Anne Jamison
@prof-anne.bsky.social
Professor of English at U of Utah. 1L. I compare literatures…now, with more law! Current teaching: Global Lit (Fall 2026). Current projects: Kafka, fanfic, torts, etc.
I have seen so much of this kind of thing over the years--but this in a different category. It´s completely egregious.
Fansplaining@fansplaining.bsky.social · last mo.On July 8th, we published a piece on AI in Heated Rivalry fic fandom. On July 30th, the New York Times ran a piece on the same subject. We weren't surprised—because we knew a Times reporter had read our coverage. A tale of two fandom articles, part of a longstanding dynamic in the media industry:
Our latest is live! ⚖️ @bookshop.bsky.social reports on the criminalization of creativity around the world, esp queer and/or erotic works. Recent rulings re: an Australian erotica author and a Russian fic writer signal just how worrying the current climate is. Read our listen to an audio version:
The Global Crackdown on Creativity
Governments around the world are censoring—and criminalizing—the currents in which fanworks flow.
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WE DID IT! The Handbook of Research on Diversity in Children's and Young Adult Literature is officially at the publisher! Here's a look at the numbers... (1/2) #AcademicSky #literacies #kidlit #MGlit #YAlit
Happy Vampire Lestat day! Starting from today's installment, which will go up when the embargo lifts tonight, @gavia.bsky.social's recaps will be locked to subscribers for the first week. We're running a special vampire sale: $5 a month for the next two months with the code BITEME 🩸
Fansplaining
Reporting, criticism, and more, all by, for, and about fandom.
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There are things you don't tell your boss/coworkers, but I don't think "I write fan fiction for Heated Rivalry sometimes" is the worst thing to tell your boss/coworkers or be proud of and, TO ME, it is WORSE to try to connect your employee to their NSFW fic + involve HR slate.com/advice/2026/...
My Employee Is Very Open About Her “Hobby.” Well, I Googled It and I Think Need to Go to HR.
I had no idea the stories were explicit!
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why do some reuses of other people's songs seem creative and others seem like stealing? how does the race of the artist reusing or being reused matter? what's the law got to do with it? find out in Rock This Way, 50% off with code SPRING26 through the end of June. press.umich.edu/Books/R/Rock...
Rock This Way
Any and all songs are capable of being remixed. But not all remixes are treated equally. Rock This Way examines transformative musical works—cover songs, remixes, mash-ups, parodies, and soundalike so...
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Copying what the Utah state legislature did with the leadership of the University of Utah to remove power from the Senate.
Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 4mo ago“The Auburn University Board of Trustees on Friday gave itself complete control over course offerings, curriculum, degree requirements and academic credentials while eliminating shared governance at the Alabama land-grant university… The policy leaves many questions unanswered”
I think you mean “spurning.” Kerning is when you vigorously agitate cream to produce a solid for baking or spreading on toast.
Wool-Encased Tea Addict@passeriform.bsky.social · 4mo agoSurely that's 'turning.' Kerning is when someone is trying to court you and you give them The Cut Direct.
"Classic" Fandom Did This Too: Being "Weird" About Fic/Fic Writers In modern fandom, the fan writer delivers the product and that's it. I guess... most people don't pal around with their plug, huh? #fandom #mywork #fanfic
“Classic” Fandom Did This Too: Being “Weird” About Fic/Fic Writers
In modern fandom, the fan writer delivers the product and that's it. I guess... most people don't pal around with their plug, huh?
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Final reminder for folks who don't check Patreon: after tomorrow (Friday June 5th) we'll close the account, and it's the last day you can use your discount codes to sign up for the new site!
