "tweak" their writing because they're convinced the bot is better... But that also means they'll never develop a voice of their own 🙃
December 12, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Feeling a bit doom-ish about the future of academic writing negl... Even good students can't seem to resist using AI to "tweak" their writing because they're convinced the bot is better... But that also means they'll never develop a voice of their own 🙃
Bringing this over from twitter because omg Voltaire 😱 (approving)
November 15, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Bringing this over from twitter because omg Voltaire 😱 (approving)
Reposted by Dr Rukmini Pande
If you want to hear my thoughts on the discourse surrounding Ted Lasso‘s third season and many smart people‘s analysis of the overall show…
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-p...
November 10, 2024 at 9:49 PM
If you want to hear my thoughts on the discourse surrounding Ted Lasso‘s third season and many smart people‘s analysis of the overall show…
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-p...
Must admit it's a bit baffling to watch ppl talk about how USA uni admins will be more receptive to repressive policies only now when I've watched peaceful students getting beaten by police for the entirety of the last year
November 9, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Must admit it's a bit baffling to watch ppl talk about how USA uni admins will be more receptive to repressive policies only now when I've watched peaceful students getting beaten by police for the entirety of the last year
I'm sorry US friends... I know the sinking feeling all too well.. sending love 🫂
November 7, 2024 at 3:10 AM
I'm sorry US friends... I know the sinking feeling all too well.. sending love 🫂
Thanks to everyone who came to our roundtable! I'm sorry that we couldn't get to all the questions but thought it was a really great conversation 💪🏾
Hallo... just popping in to remind everyone that our plenary roundtable at #FSNNA - "Is a Critical Fan Studies Possible is at 10 am EDT today/tomorrow (depending on your timezone).... @thekpopprof.bsky.social, Poe Johnson, Yvonne Gosalves, @stitchmedia.bsky.social and I are gonna get into it!
October 17, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to our roundtable! I'm sorry that we couldn't get to all the questions but thought it was a really great conversation 💪🏾
Reposted by Dr Rukmini Pande
Very excited to host the first plenary session of#FSNNA24 where we're asking the question, "Is a Critical Fan Studies Possible?"
Tune in for Poe Johnson, Yvonne Gonzales, @stitch.bsky.social, @thekpopprof.bsky.social and myself on October 17th!
More info here fsn-northamerica.org/2024/08/08/m...
Tune in for Poe Johnson, Yvonne Gonzales, @stitch.bsky.social, @thekpopprof.bsky.social and myself on October 17th!
More info here fsn-northamerica.org/2024/08/08/m...
Monster of Fan Studies Reveal #1 …
FSNNA24 will feature four plenary roundtable sessions, each curated by a specially invited conference "headliner." The first MONSTER OF FAN STUDIES is Rukmini Pande, Associate Professor of Literary St...
fsn-northamerica.org
September 14, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Very excited to host the first plenary session of#FSNNA24 where we're asking the question, "Is a Critical Fan Studies Possible?"
Tune in for Poe Johnson, Yvonne Gonzales, @stitch.bsky.social, @thekpopprof.bsky.social and myself on October 17th!
More info here fsn-northamerica.org/2024/08/08/m...
Tune in for Poe Johnson, Yvonne Gonzales, @stitch.bsky.social, @thekpopprof.bsky.social and myself on October 17th!
More info here fsn-northamerica.org/2024/08/08/m...
Hallo... just popping in to remind everyone that our plenary roundtable at #FSNNA - "Is a Critical Fan Studies Possible is at 10 am EDT today/tomorrow (depending on your timezone).... @thekpopprof.bsky.social, Poe Johnson, Yvonne Gosalves, @stitchmedia.bsky.social and I are gonna get into it!
October 17, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Hallo... just popping in to remind everyone that our plenary roundtable at #FSNNA - "Is a Critical Fan Studies Possible is at 10 am EDT today/tomorrow (depending on your timezone).... @thekpopprof.bsky.social, Poe Johnson, Yvonne Gosalves, @stitchmedia.bsky.social and I are gonna get into it!
