Odalis Del Carmen
@odalisgg.bsky.social
writer. tv enthusiast. caribbean latinx digital cultures & phd things at UT Austin. caribeña. she/her. 🍉
Nothing like a 7pm Substack drop. I wrote about Ina Garten, brownie puddings, and what it means to live “simple.”
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On brownie puddings and a simple life
Lessons from Ina Garten
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December 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Nothing like a 7pm Substack drop. I wrote about Ina Garten, brownie puddings, and what it means to live “simple.”
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“'Librarians out in our branches are seeing a lot of young people who are really excited by these collections,' Langlais told 404 Media. 'Folks who are coming in just for the games are picking up program flyers and coming back for something like that.'"
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“'Librarians out in our branches are seeing a lot of young people who are really excited by these collections,' Langlais told 404 Media. 'Folks who are coming in just for the games are picking up program flyers and coming back for something like that.'"
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Also, for @letterboxd.social I wrote about why you should watch HOLIDAY AFFAIR this month. Robert Mitchum! Janet Leigh! Seals in Central Park! Orphaned squirrels! Sizzling hot chemistry!!!
’Tis the Season: twenty underseen winter holiday favorites • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
To honor the winter break on the horizon, Letterboxd crew and contributors share twenty underseen holiday favorites: where Christmas and Hanukkah deep cuts and surprisingly festive noir and stop-motio...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Also, for @letterboxd.social I wrote about why you should watch HOLIDAY AFFAIR this month. Robert Mitchum! Janet Leigh! Seals in Central Park! Orphaned squirrels! Sizzling hot chemistry!!!
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New today on the site:
“Both WAKE UP DEAD MAN and CONCLAVE depict faith at work in a world that’s dark and growing darker. Each film holds faith up to the light and asks: In times like these, what are the faithful to do?”
- @dodgyboffin.com
“Both WAKE UP DEAD MAN and CONCLAVE depict faith at work in a world that’s dark and growing darker. Each film holds faith up to the light and asks: In times like these, what are the faithful to do?”
- @dodgyboffin.com
Double Features: Wake Up Dead Man and Conclave
Wake Up Dead Man and Conclave depict faith at work in a world that’s dark and growing darker. Both films hold faith up to the light and ask: In times like these, what are the faithful to do?
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November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
New today on the site:
“Both WAKE UP DEAD MAN and CONCLAVE depict faith at work in a world that’s dark and growing darker. Each film holds faith up to the light and asks: In times like these, what are the faithful to do?”
- @dodgyboffin.com
“Both WAKE UP DEAD MAN and CONCLAVE depict faith at work in a world that’s dark and growing darker. Each film holds faith up to the light and asks: In times like these, what are the faithful to do?”
- @dodgyboffin.com
Anyone know when the AOIR 2026 proposals are due? 👀🫢
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Anyone know when the AOIR 2026 proposals are due? 👀🫢
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the latest from RD: @drdadabhoy.bsky.social on the Mamdani campaign's success in defeating electoral Islamophobia
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Bad Muslim, Good Mayor — Mamdani Wins Decisive Victory over Islamophobic Election Tactics
The name is Mamdani, M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
You should learn how to say it.
Because he won.
On November 4, 2025, New York City elected Zohran Kwame Mamdani as its first Muslim mayor. Throughout hi...
religiondispatches.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
the latest from RD: @drdadabhoy.bsky.social on the Mamdani campaign's success in defeating electoral Islamophobia
religiondispatches.org/bad-muslim-g...
religiondispatches.org/bad-muslim-g...
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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#ASAP16 starts today and we're joining you in Houston! Check out the blog for the details on our presence and how to save on books and journal issues in #art, #VisualStudies, or any other discipline. buff.ly/JpzNSZW
October 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
#ASAP16 starts today and we're joining you in Houston! Check out the blog for the details on our presence and how to save on books and journal issues in #art, #VisualStudies, or any other discipline. buff.ly/JpzNSZW
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NEW: 🎶 What if pop music shapes our feelings as much as it reflects them? A new study by Xiaolu Wang of 260k+ Chinese-language songs (1967-2023) finds lyrical sentiments moves in 35-year emotional cycles.
Tug-of-War of Emotion: Measuring and Modeling Sentiment Cycles in Chinese-Language Pop Song Lyrics, 1967-2023 | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By Xiaolu Wang. This study challenges the idea that pop lyrics mirror societal moods, proposing instead that sentiment patterns in Chinese and English songs reflect cultural equilibration modeled by d...
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October 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
NEW: 🎶 What if pop music shapes our feelings as much as it reflects them? A new study by Xiaolu Wang of 260k+ Chinese-language songs (1967-2023) finds lyrical sentiments moves in 35-year emotional cycles.
