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Steph Brown
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Assistant Prof of Com and Media Studies @ Washington College | current Delawarean | I do work on gender, space, media, and belonging and also comedy studies | she/her
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Ernie Pyle holding the solidarity paper 😭😩
The statue of Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent and Indiana Daily Student alum Ernie Pyle holds a copy of The Purdue Exponent's IDS Special Edition. Photo Courtesy Of Charlie Stapleton/The Exponent
October 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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As an IU alum (and now media prof) this story literally is making me cry. I’m proud of these students 🩷

full story: www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
Screenshot of Sara Whitmer’s facebook post that says: I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town. Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming. Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance.
October 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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American fans of Great British Bake Off be like:
Screenshot of a google trend search for “flapjacks” showing a huge spike on the night of September 26th
September 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Today marked the return of mine and my friend’s “Friday art party” that we try to do at least every couple weeks. Today we collaged!

I highly recommend having your own regular art party with your friends and/or family.
Portrait oriented Collage made of magazines, mostly in blues and oranges. At the center is a feather quill that ends at a script sentence reading “Stories about us.” In smaller print to the left of the quill says “Life and Letters” and in bigger print to the right reads “GHOST WRITER” split in half length wise.
January 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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everyone rn after spending the entire day goodbye scrolling
Screenshot from the final scene of the movie The Truman Show. Two security guards sitting next to each other with the caption “What else is on?”
January 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Check out full event description here and let me know if you have any questions! (2/2)
Event Description: The Critical Media Pedagogies SIG invites you to a 90-minute discussion and reflection celebrating the 30th anniversary of bell hooks’ seminal work of critical pedagogical theory Teaching to Transgress. Together, we’ll ask: what insights can we incorporate from hooks’s 1994 text into our teaching practice as 2025 film and media studies educators? A collection of essays covering a wide range of topics from hooks’ own schooling experiences to building solidarity in university spaces, Teaching to Transgress remains necessary reading for university educators. The book’s combination of personal narrative and critical theory models the ways in which we might approach our own teaching and highlights the importance of drawing from our educational experiences to become more equitable, compassionate teachers. Those who register for the event will be sent a link to our Zoom meeting and the text to read in advance of our guided discussion. This is a low stakes book club meeting; even if you read just a bit of the work or run out of time to read, you’re welcome to join and learn from our discussion.
January 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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honorable mentions
December 18, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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Feeling the way I usually do in December (like I’m not living up to my potential)- so going to try to post some things I liked that I did this year.

I started a collage instagram account for creative steam-letting.

This is my favorite one!
collage art of a blue stream running through trees with a sunset sky
December 18, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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Finally listening to the “Sold a Story” podcast, and this is all I can think about
A screenshot from the movie Zoolander. Zoolander played by Ben Stiller is leaning over a small model of a school. The text over the screenshot says “How are we supposed to teach students how to read if they can’t even fit inside the building?”
November 25, 2024 at 1:03 AM
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Watching Hot Frosty and thinking I’ve seen *a lot* of graphic wallpaper representation lately. Is Hollywood in cahoots with Rifle Paper Co and/or Big Peel and Stick? Are journalists on this trend yet?
Screen grab from opening of Netflix Film Hot Frosty. A sleepy woman sitting up in bed with graphic wallpaper on her bedroom wall in the background.
November 22, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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anyways, here’s the roommate who woke me up with his screams at 5:27 this morning basking in the sun
Handsome tuxedo cat with adorable white paws and a white chin sleeping on a blue fuzzy perch in a sunbeam
November 12, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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I see this cartoon circulating with many remarking that it is completely detached from reality, but I read this and other similar takes as actively creating an alternate reality
political cartoon by Michael Ramirez from November 11, 2024. Picture of a campaign worker saying to another “how is it even possible to lose to Trump?“ Behind them are slogans including “big government“ “ vote woke“ and” “defund the police“
November 12, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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What are four films you don’t just dislike, you despise. #filmsky
Poster for the film Boondock Saints Poster for the film Idiocracy Poster for the film The Family Stone Poster for the film Children of Men
July 2, 2024 at 12:01 AM
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last movie of 2023/ first movie of 2024

enjoyed both! I’ve been watching too much TV lately. I want to watch
more movies in 2024
Movie poster for the film Shortcomings Movie poster for the film Bottoms
January 2, 2024 at 2:49 AM
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Curious that all the books I need to read to add more context to my book are almost the same shade of blue.
a stack of four cerulean-ish blue books on a beige carpet. the books are: Getting the Joke, Women Comedians in the Digital Age, The Authenticity Industries, and Stand-up Comedy in Contemporary Feminisms
December 12, 2023 at 10:14 PM
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an appreciation post for Peyton, my perfect dog nephew
October 12, 2023 at 2:07 PM
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Dried flower display complete! Added them to a handmade bowl a friend made us as a wedding gift. Now I just need to figure out what scented oil to add 🌱
dried flowers in the center of a blue ceramic bowl against a checkered floor
October 12, 2023 at 1:46 PM
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Tonight’s project: drying flowers in the oven 🌱
cookie sheet with a variety of purple and yellow flower petals cookie sheet with a wire rack with white, yellow, and white flowers on it
October 10, 2023 at 1:57 AM
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as a first time gardener this year, i can’t believe i grew these on my balcony from teeny little seeds 🌱
October 8, 2023 at 2:15 AM
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phone paintings update 2
September 9, 2023 at 10:46 PM
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My proudest accomplishment this summer is that I grew this from a seed from a grocery store pepper with instructions from a tiktok video.
close up of a Green pepper plant with five baby peppers growing from the branches in a window. high angle photo of a green pepper plant with five baby peppers growing from the branches in a window.
September 8, 2023 at 8:21 PM
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#AddGardener 😎
September 8, 2023 at 8:18 PM
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Bringing this over here in case there’s an SCMS contingent!

3 ET today! The first of an ongoing meet-up for folks to talk through any and all teaching issues/ideas they’re having and connect with others around pedagogy! DM me for a link!
Post for SCMS Critical Pedagogies SIG meet-up. A new space aimed at creating an ongoing space to get support, share ideas, and discuss issues related to teaching. Inaugural meeting Friday, September 8th at 3 PM eastern time.
September 8, 2023 at 4:34 PM
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phones in progress
painting in progress of a blue phone on brown background in progress painting of a sixties wall phone in blues, oranges, and yellow
September 2, 2023 at 2:58 PM
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The best things I did this summer were getting back into painting and getting more into gardening. Need a benefactor to fund this life of leisure so I can quit precarious academia. 💕💕
September 2, 2023 at 2:40 PM