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Dr. Acafanmom

@acafanmom.bsky.social
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Asst Professor in perpetuity | researching fandom and popular culture | RPs are sometimes bookmarks for myself | Osaka

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Dr. Acafanmom @acafanmom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Let's try this again, since I forgot I don't actually give my name on this account and not everyone knows me by my acafanmom username: I'm Lori (Hitchcock) Morimoto, I do media fan studies and dabble in Japanese popular culture. If you use any of my academic work on your syllabi, can you ping me?
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Dr. Acafanmom @acafanmom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A request! If anyone here is using any of my academic work in a course syllabus, could you kindly let me know where and for what course? Thanks for your help - it's for review stuff! :)
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is spectacular, folks. We live in a moment in American history when the president and his administration are so racist and dumb that a toy company has to put out a statement saying: "OUR GIANT ROBOT THAT TURNS INTO A TRUCK DENOUNCES RACISM AND HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT."
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John Br👻OoOOOoOoo👻ks @johnbrooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Tech: "The giant theft machine may kill us all." Everybody: "Oh. So maybe shut it down?" Tech: "But it can also help you organize your work day!" Everybody: "Okay, but the part about killing everybody?" Tech: "Ever wondered what Trump would look like in a dress?" Everybody: "Can we focus here?"
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 08/09/2026
OpenAI’s top scientist, in a blog post on Sunday, warns that artificial intelligence is evolving so rapidly that it is becoming increasingly difficult for humans to understand and control it. Here is the post: openai.com/index/an-ali... And a couple of small excerpts--clear warnings.
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"why don't we build more light rail?" --guy who lives w/in walking distance of a heavy rail subway stop and doesn't want anyone else to
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Sam Haney Press @samhainpress.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
What, and I cannot stress this enough, the fuck:
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026
We're just hurtling toward immense destruction & suffering & the entire US political class has agreed it's better not to talk about it. "Insanity" barely covers it.
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U.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5-Degree Climate Target
Carbon removal combined with emissions reduction is the only remaining pathway to avert catastrophic levels of warming, a new report warns.
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Dan Hassler-Forest @danhf.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
static.klipy.com
Tiny Stonehenge Descending with Nigel Tufnel
ALT: Tiny Stonehenge Descending with Nigel Tufnel
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Dr. Acafanmom @acafanmom.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Trying to play Exit 8, but it keeps creeping me out. On the plus side, since I'm thinking of including it in a syllabus focused on anxiety, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Doesn't get me far in the game, though.
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Nice discussion here of the different ways people in Belfast engage with Korean culture, which has me wondering about Korean in the #LinguisticLandscape of Belfast! www.bbc.com/news/article...
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From K-pop to community: How Korean culture is bringing Belfast together
A growing number of people in Belfast are connecting through Korean culture, with interest often sparked by K-pop but expanding into language learning, travel, and community events.
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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Zhu, H., Tang, J., & Zhang, Z. (2026). Rethinking the “K” of K-pop: How non-Korean K-pop groups negotiate identity between the Korean market and globalized industry. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 29(4), 619-639. #FanStudies journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Shimauchi, S., Kim, H. J., & Zhou, M. E. (2026). Between de-queering and re-queering: Transfiguring ‘bromance’ as a continuum of Boys’ Love in East Asia. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 29(4), 678-697. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Both totally unnecessary and extremely funny that the Guardian has an interactive graphic for you to change the color of the US flag's blue to the color of the Reflecting Pool from 8 to 19 June and counting
Screenshot of the article's graphic, showing color swatches derived from the Earthcam archive, illustration the color of the reflecting pool calibrated against satellite imagery, from 8 June to 19 June 2026. I chose yesterday, 19 June, so it rendered the US American flag with a green hue instead of blue.
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Xueting C. Ni 倪雪婷 (she, they) @xuetingni.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Not the sort of thing I'd usually write, but feels like things are bubbling over. On gatekeeping and barriers to my work in cultural #representation. #chinese #culture #author #diversity snowpavilion.co.uk/gatekeeping-...