Finding the soundtrack to one of my favorite movies of all time has been a peak moment for me
October 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Finding the soundtrack to one of my favorite movies of all time has been a peak moment for me
They’re plotting something
October 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
They’re plotting something
Sharing again!
Anyone out here know a scholar working on alt-right meme culture? Would especially be great if they have expertise in DH and/or social media network analysis!
October 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Sharing again!
Anyone out here know a scholar working on alt-right meme culture? Would especially be great if they have expertise in DH and/or social media network analysis!
October 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Anyone out here know a scholar working on alt-right meme culture? Would especially be great if they have expertise in DH and/or social media network analysis!
Very excited to be presenting at this year’s @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social conference. Ready to listen and learn from incredible Latinx studies scholars 🙂↕️
October 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Very excited to be presenting at this year’s @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social conference. Ready to listen and learn from incredible Latinx studies scholars 🙂↕️
Tomorrow!!!
Don't miss our conference next week Friday 10/10 9 am - 6 pm!
Register below:
www.eventbrite.com/e/1676660158...
Register below:
www.eventbrite.com/e/1676660158...
Join us October 10 for an in-person conference, Aesthetics of Joy and Refuge, featuring twenty presentations by a range of scholars, researchers and cultural organizers selected via open call.
View the program and RSVP online. Please note that seating is first-come, first-served.
View the program and RSVP online. Please note that seating is first-come, first-served.
October 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Tomorrow!!!
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ISO freelance/remote work: I recently moved for personal & research reasons and it’s been financially tense, would love and appreciate any leads on work. I’m available to write, edit, transcribe, translate and anything connected to that.
September 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
ISO freelance/remote work: I recently moved for personal & research reasons and it’s been financially tense, would love and appreciate any leads on work. I’m available to write, edit, transcribe, translate and anything connected to that.
ISO freelance/remote work: I recently moved for personal & research reasons and it’s been financially tense, would love and appreciate any leads on work. I’m available to write, edit, transcribe, translate and anything connected to that.
September 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
ISO freelance/remote work: I recently moved for personal & research reasons and it’s been financially tense, would love and appreciate any leads on work. I’m available to write, edit, transcribe, translate and anything connected to that.
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GO OFF LORD GRANTHAM
September 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
GO OFF LORD GRANTHAM
My last paycheck having been in July and my next one being in September should show everyone how completely unlivable grad student “salaries” are.
August 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
My last paycheck having been in July and my next one being in September should show everyone how completely unlivable grad student “salaries” are.
July first watches:
• What’s Up Doc? (1972)
• Miami Vice (2006)
• Mars Attacks! (1996)
• Rebecca (1940)
• Bringing Down The House (2003)
#filmsky
• What’s Up Doc? (1972)
• Miami Vice (2006)
• Mars Attacks! (1996)
• Rebecca (1940)
• Bringing Down The House (2003)
#filmsky
August 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
July first watches:
• What’s Up Doc? (1972)
• Miami Vice (2006)
• Mars Attacks! (1996)
• Rebecca (1940)
• Bringing Down The House (2003)
#filmsky
• What’s Up Doc? (1972)
• Miami Vice (2006)
• Mars Attacks! (1996)
• Rebecca (1940)
• Bringing Down The House (2003)
#filmsky
I guess crying while watching little women (2019) is just business as usual for me 🥲
July 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I guess crying while watching little women (2019) is just business as usual for me 🥲
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Putting this out there (summer edition): in need of a side gig(s)/freelance opps — whether local to atx or remote! I’ve got experience copy editing/writing, archival research, audio editing, and a quick learner!
Would appreciate any leads 🫡 help out a broke grad student 😭
Would appreciate any leads 🫡 help out a broke grad student 😭
July 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Putting this out there (summer edition): in need of a side gig(s)/freelance opps — whether local to atx or remote! I’ve got experience copy editing/writing, archival research, audio editing, and a quick learner!
Would appreciate any leads 🫡 help out a broke grad student 😭
Would appreciate any leads 🫡 help out a broke grad student 😭
Putting this out there (summer edition): in need of a side gig(s)/freelance opps — whether local to atx or remote! I’ve got experience copy editing/writing, archival research, audio editing, and a quick learner!
Would appreciate any leads 🫡 help out a broke grad student 😭
Would appreciate any leads 🫡 help out a broke grad student 😭
July 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Putting this out there (summer edition): in need of a side gig(s)/freelance opps — whether local to atx or remote! I’ve got experience copy editing/writing, archival research, audio editing, and a quick learner!
Would appreciate any leads 🫡 help out a broke grad student 😭
Would appreciate any leads 🫡 help out a broke grad student 😭