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Keith Friedlander

@friedkeith.bsky.social

PhD - He / Him - Comics, Counterpublics, Production Cultures, Super Heroes - Research and Scholarly Activity Lead @ Olds College

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Spencer McDaniel@spencermcdaniel.bsky.social · 2w ago

I have a master's degree in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies, I've studied the 'Odyssey' in Ancient Greek, and I've been writing about the ancient world for over a decade. This is my exhaustive review of Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'. #Odyssey #classics talesoftimesforgotten.com/2026/07/23/a...

An Ancient Historian's Breakdown of Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' - Tales of Times Forgotten

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is perhaps the most highly anticipated new film of the 2020s. It has already received near-universal acclaim from film critics and earned more at the box office in its ...

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Laura K. Nelson@lauraknelson.bsky.social · yesterday

Who's up for a good old fashioned (but short, bc I'm tired) paper thread? Thrilled to be in this special issue of Gender & Society (an absolute dream!), where we propose a feminist-inspired extension of how to theorize and model the spread of ideas in science + journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

What Gets Lost in Translation? Epistemic Tensions between Translation and Diffusion in Practice-Oriented Scholarship Abstract This paper proposes a feminist-informed metascience theory to explain the interconnected processes of idea creation, translation, and diffusion. Drawing on feminist critiques of science centered on perspective, power, and praxis, we develop a creation–diffusion model that jointly examines how ideas are created and then how the content of ideas influences their spread across academic fields. Using a nationally funded gender equity program as a case of a practice-oriented knowledge-production community, we analyze how gender equity research concepts were translated and diffused through the program-funded publications. We operationalize substantive engagement with gender equity research using word embeddings and Concept Mover’s Distance. Then, with additional contextual variables, we measure (1) the predictors of this engagement (ideas) and (2) the impact of engagement on citation counts and citation interdisciplinarity (the diffusion process) across social science and STEM fields. Our findings show that, in addition to context, the content of the idea matters for diffusion: Engagement with critical dimensions of gender equity research, such as feminism and structural concepts, diffused less often, whereas other dimensions, such as gender and methods, achieved broader uptake. Our empirical findings highlight the role of perspectives and epistemic power in shaping both knowledge production and diffusion. Our theoretical framework and methods demonstrate how metascience can incorporate feminist theory directly into diffusion studies, and why it should.
Mark Rubin@markrubin.bsky.social · 3w ago

Introduction to a special issue on feminist metascience and open science by Christin Munsch and @divreyes.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0891...

Abstract This introduction brings feminist scholarship into conversation with metascience and open science. Drawing on feminist epistemology, we argue scientific reform is not a neutral technical project. Rather, practices intended to improve rigor, transparency, and accessibility may also expose marginalized scholars and research participants to harm, reproduce inequality, and facilitate hostile scrutiny, particularly in the current political environment. These tensions point to the need for feminist metascience and feminist open science. We define feminist metascience as the study of how gender and intersecting relations of power shape the production, evaluation, circulation, and correction of scientific knowledge, and we define feminist open science as an approach to transparency that remains attentive to care, protection, and risk. We offer these definitions and the articles in this special issue as a starting point for larger conversations about how feminist scholarship might contribute to emerging debates over scientific reform.
Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · 4d ago

#EventsDearBoy 7. INFERNO (1988, Marvel) Hell hath no fury like a creator (of strong women characters) scorned. Ordered to kill off his supporting character Madelyne Pryor, Chris Claremont did so in the most rageful way possible and turned her into a fan icon

X-MEN 241: Madelyne Pryor, the Goblin Queen (a redhead in a revealing black outfit and a massive cape) stands behind and flanked by demons, one of whom is carrying a baby (hers)
Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · 5d ago

#EventsDearBoy 8. SECRET WARS (2015, Marvel) The ultimate event. 200-plus tie-ins, Marvel publishing nothing else for months, and the grand resolution of Jonathan Hickman's "multiversal collapse" story. It's a lot!

Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · last wk.

#EventsDearBoy 10. THE INFINITY GAUNTLET (1991, Marvel) *very Emily Wilson voice* your film neglects the themes of the text! Guy kills half the Universe to impress a woman who still thinks he's a weird creep; Jim Starlin's cosmic parable of male vanity and insecurity carries Lessons For Our Time

THE INFINITY GAUNTLET 4: Thanos standing in space surrounded by planets, beckoning towards the viewer saying "Come and get me!" - art by George Perez
Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · last wk.

