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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Y'all! No big deal or anything, but... My research has been accepted to TWO conferences. The imposter syndrome is loud, but apparently so is the research. Now excuse me while I celebrate for five minutes before panicking about funding 📚☕️🎉

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Allison Dieppa @amdieppa.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Grammarly’s claim to have dead experts reviewing user work is grotesque, to be sure, but whether or not those people are alive, this is absurdly false advertising. Where are the class action lawsuits?

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International Journal of Cultural Studies @ijcs-journal.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

🗣️🔊 We are proud to announce the Call for Papers for the next special issue, "Decoloniality in Media and Cultural Studies: Looking Back, Looking Forward". Share this with your network and @ that colleague who can make a great contribution to decoloniality in media and cultural studies! 👩🏾‍🏫🧑🏻‍🏫👨🏽‍🏫

Call for papers
Special issue
Decoloniality in media and cultural studies: Looking Back, Looking Forward.
Special issue editors:
Jonathan Corpus Ong (University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA),
Laura Guimarães Corrêa (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil),
Wen Jin (East China Normal University)

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Kate Galloway @kategalloway.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

CFP: Sounding Things: Props, Material Culture, and Accessories in Popular Music Abstract Deadline: May 1, 2026 Abstract Length: 350–500 words Editors: Kate Galloway, Paxton Haven, and Mike Levine Full call here: drive.google.com/file/d/1mfyd...

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Intellect Books @intellectbooks.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

👑 New season excitement calls for deeper insight! Our Journal of Popular Television special issue explores how Bridgerton reimagines period drama, fandom and fantasy. A must-read for fans of the hit Netflix series. Find out more 👉https://ow.ly/eawz50YmRXM

Cover of Journal of Popular Television featuring a collage of blue-toned TV screens under hanging purple wisteria flowers on a lavender background.

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Liverpool Distribution Services at Liverpool University Press @lupdistribution.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Just published! "K-Pop Fandom: Performing Deokhu from the 1990s to Today" More than mere obsession: Areum Jeong studies #K-pop fandom, showing how “#deokhu” fan labour drives its global reach, politics, and cultural impact. Discover now: bit.ly/46Ty35e @uofmpress.bsky.social

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Don’t say it!!! Don’t you say it!!!

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Quantum Identities is here! What began as a passion project 18 months ago turned into an incredible exhibit. This case represents over 39 oral histories, 15 written histories & 25 curated objects. Honoring and preserving stories that mattered. #PublicHistorian #Exhibit #LGBTQIA2+ #QueerHistory

Quantum Identities: Speculative Fiction's Role in Queer Communities

Speculative fiction has always imagined worlds beyond boundaries - of time, of space, and of self. For queer communities, these imagined futures have long offered refuge, resistance, and recognition. This case brings together objects loaned by artists, fans, and creators who use sci-fi, fantasy, and fandom as tools to explore identity, belonging, and transformation. These artifacts reflect how speculative worlds help queer people see themselves - and one another - not as anomalies but as possibilities.

In every brushstroke, pixel, stitch, and starship, we find new ways to imagine who we are and who we might yet become.

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I came here to write the same thing.

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Amy Imhoff @amyimhoff1701.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Tomorrow: Women in STEM panel from The Mars Society's Red Planet Live! We're talking about the current state of women STEM fields, including that controversial Blue Origin flight. Tune in tomorrow, May 20 at 5pm PT/8pm ET & hear from Janet Ivey, Janeya Griffin, host Ashton Zeth, & myself about...

Panel graphic for The Mars Society's Red Planet Live Women In STEM panel with a red Martian surface background and headshots for Janet Ivey, Ashton Zeth, Janeya Griffin, and Amy Imhoff

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Leveled up: Master’s degree unlocked. Next Level: Ph.D #Graduation #Gradschool

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

I don’t think I’ve ever experienced academic burnout this intensely. 13 days till graduation and a really good nap.