@stitch.bsky.social Hi Stitch! Sorry to poke but had sent you an email about a pre-meeting for the FSNNA panel.. would you be able to make it? Currently the best time for everyone seems to be 9-10 PM Seoul time (11th Oct) which is earlyish in the morning of the 12th for US ppl... Lemme know!
October 11, 2024 at 7:08 AM
@stitch.bsky.social Hi Stitch! Sorry to poke but had sent you an email about a pre-meeting for the FSNNA panel.. would you be able to make it? Currently the best time for everyone seems to be 9-10 PM Seoul time (11th Oct) which is earlyish in the morning of the 12th for US ppl... Lemme know!
Very excited to host the first plenary session of#FSNNA24 where we're asking the question, "Is a Critical Fan Studies Possible?"
Tune in for Poe Johnson, Yvonne Gonzales, @stitch.bsky.social, @thekpopprof.bsky.social and myself on October 17th!
More info here fsn-northamerica.org/2024/08/08/m...
Tune in for Poe Johnson, Yvonne Gonzales, @stitch.bsky.social, @thekpopprof.bsky.social and myself on October 17th!
More info here fsn-northamerica.org/2024/08/08/m...
Monster of Fan Studies Reveal #1 …
FSNNA24 will feature four plenary roundtable sessions, each curated by a specially invited conference "headliner." The first MONSTER OF FAN STUDIES is Rukmini Pande, Associate Professor of Literary St...
fsn-northamerica.org
September 14, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Very excited to host the first plenary session of#FSNNA24 where we're asking the question, "Is a Critical Fan Studies Possible?"
Tune in for Poe Johnson, Yvonne Gonzales, @stitch.bsky.social, @thekpopprof.bsky.social and myself on October 17th!
More info here fsn-northamerica.org/2024/08/08/m...
Tune in for Poe Johnson, Yvonne Gonzales, @stitch.bsky.social, @thekpopprof.bsky.social and myself on October 17th!
More info here fsn-northamerica.org/2024/08/08/m...
Happy to announce that my paper "Don't fight back, fight forward: An analysis of Ted Lasso’s approach to systemic race/ism in the English Premier League" is out now in The Journal of Popular Television! go.shr.lc/4cQHKBH
Do not fight back, fight forward: An analysis of Ted Lasso’s approach to systemic race/ism in the English Premier League | Intellect
Ted Lasso (2020–23) has garnered much acclaim from both fans and critics, racking up an impressive 21 Emmy nominations for its final season. Commentators repeatedly highlighted that the show’s emphasi...
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September 3, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Happy to announce that my paper "Don't fight back, fight forward: An analysis of Ted Lasso’s approach to systemic race/ism in the English Premier League" is out now in The Journal of Popular Television! go.shr.lc/4cQHKBH
Many have pointed it out but if the what's going on in usa campuses was happening in the middle east there would be wall-to-wall handwringing abt state repression
May 1, 2024 at 4:32 AM
Many have pointed it out but if the what's going on in usa campuses was happening in the middle east there would be wall-to-wall handwringing abt state repression
That one protest sign about "Why did you ask me to read Said if you didn't want me to use him" 😔
April 24, 2024 at 4:25 AM
That one protest sign about "Why did you ask me to read Said if you didn't want me to use him" 😔
Reposted by Dr Rukmini Pande
Did anyone send this to you? We can right now if not. Note to everyone: tag us bc the person checking this account can always request articles for you.
April 12, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Did anyone send this to you? We can right now if not. Note to everyone: tag us bc the person checking this account can always request articles for you.
Would anyone have access to this article? online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
April 10, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Would anyone have access to this article? online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article...
I know why but it's still very depressing that the largest consistent political mobilization in fandom spaces over the past few months has been solidarity for Palestine and no fan publication that I've come across has said anything about it
March 22, 2024 at 7:24 AM
I know why but it's still very depressing that the largest consistent political mobilization in fandom spaces over the past few months has been solidarity for Palestine and no fan publication that I've come across has said anything about it
I am wandering about the conference...please feel free to say hello!
I will be in Boston for #SCMS after a while so please do let me know if you'll be there too... Would love to say hello irl
March 15, 2024 at 12:05 PM
I am wandering about the conference...please feel free to say hello!