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Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social · 21h

To celebrate the @femmediahist.bsky.social "Women of IMAX" issue, scholars Janine Marchessault, Jessica Mulvogue, Allison Whitney + artist Oliver Husain are leading a virtual panel discussion with Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar on October 24. I'm excited to listen in! rmg.on.ca/events/imax-...

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IMAX Panel Discussion with Canadian Astronaut Roberta Bondar
Oct 24, 2026, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Join us for a virtual panel discussion on the history and future of IMAX cinema with special guest, astronaut Dr. Roberta Bondar. Dr Bondar will share her experiences with IMAX filmmaking in space, and how it continues to influence her work as a photographer and environmental advocate. Our panel will consist of scholars Janine Marchessault, Jessica Mulvogue, Allison Whitney, and artist Oliver Husain, whose exhibition I <3 Snail, on display at the gallery, draws on similar themes to the panel.

This event will also mark the publication of a special issue of the journal Feminist Media Histories on “Women of IMAX,” which investigates the transformative work of women as film directors, producers, museum managers, technical writers, and computing experts in the medium’s nearly fifty-year history.

This event is free and open to everyone. If there are ways we can support your participation, please contact Hannah at hkeating@rmg.on.ca.

Registration is required.

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Kristen Fuhs @kristenfuhs.bsky.social · 21h

Saw MUSK by @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social yesterday, and I can’t recommend it highly enough. It’s not a portrait - it’s specifically about power: how he got it, and how he’s been able to maintain it. And it’s riveting.

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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

New book chapter ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Transmedia Horror Networks Creative Hauntologies, Fan Nostalgia, and the Digital Evolution of Participatory Fear Cultures Lorna Piatti-Farnell In: Monstrous Transmedia #FanStudies www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

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Transmedia Horror Networks | 3 | Creative Hauntologies, Fan Nostalgia,

This chapter examines the evolution of transmedia horror networks within contemporary digital culture, arguing that these spaces have transformed the genre into

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Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social · 22h

Had the pleasure of collaborating w/ Allison Whitney, Jessica Mulvogue, and other contributors to the new @femmediahist.bsky.social special issue on "Women of IMAX" to create a zine of 11 career profiles based on their research. Can't wait to get physical copies! online.ucpress.edu/fmh/article/...

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WOMEN OF IMAX title in large white letters

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Women of IMAX offers a glimpse into the range of women’s engagement with IMAX cinema from its invention to the present day, featuring research contributions from Monika Gagnon, Janine Marchessault, Jessica Mulvogue, Veronica Paredes, and Allison Whitney. We were inspired by the creativity and insights of Tanya Goldman’s Women of the 16mm Sector zine series, and were thrilled when she and designer John Munshour agreed to work with us on this project.

Sources for this research include archival materials from Library and Archives Canada, Media Commons at the University of Toronto Libraries, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Science Museum of Minnesota, McGill University Archives, and Ingenium – Canada Science and Technology Museum, and interviews with Roberta Bondar, Diane Carlson, Donna Cox, Mary Jane Dodge, Munro Ferguson, Ingrid Lae, and Cherie Rivers. We have also accessed recorded interviews and oral histories with Althea Douglas, Phyllis and Graeme Ferguson, and Toni Myers.

This project is supported by an Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

— Jessica Mulvogue and Allison Whitney, 2026

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Phyllis Ferguson (née Wilson) (1950- 2021) was born in Quetico, Ontario, a status member of the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation. At 12, she was sent to live with her grandmother, Phyllis Tenniscoe, in Thun-der Bay, where she studied audio-visual broadcasting at Confederation College’s new radio and television program. In 1970, she was hired to assist the location manager of North of Superior, one of the first films shot in IMAX. She then hosted the National Film Board of Canada’s weekly “Challenge for Change” television slot, worked as a CBC radio announcer in Whitehorse, and contributed to an Indigenous community newspaper in Ottawa.
In 1974, she worked as a sound recordist on the IMAX-produced Man Belongs to the Earth (screened at the U.S. Pavillion of Expo ‘74), later returning to tele-vision as a location manager for the Canadian Broad-casting Corporation’s The Fifth Estate and CTV’s W5. Returning to Thunder Bay, she directed her 1977 docu-mentary Nishnawbe-Aski: The People and the Land, a pro bono film addressing the impact of development on Cree and Ojibwa communities and opposing clear-cut-ting. She married her creative partner Graeme Ferguson in 1982, the same year they produced Hail Columbia! which initiated a series of IMAX space films. Among them, she co-produced The Dream is Alive (1985), Blue Planet (1990), Mission to MIR (1997), and co-produced and co-directed Destiny in Space (1994).