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

2025 NCMC Conference 18 months of research summed up in 3 hours. I’m so thankful for everyone who has been apart of this project, and all those who have supported and encouraged me. Next up: Exhibit #AcademicSky #Museums #GradStudent #Trekademic #QueerHistory

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Sky K.I. @skykdotidot.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Making it clear to the historians

Sky and Blue Shark in the older days taking a photo as a memory but Sky wants to make it clear to the historians that they didn't wear socks

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Conference poster? Epic. My sense of calm? Missing, presumed dead. I’m running on 3 hours of sleep, 2 granola bars, imposter syndrome, and pure spite.¹ ———————— ¹This came to me in a dream after panic attack #2, a cold Sprite, and Zotero crashing. *Full Citation still needed.* #academicsky

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

"You’re about to graduate," I whisper, as I present queer identity in sci-fi to a 9am Sunday panel consisting of two grad students, a half-eaten bagel, and God. #academicsky

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

He’s coming for the Redwoods, isn’t he.

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John Donegan @donegan.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Overpaid, oversexed and over here, was the refrain during WW2

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Giraffe 🖖🏾 @spottedgiraffe.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Day 15 of #28DaysOfBlackCosplay : High Republic Jedi Temple Garb - #StarWars The Acolyte “Yord… put your clothes on.”

Me in my Jedi costume (white cloak gold tabard) holding my hood - and then holding a gold light saber

My costume on the mannequin next to the picture of the Jedi Master Sol in The Acolyte

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Captain Janeway broke new ground as the first female captain in #StarTrek, challenging traditional male roles in sci-fi. Her leadership & strength paved the way for strong & complex female characters, like #AgathaHarkness. Janeway showed the 🌎 women could lead & navigate complex challenges.

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Strange New Pod | A Star Trek Podcast @strangenewpod.com · 11/02/2025

🚨NEW EPISODE DROP🚨 Join us & our special guests Ashlyn from @durassisterspod.bsky.social and @azaij.bsky.social for SNP’s #startrekvoyager 30th Anniversary show. Available now! YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/FZi_cwF... Web: www.strangenewpod.com/thirty-years...

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I’m not Robbie, but I would love to chat!

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Strange New Pod | A Star Trek Podcast @strangenewpod.com · 06/02/2025

🚨RED ALERT🚨 Tonight’s Voyager pod has been POSTPONED until MONDAY NIGHT. We’re also adding another guest to join @azaij.bsky.social! Ashlyn from @durassisterspod.bsky.social joins us this Monday. Alternative tonight? Check out our buddies at Trek Geeks for THURSDAY NIGHT GEEKS at 8:30 PM ET

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

2 years ago, I was in the ICU on a ventilator due to multiple seizures. 2 weeks earlier, I walked out of a lecture and had a seizure on campus, & 3 months before that, I broke my back in 3 places due to a seizure fall. I’m so lucky to be alive, healthy, & loved. Blessed is an understatement

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

The way my little grad student heart would explode if @robertpicardo.bsky.social did

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

After the last two weeks, we need the laughs.

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Your fav Queer Historian & Grad Student is going to be on @strangenewpod.bsky.social this Thursday! Make sure to livestream and chat with us about all things #StarTrekVoyager 🖖🏼 #Voyager #StarTrek

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Nothing says recovery quite like my fourth mini back procedure. Rest. Pain meds. Repeat.

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Would absolutely love that! You’re more than welcome to send the book if you can!

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

This is going to be amazing!!

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Have a great time 🖖🏻

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

This June at the American Antiquarian Society: “Sex, Gender, and Print”: The 2025 Summer Seminar in the History of the Book, taught by Greta LaFleur and Jordan Alexander Stein. Apply by April 4, 2025. Scholarships available for grad students and other early career scholars. Link in comments.

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Wow! This looks incredible.

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

My adhd: we’re gonna need to triple that with all the details plus add some bullet points for some flair.

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

0 Stars 10/10 do not recommend.

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

If you’re willing to call the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” because a politician told you to, you now know how easy it is to use someone’s chosen name. If you can adjust your language for political purposes, you can do it for others. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

That boy is working hard at the cupcake factory!

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Have you published a book or essay highlighting LGBTQIA2+ characters, narratives, or representation in #StarTrek, #Babylon5, #Xena, #Buffy, #X-files, etc? If you have and you’d like your book to be showcased in a museum exhibit I’m creating, let me know!

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Raffi @azaij.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Unfortunately, there’s nothing new under the sun. I often hope that humans will learn from prior lessons and mistakes. That’s never been the case

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