Josie
@jotorresbarth.bsky.social
Asst. prof of TV/media studies. Current book project: US radio + TV horror anthologies 1940s-1960s, gender/domestic space + media technology, the uncanny. #FirstGen. She/her.
get ready for the next installment in the Casablanca cinematic universe, Rick/Renault buddy comedy “A Beautiful Friendship”
sorry to the students I told we were done with new content, because this is a rich text that we now have to discuss
December 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
get ready for the next installment in the Casablanca cinematic universe, Rick/Renault buddy comedy “A Beautiful Friendship”
this happened ONE DAY after my Televisual Culture conclusion class
BREAKING: Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, home to Harry Potter and Superman franchises, for $72 billion.
Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion
Netflix has struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to buy the legacy Hollywood giant’s studio and streaming business for $72 billion.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
this happened ONE DAY after my Televisual Culture conclusion class
just submitted a fellowship application and received an automated email in response with application instructions that were not on the website so…I guess that was a good waste of an afternoon
December 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
just submitted a fellowship application and received an automated email in response with application instructions that were not on the website so…I guess that was a good waste of an afternoon
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"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried
that is……not how taste works
December 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
that is……not how taste works
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ANNOUNCING: The SCMS Television Studies SIG 2026 Graduate Essay Contest! Essays due January 2, 2026—more details below!
Submit essays to: Matt Boyd Smith ([email protected])
Sign up to review here: forms.gle/K4muyibPH8Y1...
Get in touch with any questions!
Submit essays to: Matt Boyd Smith ([email protected])
Sign up to review here: forms.gle/K4muyibPH8Y1...
Get in touch with any questions!
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
ANNOUNCING: The SCMS Television Studies SIG 2026 Graduate Essay Contest! Essays due January 2, 2026—more details below!
Submit essays to: Matt Boyd Smith ([email protected])
Sign up to review here: forms.gle/K4muyibPH8Y1...
Get in touch with any questions!
Submit essays to: Matt Boyd Smith ([email protected])
Sign up to review here: forms.gle/K4muyibPH8Y1...
Get in touch with any questions!
"what's your favorite movie?"
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"what's your favorite movie?"
my Intro students' media diet journal assignment has already lead to the shocking revelation that the kids are watching... ... ... ... ... Alf
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
my Intro students' media diet journal assignment has already lead to the shocking revelation that the kids are watching... ... ... ... ... Alf
when your app is so bad I have to google “does [streaming platform] still exist”
November 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
when your app is so bad I have to google “does [streaming platform] still exist”
watching Death Becomes Her and bemoaning the fact that Hollywood no longer makes weird movies
November 28, 2025 at 3:52 AM
watching Death Becomes Her and bemoaning the fact that Hollywood no longer makes weird movies
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Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
playing “this book started as a dissertation” bingo
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
playing “this book started as a dissertation” bingo
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Just a reminder that the deadline for abstracts for this FREE, ONLINE, GRAD STUDENT WORKSHOP is a little less than two weeks away!
DEAR GRAD STUDENTS,
This March @post45data.bsky.social will be holding a free, online mini-workshop for grads working in the fields of contemporary literature and culture.
More info / abstract submission here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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This March @post45data.bsky.social will be holding a free, online mini-workshop for grads working in the fields of contemporary literature and culture.
More info / abstract submission here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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CFP: The Data of Post45 Literature and Culture (Online Graduate Workshop)
How has encroaching climate disaster impacted how the future is imagined in science fiction novels? What can a century of NYT bestsellers lists tell us about trends in mainstream publishing? And how c...
docs.google.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just a reminder that the deadline for abstracts for this FREE, ONLINE, GRAD STUDENT WORKSHOP is a little less than two weeks away!
my colleague told me there was a package for me in the department office “with a funny address label.” guess it’s good we’re a small school…
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
my colleague told me there was a package for me in the department office “with a funny address label.” guess it’s good we’re a small school…
I may live in the middle of nowhere but it’s walking distance from an Art Deco single-screen repertory theater that hosts a yearly festival of horror shorts
November 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I may live in the middle of nowhere but it’s walking distance from an Art Deco single-screen repertory theater that hosts a yearly festival of horror shorts
read a review of the new Luca Guadagnino movie and………the Julia Roberts character is supposed to be pre-tenure??
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
read a review of the new Luca Guadagnino movie and………the Julia Roberts character is supposed to be pre-tenure??
if you are anywhere within the last twenty minutes of a class and say the words “next week,” that class is now over
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
if you are anywhere within the last twenty minutes of a class and say the words “next week,” that class is now over
looks like the back row of the second section of my Intro class
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
looks like the back row of the second section of my Intro class
ok who punked me by giving my email address to the Daily Wire and the Babylon Bee
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
ok who punked me by giving my email address to the Daily Wire and the Babylon Bee
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hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn
watching a panel about a TV history topic featuring several historians and a TV critic and…I am surprised at the things that the critic is surprised by
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
watching a panel about a TV history topic featuring several historians and a TV critic and…I am surprised at the things that the critic is surprised by
about to find out what students hated more: having to watch a feature-length silent experimental Soviet montage documentary or having to watch Real Housewives of New York
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
about to find out what students hated more: having to watch a feature-length silent experimental Soviet montage documentary or having to watch Real Housewives of New York
admissions has asked whether a potential student can sit in on my Intro class....little do they know that's political economy day on the syllabus
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
admissions has asked whether a potential student can sit in on my Intro class....little do they know that's political economy day on the syllabus