Fansplaining@fansplaining.bsky.social · 4mo agoAre you still a Fansplaining Patreon supporter? When you have a moment, please log on and cancel—we'll be closing the account soon, and we're trying to get an accurate sense of who, if anyone, might still subscribe on the new site. (Paying supporters, the discount codes to switch expire soon!) 🙏🏼
We've got so much more in the works, including: - Thai GL fandom - Conlang enthusiasts - Fandom stats - Covering Game of Thrones - Negative comments vs bots on AO3 - Homestuck's fanworks - Gay pirates And, of course, @gavia.bsky.social recapping The Vampire Lestat over the next two months! ✨
And @elizabethminkel.bsky.social on depictions of tech on television, and how we read these characters in light of our shifting feelings about real-life tech.
Too Big To Fail (On Television)
TV was perfect for tech’s failure narratives—but in Silicon Valley “post-failure” era, will audiences still tune in?
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@prof-anne.bsky.social on the Good Omens series finale as a metatextual commentary about fandom and fanfiction—and one that gave the characters back to the fans.
Good Omens’ Final Love Letter to Fanfiction
The author is dead. Long live the authors.
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I wrote about depictions of tech on TV—esp around themes of failure—and how these show read in the current climate. "Tech titans used to proudly tout their ability to get back up after being thoroughly knocked down; now, the slightest hint of critique prompts a full-blown billionaire tantrum."
Too Big To Fail (On Television)
TV was perfect for tech’s failure narratives—but in Silicon Valley “post-failure” era, will audiences still tune in?
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@adrierising.bsky.social and I have been dropping some bangers on #pagesandprejudice this season! In this episode, we talk about the evolution of reader inserts and what sets the modern Y/N apart from Mary Sue's of the past. open.spotify.com/episode/1H2x...
E64: What's Your Y/N?
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As a PhD student who has to both write her dissertation and grade papers, I would like to express my resentment at the addition of unprompted "Hey sis, wanna cheat?" messages from Gemini to Google docs.
Here’s how much your Utah public university president has spent on travel — and where they’ve visited www.sltrib.com/news/educati...
Again, please share. In every aspect of American history you will run smack dab into the critical contributions of Black people. It’s not Black history. It’s American history. Trying to erase it is a fool’s errand. We live it every day. time.com/5836444/blac...
The Forgotten Black History of How Memorial Day Started
Historians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise awareness of freed slaves who decorated soldiers' graves in 1865
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I've lots of reading this month. I'm starting 2 new courses and I like to re/reread a lot before/as I teach. Keep it all fresh! So, I'm setting really ambitious but specific targets: 3 novels, 3 novellas, 1 non-fiction, 60 articles, 20 pieces of Bronte juvenilia, 10 short stories
a picture of a baby yoda with the words i can do this behind him
Alt: Tiny yoda concentrating with 'I can do this' at the top
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if I click on queer writers will I get news about … Tulsi Gabbard or Texas?
The timing here is perfect for your vampire-loving friends—gift them a month as a sort of free trial just in time for @gavia.bsky.social’s recaps of The Vampire Lestat. 😉
Fansplaining@fansplaining.bsky.social · 4mo agoExciting news: Fansplaining now offers gift subscriptions! Is there any better way to support a fandom-related project than by sharing it with your friends? 💞 Purchase access at any tier for a month or a year, and we'll send a link to pass along to whoever you want! fansplaining.com#/portal/gift
Universities are for the conservation of knowledge-& the generation of new knowledge thru study & engagement with that knowledge conservation-& their current managers up to & including governments are failing universities’ core function in pursuit of short term fads & they should be shamed & reviled
Oh I see that trans rights is trending, which of course highlights any post with the word London in it. Good job bluesky, never change.
When I first encountered Rise of the Novel I definitely thought Alan Watts had branched out from pop philosophy
Deidre Lynch@drbibliomane.bsky.social · 4mo agoDefinitely got a chuckle from an essay I had to read this morning that confused Isaac Watts, pious writer of poems for children, with Ian Watt, chain-smoking, defiantly secular author of _The Rise of the Novel_. I suppose both are associated with the #18thc, though the latter did not LIVE in it.
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