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Daniel Cavicchi @danielcavicchi.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The relational drama of Springsteen fandom, articulated with sympathy and intelligence. Highly recommended. #FanStudies #Fandom #Springsteen www.bloomsbury.com/us/springste...
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Springsteen Fandom
Springsteen Fandom: "A Lifetime Conversation" explores the experience of the Bruce Springsteen musical fandom as a mutual exchange between artist and…
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Modern Day Bartleby @moderndaybartleby.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#NowReading2026 THE END OF COOL JAPAN: ETHICAL, LEGAL, & CULTURAL CHALLENGES TO JAPANESE POPULAR CULTURE edited by Mark McLelland via @routledgebooks.bsky.social imbibed at CremaHop #Akasaka #赤坂 #Books #IceCream 📚 💙 #BookSky #JapanSky
Bird's eye view of low, light brown, round, wooden table on which is the paperback book dangling on the left. Above it is a red, black lidded coffee cup. To the left is a double scoop of ice cream in a red cup with white lettering. A green lounge chair can be seen in the distance
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Daniel Cavicchi @danielcavicchi.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
In “’Long Live Mrs. Heiberg!’: Fame, Theater and the Birth of Fan Culture in Nineteenth-Century Copenhagen,” Clement Räthel explores fannish audience reactions to Danish theater celebrity Johanne Luise Heiberg. #FanStudies #FandomHistory link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Dr. Acafanmom @acafanmom.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Probable ADHD that I'm too old to have diagnosed (according to the doctor's office I contacted before I left the US) and which I couldn't take medication for here anyway continues to beat my ass.
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NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
How can you locate digital images that can be used freely for your teaching or publication? NCC’s Image Use Protocol group has a help list of libraries, museums, and other archives that house Japan-related visual images! 🖼️🗾 Check out more at: guides.nccjapan.org/imageuse/fin...
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Bertha Chin (she/her) @berthac.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A few more days before our event featuring our plenary speakers Wikanda Promkhuntong, Anthony Fung and @acafanmom.bsky.social #FanStudies #TransculturalFandoms
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Dan Orlowitz @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Interesting University of Tsukuba study finds that frequently watching sports on TV reduces the risk of depression by 30% among the elderly. Article highlights an intensive care nursing home in Ibaraki Pref. that's partnered with local clubs, signed up for DAZN and regularly holds watch parties.
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スポーツ観戦で高齢者の鬱リスクが3割低下 人との交流促し、心身の健康を守る
スポーツ観戦をすることで高齢者の鬱リスクが3割低下するという研究が注目を集めている。筑波大学などの研究チームがまとめた調査で、スポーツ観戦をする人は、しない人…
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Dr. Kurtis Hanlon @kurtishanlon.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Feels like they're leaving out a very important detail upon the landing...
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Dr. Acafanmom @acafanmom.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Wasn’t going to post more food, but the walnut butter spread they have for these is sinfully good. At JS Foodies in Tennoji Mio.
Pancakes
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Dr. Acafanmom @acafanmom.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Slightly different understanding of “cottage cheese”
Lunch salad
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Dr. Acafanmom @acafanmom.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
TEA’s the season hahahahaha… ha.
Glass of iced tea
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Moss on Stone @mossonstone.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
There are over 120 issues of the Japanese journal dedicated to the campaign against licensed prostitution 廓清 1911-1922 on Internet Archive for reading and download. archive.org/search?query...
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Dr. Acafanmom @acafanmom.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Summer term starts tomorrow. I am not ready.
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Dr Rebecca Williams @augustaquarius.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
CFP: The Legacy of Norman Bates: Essays on the Psycho Franchise call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/05/...
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu
cfp | call for papers
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Dr. Acafanmom @acafanmom.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Tis the season!
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Dr. Acafanmom @acafanmom.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Managed to get my trash out this morning. Counting it as a win.
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Dr. Acafanmom @acafanmom.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Was in the countryside over the weekend and walked away with a few pretty pictures...
Field of pink and purple flowers against the backdrop of Mt. DaisenField of blue flowers against the backdrop of Mt. DaisenMatsue Castle in Matsue, Shimane PrefectureRare good picture by me of the night sky
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
AI is the lynchpin of the whole political project. It’s the container for the parallel governance they have promised each other. I truly think that they are surprised that people don’t like it…and that they can’t yet wholesale punish everyone for not liking them.