Image: Woman standing in front of rocket. Phyllis Ferguson at NASA. Photo: Media Commons Archive, University of Toronto Libraries.

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Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hot off the press!! New open-access issue of @jcmsjournal.bsky.social w/ a special dossier celebrating the 60th anniversary of DAISIES! 🎊🎂 quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jcms/oa-is...

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Aurore Spiers @aurspiers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Bravo to editors extraordinaires Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social and Masha Shpolberg 🌼 Thank you for including in this edited dossier on DAISIES.

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Fan Studies Network North America @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

BIG news this morning- the FSNNA 2026 #FanStudies Conference Program is now live! 🔗 tinyurl.com/y53dae2z We've also got a single page accessible version: tinyurl.com/36u58ku3 Whether you’re joining us for the first time or are a veteran participant we hope you’ll join us at FSNNA26!

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2026 Conference - Fan Studies Network North America

Get Ready— FSNNA 2026 is coming up! Conference Program 2026 If you haven’t already, make sure to: Register today! Spotlight Speakers of FSNNA 2026 Dr. Jinyging Li Author of Anime’s Knowledge Cultures:...

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Shelley Stamp @shelleystamp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Looks terrific! DAISIES is a stone cold classic. 🌼 🍏 ❤️

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Dan Hassler-Forest @danhf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

DEAD POETS SOCIETY made me want to be a teacher, but got pretty much everything wrong about what it means to teach (esp in the humanities!).

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Richard Dhillon @drricharddhillon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Learning to project this term - teaching in Screen 1 at Warwick Arts Centre

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Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We're doing primary source engagement in my history classes today so I brought in some objects to interrogate including a CD of The Very Best of Hall & Oates. A student asked "how do I open it?" and I withered to dust before their eyes.

CD of Hall & Oates with a crack across the cover on a copy of Frank Capra's autobiography with a euro coin on it

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Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Happy to share that "Sixty Years of Daisies: Perspectives on Věra Chytilová’s Anarchic Classic" is out now in @jcmsjournal.bsky.social. Essays by @hennefem.bsky.social, @aurspiers.bsky.social, Leana Hirschfeld-Kroen, Barbora Bartunkova, Dijana Jelača + Meta Mazaj, edited by Masha Shpolberg + me.

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Shelley Stamp @shelleystamp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh, my heart. The highest recognition a Canadian can receive. 💕

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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Lee, C. W. (2026). Contesting gender politics in the 2023 Women’s World Cup: Chinese fans’ online reactions to athlete activism and kissgate. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 1–20. #FanStudies doi.org/10.1080/1940...

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Contesting gender politics in the 2023 Women’s World Cup: Chinese fans’ online reactions to athlete activism and kissgate

This qualitative social media study investigates how Chinese football fans discussed gender‑related athlete activism and the sexual harassment scandal (‘kissgate’) involving Spanish player Jenni He...

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Colleen Kennedy-Karpat @cbkenkar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Another work to add to the growing & welcome list of scholarship on women's labor in cinema production & archival circles! This one is a video essay by @zoevb.bsky.social & the archival footage alone is well worth the 12-minute screen time 🎥https://intransition.openlibhums.org/article/id/24890/

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Ciné-Clubs and the Elision of Women’s Labour

Bournemouth based ciné-club Crystal Productions (1931–1935) provided a flourishing creative ecosystem for aspiring amateur filmmakers, women among them. However, women’s labour has been subsumed into ...

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Dan Hassler-Forest @danhf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Delighted to give the closing keynote for the annual American Studies conference at the Free University Berlin, titled “Ride or Die: Fast & Furious and the Cultural Politics of Petromasculinity“ — a talk that was designed to be a thematically appropriate wild and fast-paced ride.