#EventsDearBoy 11. CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS (1985, DC) There are a lot of threads on DC Reddit about "does Crisis hold up" and for the olds it's one of the greatest works in the medium but for the youngs it's more like an ancient illuminated manuscript full of incredible drawings of weird snails

Jackson O'Brien@sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 2mo ago

GREG DAVIES: seems like a kind of a shit task. Everyone just seems like they're going home normally. ALEX HORNE: well before you say that let's have a look at how Odysseus did. cut to panel of AJAX, MENELAUS, AGAMEMNON, and DIOMEDES who are all staring at ODYSSEUS with his head in his hands

Keith Friedlander@friedkeith.bsky.social · 4w ago

Just finished drafting a review of Team Up: How Collaboration Powers Superhero Comics by Marie Sartain, and I'd heartily recommend it to any comics scholars or critics interested in discussing collective authorship 👍 www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/T/Team...

Team Up

As superhero comics have become increasingly mainstream, so too has the attention given to the creators behind them. Yet, while it is widely known that the majority of superhero comics are produced th...

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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮@joshuafoust.com · 4w ago

There is never ever a market for defending intellectualism, learning, and scholarship from the left. Only criticism from the right. It’s not even hidden very well. All the incentives point rightward. The temerity to then blame “politicization” on the left is just abuser logic. It’s disgusting.

Robert Brookes 🌿@sphynxian.bsky.social · last mo.

"1 billion gamers every day" is private equity talk. It's key jingling for the dragons that want to die on larger heaps of gold. And when there aren't a billion players a day it won't be the promise-makers that pay, but the remainder of the industry.

Colin Spacetwinks@spacetwinks.bsky.social · last mo.

asha sharma going "we want 1 billion players a day" a nice reminder that these execs are fundamentally incapable of understanding that their customers do not have infinite money or even just that time is finite. they just think you haven't been fed the right marketing yet to get you on board

Keith Friedlander@friedkeith.bsky.social · last mo.

When @friends-table.bsky.social announced this anniversary vinyl, it made me realize that I've now been listening to the podcast for a solid decade, since I hopped on just as they started Marielda. Now, I'm not a vinyl guy, but I have decided to join their Patreon: www.patreon.com/friends_table

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Get more from Friends at the Table on Patreon. Join for free or become a member for just $1/month. At the top of every episode, we say that “Friends at…

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Friends at the Table@friends-table.bsky.social · last mo.

We're so excited to announce that our Marielda 10th Anniversary Vinyl Soundtrack Edition is available to pre-order now at lostincult.co.uk/marielda!

Ian@brocktoon.bsky.social · last mo.

Very happy to announce I've signed a contract for my first book with MIT Press. It's on the miniatures wargames industry as a craft sector. Here's a little overview. I want to thank @noahspringer.com for guiding me through the process. stuckness.ghost.io/book-announc...

Book Announcement

I'm happy to announce that I've signed my first book deal with MIT Press for a tentative 2028 release. It considers the miniatures wargames industry as a craft industry, and is based on my dissertatio...

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Alex de Campi@alexdecampi.bsky.social · last mo.

It seems as if this book was the primary source for Tillie Walden’s graphic novel, to the point there is no way Walden could have written it without relying extensively on Cleves’ work. That’s an unlicensed adaptation—made even more blatant by Walden using the same title.

Rachel Hope Cleves@rachelcleves.bsky.social · last mo.

An open letter, to readers, about Charity and Sylvia. I am very pained to feel the need to write this. #queerhistory #pride

Helioscope@helioscopepdx.bsky.social · last mo.

This makes us so happy. It's part of the Port of Portland's retail residency program program. The airport partners with *local* businesses to create pop-up shops! www.thepopverse.com/comics-books...

A comic book store at an airport? Yes please, now I have one more reason to fly to PDX

Forget Hudson News, PDX is getting a comics pop-up shop with Books with Pictures.

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Kory Bing@korybing.bsky.social · last mo.

Books With Pictures in the PDX airport!

Photo of a wall of graphic novels