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Betsy Walters

@betsywal.bsky.social
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VAP of Film and Media at Emory, PhD in American Studies from BU. Researching the film/TV industry in/re awards & film fests. Board @hamlischawards.bsky.social. She/her.

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Monica R. Sandler @monica-sandler.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I will be presenting at the #SCMS on Sunday at 2:15 pm along with a fantastic group of scholars, including @betsywal.bsky.social, @bkrugerr.bsky.social and Jazmine Hudson, all studying different award shows. #AwardSeason #Oscars
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Ben Kruger-Robbins @bkrugerr.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Very excited to discuss media awards and cultural capital with my brilliant co-panelists @monica-sandler.bsky.social, @betsywal.bsky.social, and Jazmine Hudson at SCMS in Spring! @scmstudies.bsky.social
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/09/2025
wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
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Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
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jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
The Hollywood Conference was great! Congratulations to @lucimarz.bsky.social and all the organizers. #HWC2025
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 21/05/2025
"It just really comes as a shock that such accomplished intellectuals, who’ve spent their entire careers pushing the upper bounds of human achievement, could be judgy about a machine that runs the entirety of human imagination through a shredder and glues together what comes out."
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A Company Reminder for Everyone to Talk Nicely About the Giant Plagiarism Machine
Hey team. It’s your CEO. I know your time is valuable, so I’ll cut right to the chase: It’s come to my attention that some of you have been bad-mou...
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more tacos, please @tvbookstvbooks.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Got to see how the other half lives. The ceremony was in the new data sciences building, designed to look like an uneven stack of books. @betsywal.bsky.social observes that, fittingly, it looks like it’s going to topple over onto the humanities buildings.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
i often see things that make me say "this is the most Boston thing I have ever seen in my life" but i think this one might have swept them all
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It's the 250th anniversary of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. A local TV station mapped the route out with nods to past and present Boston-area landmarks, including all seven Dunkin' Donuts a modern-day Paul Revere could stop at:
https://www.nocboston.com/news/local/paul-revere-midnight-ride-boston-today/3685215/
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more tacos, please @tvbookstvbooks.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Yay Reut (who isn’t on Bluesky, but I’m thrilled anyway)!!
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more tacos, please @tvbookstvbooks.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
This was a blast thanks to @betsywal.bsky.social’s insights and Charlotte Howell’s hard work putting it together.
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more tacos, please @tvbookstvbooks.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Uhhhh...we are. Aren't we? Studying all of it? [checks bookcase] Yes, we are. And have been. Sigh.
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Betsy Walters @betsywal.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Some news! Thanks to @tvbookstvbooks.bsky.social for guiding me through this project/process with endless patience and humor.
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Variety @variety.com · 10/04/2025
Oscars Add Best Stunt Design Category Starting in 2027 variety.com/2025/awards/...
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Oscars Add Best Stunt Design Category Starting in 2027
A stunt design category is coming to the Oscars.
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Betsy Walters @betsywal.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Still hoping to get to #scms25 but I'm entering hour 7 of being stuck at Logan Airport. I think I live here now.
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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Best AI hype allegory to date via @tressiemcphd.bsky.social “every time someone asks me, “What about A.I.?” with the breathless anticipation of a boy who thinks this is the summer he finally gets to touch a boob”
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Opinion | Actually, A.I. Is Pretty Mid
A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Update: A letter repudiating the weakness and equivocation of the Academy's letter and expressing support for Hamdan Ballal started circulating today and has now been signed by more than 300 Academy members. Will share more if/when it becomes public.
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Tyler Coates @tylercoates.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
AMPAS has issued a new statement that basically says: “we will continue to say nothing.” they don’t even bother mentioning Hamdan Ballal — an Oscar winner!!! — by name.
“Dear Academy members,
At the heart of the Academy's mission is a commitment to honoring excellence in the motion picture arts and sciences and connecting the world through the power of cinema. We do this through our work on the Oscars, our exhibitions and programs, our preservation and
education efforts, and so much more. We believe deeply in the ability of film to illuminate, to provoke thought, and to bridge divides by offering a window into diverse human experiences.”“We fundamentally believe that film has the power to enlighten global audiences and highlight different perspectives - and we encourage our members to use their art to do so.
The Academy condemns harming or suppressing artists for their work or their viewpoints.
We are living in a time of profound change, marked by conflict and uncertainty
- across the globe, in the U.S., and within our own industry. Understandably, we are often asked to speak on behalf of the Academy in response to social, political, and economic events. In these instances, it is important to note that the Academy represents close to 11,000 global members with many unique viewpoints.”“We are, however, united in a shared belief in the importance of storytelling, in the value of empathy, and in the role of film as a catalyst. As an
organization, our focus continues to be the celebration of creative voices that make up the global film community - and supporting your freedom to create, to challenge, and to imagine.
We remain steadfast in this work, and we are grateful to walk alongside each of you in it.
Bill Kramer and Janet
Yang”
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Betsy Walters @betsywal.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Being the Film & Media Festivals SIG grad rep has been such a lovely gig! It's a terrific opportunity to connect with other scholars. Please consider nominating yourself for SIG co-chair or grad rep, and don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions about either role.
