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Nicole "not like Supernatural" Winchester ➡️ 4S26

@noizangel.bsky.social

if D&D has no haters then i'm 💀 • coined 'D&D industrial complex' • STS/Comms • recovering larp burnout • i love pizza & cats videos & cards: https://www.youtube.com/@noizangel https://linktr.ee/nicolewinchester she/her/any/all 🇨🇦🇫🇮🌈

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Evan Torner@guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'm back to the "academic review" part of the summer, and begging fellow intellectuals *not* to persuade themselves against their own ideas using the Big Names of their own fields. Self-flagellation before scholars who don't even know you exist (while ignoring the others) accomplishes nothing.

Frans Mäyrä@fransmayra.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are very happy to share the news: the full Open Access version of our book is now available! You can download the whole book, as well as individual 19 chapters as separate files from here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi... Please feel free to download the book, chapters, and spread the word!

Cultural Game Studies | Critical Approaches | Frans Mäyrä, Raine Koski

Cultural Game Studies provides a comprehensive framework for understanding games and play as interconnected cultural phenomena, examining their roles as art,

taylorfrancis.com

David M. Luebke@davidmluebke.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just like that, a new Center for the Humanities at the University of Texas. Anyone who inhabits academia knows that this doesn't just "happen" without a gigantic sums of mega-donor money and the connivance of senior university administrators. #WarOnEducation www.statesman.com/news/educati...

UT quietly opens Center for Humanities but won't say how it was created

UT is adding 14 professors through a new humanities center, though the university has not explained how the initiative was formed.

statesman.com

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 2mo ago

if author interviews were like athlete interviews: "You just wrote a book but are you washed?" "This other guy just wrote his first book, do you feel threatened? Did that give you a personal vendetta against him?" "You had carpal tunnel surgery 4 years ago, is your career over?"

Daniel Munro@dkmunro.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“There is now a dazzling diversity of content….There’s simply no necessity for public broadcasting.” On the contrary, it’s precisely because of media diversity (fragmentation) that we need a public broadcaster for a shared national conversation. 1/4 www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/7ff7d5d...

The cozy world of Hockey Night in Canada and the CBC hasn’t existed for some time

There is no case for a general interest public broadcaster

theglobeandmail.com

Josephine beckbook.com Riesman@josie.zone · 3mo ago

I wish I could say I was surprised that no major comics voices have acknowledged @stephwilliams.bsky.social's historic Eisner nomination for Best Writer. But this silence is just the latest injustice in a long history of them. To wit, from my 2018 Christopher Priest profile: archive.is/0J97j

Priest, who’s 56, is about to see some of his most influential work go wide in a major way. His turn-of-the-millennium run at Marvel Comics, when he was writing the character Black Panther, has served as an inspiration for this year’s feverishly anticipated Marvel Studios film Black Panther. Given the comics world’s self-image of liberal inclusivity, and the fact that Priest is the first black writer to work full time at either Marvel or DC, starting with his first regular writing gig back in 1983, you might think he is long established as an elder statesman of the industry. But until recently, Priest had bounced from job to job (including the aforementioned bus driving) and was largely denied the recognition he deserves. Indeed, talk to comics historians and they’ll have to pause for a minute and think before they conclude that, yes, he probably was the first African-American writer to truly break that barrier in superhero comics. Even among fervent fans, his milestones are far from common knowledge. He’d worked in quasi-obscurity for three decades before angrily retiring in 2005, opting to pursue work as a man of God in Colorado.
Liam McGuire@liammcguire.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New on Comic Frontier: @stephwilliams.bsky.social made comic book history as the 1st Black woman and 2nd Black person since Dwayne McDuffie in 30 years nominated for Best Writer at the Eisners. So, why didn't comic book sites notice? Williams shares her thoughts www.comicfrontier.com/p/stephanie-...

Atima Omara@atimaomara.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It’s #Juneteeth! Find a way to support Black people today. And one way to do that? Buy (or request from library) Black Author’s Books that speak to this moment (thread 🧵) Like, The Instigators: How Black Women Have Been Essential To American Democracy (And What We Can Learn From Them)

The Instigators: How Black Women Have Been Essential to American Democracy (And What We Can Learn from Them)

How Black Women Have Been Essential to American Democracy (And What We Can Learn from Them)

bookshop.org

Ben Shapiro's Eye Merkins@toxidrone.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Jesus fucking Christ of course Israel is still doing that thing where they play the sound of crying children from drones. To cause distress? To lure helpers and kill them? Yes, both. This time in Lebanon. Nazi country. Absolute fucking Nazi country. www.middleeasteye.net/news/south-l...

In south Lebanon, Israeli drones use the sound of crying children to lure civilians

As in Gaza, residents say Israel is waging psychological warfare on civilian life and its soundscape

middleeasteye.net