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Dr. Acafanmom @acafanmom.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
People keep asking me what I'm working on right now. I should probably start, I dunno, working on something. (Theoretically I'm working on a book, and I have made a bit of progress, but it's a historical study and people seem to be wanting something more ... contemporary)
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Daniel / 妥仁得 @kaihat.su · 20/05/2026
Been a while since I’ve gone to Super Potato in DenDen Town. Famous as it is, it’s more or less a tourist trap. I just like to walk around and see how much the stores in the area are rinsing foreign tourists. ¥43,780 for an unboxed GameBoy.
A photograph of an original model gameboy sitting shrink wrapped, on a shelf in a retro game store. The tag indicates it had minimal scratches, but is priced at ¥43,780.
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Dr. Acafanmom @acafanmom.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Feel like I'm starting to come back online after a multi-year shutdown... don't know if anyone is still around to care, but it's a nice feeling regardless.
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Brian Bergstrom @brianbergstrom.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
NEVER FORGET www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
A screenshot of my old post about Navarro: 

"Now that he's in the news again, time to trot out my favorite fact about Peter Navarro: that he fabricated quotes in his books, attributing them to a fake source whose name is an anagram of his own

(that he was exposed by an academic hero of mine is just a bonus)"
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Dang Nguyen @digitaldang.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
With students across the US reacting strongly to commencement speeches about AI this graduation season, it feels like the right moment to reshare an essay I wrote on AI pedagogy. www.dangnguyen.digital/post/when-th...
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When the Text Teaches Back
Dang in Melbourne, Feb 2026Every pedagogy begins with a fiction about control. The teacher imagines that knowledge flows outward, that comprehension can be measured, that the world waits outside the s...
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el Niñoberries @ninaberries.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
keep going and ban the whole bible you can do it texas tech
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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
If you want to see what most “professors” make.
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Andrea Horbinski @horbinski.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Free shipping still available on Bookshop through the end of this weekend!
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Interesting article on the trend of absolutely massive coffee beverages in Korea www.chosun.com/english/nati...
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Supersized Coffee: Korea's '1.5L Americano' Trend
Supersized Coffee: Koreas 1.5L Americano Trend Large sizes attract with cost-effectiveness, social media appeal, but raise health concerns
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Joseph Seeley @josephaseeley.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
So excited to get a copy of @sayakachatani.bsky.social (with Kumhee Cho)'s new book. In sheer awe of the amazing research, incl. more than 200 interviews with members of the Zainichi/Chongryon community. I'll be moderating a book talk in June, so please join! mjha.org/event-6602790
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James Welker @jameswelker.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Here's my semi-annual list of fan events in the Tokyo area and beyond covering March to August. (The full document is 8 pages long.) drive.google.com/file/d/1t1b7...
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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Moving across personal narratives and scholarly reflection, this dialogue situates fandom as a contact zone shaped by asymmetrical power relations, affective attachments, and performative negotiations of identity. Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1177/1367... @acafanmom.bsky.social
Beyond belonging: A conversation on inauthenticity, third-culture kids, and fandom. Lori Morimoto (University of Virginia, USA), Haerin Shin (Korea University, Republic of Korea), Sangita Shresthova (University of Southern California, USA)
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Kazuma Hashimoto @kazuma.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
are there any tech and/or culture journalists that are interested in the vtubing and virtual idol space that are located in LA? if so please dm or email me. would love to get in touch concerning an upcoming event.
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Dr. EJ Nielsen @direjackalope.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I'm available for indexing academic volumes. Areas of specialization include fan studies, media studies, gender studies, visual culture, art history. DM if interested! Please share if you know someone who may need their monograph or edited collection indexed!
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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
New issue of Fandom | Cultures | Research ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #FanStudies journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr
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Dr. Acafanmom @acafanmom.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Lately, my greatest delight is coming across unpopped bubble wrap and just sitting and popping it, bubble by bubble. Sums up my state of mind pretty well, tbh.
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