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K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social · 3d

“‘KPop Demon Hunters’… is now the most-watched film in the streaming company’s history, with 325 million views. It was also the first Netflix movie to top the box office chart, when it was released for a weekend in August.”

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Helps Lift Netflix Revenue 17%

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Department of English at Arizona State University @asuenglish.bsky.social · 3d

What's behind the cultural phenomenon of "KPop Demon Hunters"? 🎤✨🎶

#ASUHumanities professors @areum.bsky.social (ASU School of International Letters and Cultures) and @katiedidnt.bsky.social (ASU English) explain.

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Scholars, fans can explore the rise of 'KPop Demon Hunters' during Humanities Week | ASU News

As part of this year's Humanities Week at Arizona State University, a “Fun with K-Pop Demon Hunters” event will take place on Oct. 22.If you’ve read that sentence and are wondering what, or who, K-pop...

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K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social · 3d

lol. I was so sick when he talked to me. I wanted to say deeply interesting things about Netflix, but mostly I think I babbled about how fun the story is. 😅

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K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social · 3d

A lot of this is about the use of social media to organize/connect & how it restructures things. I’m also concerned about the legacy of “media fandom” and how 1 fan network/history has shaped so much fan studies theory. It’s an imperfect lens for studying fans today. (2/2)

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K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social · 3d

It helps! Ultimately though, I believe fandoms plural is still a problem. It implies multiple single places or unified cultures/communities. However, fan networks aren’t organized that way nowadays. (1/2)

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Areum Jeong 정아름 @areum.bsky.social · 4d

Many thanks to ASU News for inviting me to share my thoughts! Also in great company with @katiedidnt.bsky.social! 🌵🌴

Scholars, fans can explore the rise of 'KPop Demon Hunters' during Humanities Week news.asu.edu/20251015-art...

Scholars, fans can explore the rise of 'KPop Demon Hunters' during Humanities Week | ASU News

As part of this year's Humanities Week at Arizona State University, a “Fun with K-Pop Demon Hunters” event will take place on Oct. 22.If you’ve read that sentence and are wondering what, or who, K-pop...

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K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social · 4d

Exactly. It’s a very pre-web 2.0 framework. If you’re interested, I have a chapter in the updated Routledge Media Fandom anthology which is all about this. The FSNNA talk is rehashing parts of that. 😅

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K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social · 4d

Oooo, yes! I want to read it! Just FYI, I have a chapter on this in Suzanne and Melissa’s new Routledge anthology. (The FSNNA talk is pulling from that.) My suggestion is “fan networks,” but it has pros/cons too.

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K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, totally. And for fans (myself included), the word fandom has so much emotional resonance. Being “in fandom” is something a lot of us really value and connect to our identities as fans. I definitely get it. I just think, from an aca perspective, it’s creating real problems.

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K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social · 4d

That’s the phrase I like! It’s really hard to unlearn “fandom” though. 😅

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K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social · 4d

Join me on my campaign to convince fan scholars to stop using the word fandom. Or tell me why I’m wrong. 😅

Fan Studies Network North America @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social · 28d

Gather round my friends-
It's time to announce our 2nd headliner for the 2025 FSNNA Conference

It's DR. MEL STANFILL!!

They're a media studies scholar & associate prof (University of Central Florida) & will be leading a roundtable session on Oct. 25th titled " #Fandom Is..."

A promotional graphic with "FSNNA 25" in dark boxes at the top left and right corner. Between those two boxes, in all capital letters reads "HEADLINER." Below that, centered and in bold letters reads the name "Mel Stanfill"
Below that, on the left it says the name of the headliner roundtable "Fandom Is..." and below that is smaller text it lists the other roundtable guests "Ngoc Bich (Becky) Pham, Taylore Nicole Woodhouse , & Katherine E. Morrissey"
To the right of that text is a black and white zoomed in photo of Mel Stanfill's new book, "Fandom is Ugly," which shows a smiling emoji with stars for eyes split in half horizontally. Inside the emoji are lots of angry emojis
At the bottom of the graphic is a dark bar with the time and date of the event (October 25 2025 at 17:00 pm Eastern Time)

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Bridget Kies @bridgetkies.bsky.social · 9d

Since this took off a bit, may I introduce you to Chapter 1: Media Literacy, AI Literacy? www.routledge.com/Teaching-AI-...

Teaching AI in Film and Media Studies: Lights, Camera, Algorithms

A timely intervention into the role of AI in teaching film and media studies, this book offers insights into how scholars and educators can adapt their approaches in the face of emerging technologies....

www.routledge.com

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Fan Studies Network North America @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social · 4d

🚨🚨LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR OUR #FSNNA2025 #FanStudies CONFERENCE!!!🚨🚨

Registration closes TOMORROW (Oct 21) at 11:59pm ET‼️

You can find the registration & conference info on our REVAMPED WEBSITE at fsn-northamerica.org#Conference

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ALT: a drag queen with white hair and a blue dress has the word chance in white letters

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K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social · 4d

Ugggggggggh.

K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social · 4d

The amount of “canvas is down, does this mean class is canceled?” emails I’m getting is hilarious.

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K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social · 4d

Happy National “Can Teaching Exist Without Canvas?” Day to all who are participating in this unplanned teaching experiment. 🤦‍♀️

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K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social · 7d

Can we make this required reading in college writing classes?

Advice | 10 Ways AI Is Ruining Your Students’ Writing

And how to help them see that AI cannot craft good essays.

www.chronicle.com

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K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social · 21d

I am in CT for a very brief amount of time and attempting to drink as much Foxon Park birch beer soda as possible before I leave.

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K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social · Sep 23

Great playlist on The Amplifier this week. (To be fair, this opinion may be generationally specific. But I am definitely being HAILED here.) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/a...

10 Great Tracks From Major-Label Debuts

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K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social · Aug 21

I am a zombie who has just spent hours and hours of her life reconfiguring assignments and reprogramming deadlines on Canvas. And I'm still not done.

Tech bros, stop telling me to AI generate syllabi and start designing an AI tool to build Canvas shells from my syllabi.

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K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social · Aug 19

One of my favorite lines from reader debates on sex and romance in 1999: "a veritable sex bath of perversions.” Honestly, why did we settle on a tasteful term like erotic romance when we could have gone with a "sex bath of perversions!"

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K. Morrissey @katiedidnt.bsky.social · Aug 8

Apparently “660,000-word serialized novel” is secret NY Times code for “Harry Potter Fanfiction now?” 🙄

(It feels like this article like it is skipping over A LOT of significant details for fear of lawsuits from wealthy people.)

The Rise of Silicon Valley’s Techno-Religion

www.nytimes.com

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · Aug 7

fire's currently working on this case with student newspapers suing Rubio. this is really important, imo. thehill.com/regulation/c...

Stanford student newspaper sues Trump administration over writers fearing deportation

Stanford University’s independent student newspaper on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against two Trump administration officials, claiming some of its writers in the U.S. on student visas have &#8…

thehill.com

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · Aug 7

www.theverge.com/2024/9/24/24...

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · Aug 5

Dealing with law enforcement can be stressful, so it’s important to know your rights before you’re face-to-face with ICE agents. While there’s never any guarantee that law enforcement officers will follow the law, here’s what they can and can’t legally do to you and what you can legally demand. ⬇️

What Are My Rights During an ICE Raid?

Immigration law can be tricky, but here's what you should know.

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