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more tacos, please @tvbookstvbooks.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
8 US presidents died in office b/t 1841 & 1963. Whose funeral was recreated for radio? Check out my article, "Bury Him By Radio: Early Funeral Broadcasts & the Mourning of Pres. Harding," in the "Sound History is Cultural History" issue of Resonance! #Radio #Death online.ucpress.edu/res/article/...
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Bury Him by RadioEarly Funeral Broadcasts and the Mourning of President Warren G. Harding
Early radio publications located radio funerals (or radio-assisted funerals) somewhere between vulgar displays and quirky, if touching, tributes. By the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s funeral broadca...
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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Betsy Walters @betsywal.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
You just know he'll claim he made the whole menu by himself.
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Betsy Walters @betsywal.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I hope my senators are trying to free and get justice for this man (@hassan.senate.gov and @shaheen.senate.gov). This is horrific. And by the way, your shameful votes yesterday only enable this administration’s overreach and abuse.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The absolute devastation that @chuckschumer.com is about to inflict on D.C. by supporting the GOP’s continuing resolution is hard to overstate. Massive cuts to schools and law enforcement. Teachers laid off en masse. Basic city services may grind to a halt because we *cannot spend our own money.*
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
AI chatbots are wrong 60% of the time www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
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AI Search Has A Citation Problem
We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They’re All Bad at Citing News.
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Ampersand: An American Studies Journal @ampersandjournalbu.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
For our next issue, Ampersand solicits papers on rupturing, deconstructing, and recreating boundaries of assumed forms within American Studies. We encourage a variety of topics and formats and prioritize the work of emerging scholars. Find out more and submit by 4/1 at sites.bu.edu/ampersandjou...
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
sometimes the angel of death comes as a stupid blowhard
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dianecheyanne.bsky.social @dianecheyanne.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Justice Sotomayer - "We're going to lose our democracy." www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/...
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Justice Sotomayor says 'we will lose our democracy' without media literacy
The Supreme Court justice said American democracy will fall unless people start to improve their ability to discern fact from fiction.
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Joe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
ABC has now confirmed the Nielsen data I reported this morning. Must credit @tvmojoe.bsky.social 😉
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
This is not law. It couldn’t withstand legal scrutiny. Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Conan O’Brien: “Anora is doing well tonight. I guess Americans are happy to see someone finally stand up to a powerful Russian.” #Oscars
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
A lot of people are going to die from this
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MB in NC 🇺🇸⚽💻♾️🇺🇦🐈 @mbinnc.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
This should be true no matter where the fascists go for vacation.
Vermont protester with toddler in backpack holding a sign "You can enjoy your vacation when we can enjoy our democracy"
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Betsy Walters @betsywal.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Always fun to talk Oscars (and doubly fun to hang out with a bunch of them)! www.bu.edu/articles/202...
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The Academy Awards Are Sunday: Will It Be a Wicked Night?
The show goes on after devastating Los Angeles fires, and BU film experts say Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, and Anora will likely win Oscars
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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 28/02/2025
Tesla lost enough value today that it could have fully funded USAID for a year.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 24/02/2025
“Woke just means you give a damn about other people,” Jane Fonda said at the #SAGAwards. Read the full list of winners: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 18/02/2025
True story: a few years ago, I was being interviewed by a reporter for the New York Times. I mentioned the history of eviction statutes and how they tied into Jim Crow. The reporter asked "what's Jim Crow?" When I explained, the reporter didn't believe me and said the US wouldn't do that.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
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Betsy Walters @betsywal.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
We’re all in hell and the universe is just gonna double down with another Chiefs Super Bowl, isn’t it
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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
congratulation to Oscar frontrunner Nominees To Be Determined
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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
They…turned off…National Institutes of Health grants? That’s nearly $50 billion of scientific research.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
thats ok im already fluent in anxiety
Sign reading Duolingo,
but for Anxiety Created by scientists from Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard
FREE to use without a subscription with a cute lil blob cartoon character
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Betsy Walters @betsywal.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I really think that people taking video/speakerphone calls in cafes and public transportation might end up being my villain origin story. It has happened every single time I've been out recently.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Like smoking a cigarette, driving a giant SUV/pickup endangers anyone nearby. The narrative power of secondhand smoke galvanized the anti-tobacco movement in the 1980s – and it could do the same for car bloat today. My deep dive, in Vox 🧵 www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.
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Kyle Buchanan @kylebuchanan.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
On the side of the wall at the Golden Globes there’s a studio leaderboard, lest things become too classy
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Louis Peitzman @louispeitzman.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Seth Rogen MVP of the night for acknowledging how fucking weird this camera placement is.
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Ben Travers @bentravers.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Boooooo no clips boooooo Really, why would an awards show "celebrating the best of film (and holding space for television)" want to show footage from films like "The Brutalist," "Emilia Perez," and "The Substance," movies everyone definitely already knows about and wants to see?
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Betsy Walters @betsywal.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
I found this book at a Smithsonian bookstore and it is as dense and substantial as you expect
Book cover: Quotations of Donald J. TrumpUnsurprisingly, the "Quotations of Donald J. Trump" book is mostly cardboard
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Ampersand: An American Studies Journal @ampersandjournalbu.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Vol. III, Issue 1 spotlight: C. G. Branch links the 1960s with present labor movements via a close comparison of Hollywood strikes and the “star power” that marks SAG-AFTRA and WGA activities. Read it now at sites.bu.edu/ampersandjou...
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