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Fast And Furious Cars Race - LETS GOOO

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Poppy Wilde @poppywilde.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Exciting news! Myself and @bettibo.bsky.social are series editors for our UEP series on Critical Studies in Games and Culture 🥳🎮🕹♟️🥅 Feel free to reach out to us directly to have a chat about your ideas and whether they would be a good fit! More info at www.exeterpress.co.uk/collections/...

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Critical Studies in Games and Culture

Series editors: Bettina Bódi, University of Birmingham and Poppy Wilde, Birmingham City UniversityCritical Studies in Games and Culture is dedicated to exploring the political, cultural, and social si...

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Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When one teaches Varda they must wear Varda merch. I don’t make the rules.

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Dan Hassler-Forest @danhf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Two students came up to me afterwards to ask if they might maybe be allowed to write their upcoming textual analysis essay on “Freedom ’90,“ which warmed the cockles of my aging heart.

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Dan Hassler-Forest @danhf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It was amazing to see how much my students were able to get out of it just in terms of studying and interpreting the actual contents of the video, before adding in more layers of meaning as I gave them more and more context on George Michael’s life, career, sexuality, and celebrity.

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Dan Hassler-Forest @danhf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Great start of the day with an in-class exercise analysing the functions of style in film form, using George Michael’s “Freedom ‘90” music video as our object of analysis.

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Cindy Crawford in George Michael's Freedom! '90

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Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My favorite genre is "Code-era smut" because they put the dirtiest things in these movies (like Gary Cooper insinuating he's too down bad to be gentle with Barbara Stanwyck) but they make it sweet by pretending the film is just a cute lil Damon Runyon meets Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs fairy tale

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The Horniest Nerds You Ever Did See – Black and White and Read All Over

A Formalist Approach to Ball of Fire (1941)

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Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today in “Women Filmmakers” was in-class screening of Varda’s LE BONHEUR (my 1st time teaching it!). For attendance, students did quick 5-minute post-screening written reflections. We’ll have more thorough discussion of film + readings on Wednesday. Unsurprisingly, my students have BIG oPiNiOnS 🔥😉

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Shelley Stamp @shelleystamp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Come and join me at UC Santa Cruz! Applications due Nov 2. (Yes, that is a real sculpture on our campus. Some of us call it “The Flying IUD.”) recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02112?fbc...

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Film & Digital Media: Assistant Professor of Narrative Film and Media Production

University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!

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Geoffrey D. Henry, Ph.D. @ghenry2.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I wish you the very best with your book and your other endeavors, Tanya.

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Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Since I'm teaching Pre-Code Hollywood soon, let's have your favorite Pre-Code moments! Obviously BABY FACE is full of bangers. I'm also partial to JEWEL ROBBERY when gentleman thief William Powell uses marijuana to incapacitate jewelry store employees to get the loot. What's your favorite?

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Derek Kompare @dkompare.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Another faculty job at SMU Meadows! This one is to lead our growing Sports Media program in Journalism. Details in the link! apply.interfolio.com/191548

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The History on Film Podcast @historyonfilm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who has been listening to the show! I am a big believer in making public history works that are both engaging and entertaining, and hopefully I hit those marks at least some of the time.

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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Job at University of Bristol Research Associate in Fan Cultures Join the AHRC-funded project Popular Classics: Western Art Music and the Everyday Listener... You will contribute to research into historical practices of listening and classical music fandom. www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Feels conspicuous that major outlets haven’t done a significant look back at “Network” this year, it’s 50th anniversary, considering it’s prescient fucking themes! (Maybe its because so many culture writers are no longer employed at major outlets 😩) Anyway I was glad to find this podcast episode

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Death of a Newsman | The History on Film Podcast

NETWORK (1976)

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Derek Kompare @dkompare.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Reminder: we have open faculty positions at SMU Meadows! Art History! Film! Theatre! And more to come! Apply now! www.smu.edu/meadows/abou...

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The History on Film Podcast @historyonfilm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Don't forget to check out this week's all-new episode where I talk NETWORK with @joshshepperd.bsky.social and @abradschwartz.bsky.social! And make sure to come back next week to hear me talk about music biopics with @chriswade.bsky.social! youtu.be/Az9u5Z-ueiM?...

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The History on Film Podcast @historyonfilm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NEW EPISODE ALERT! I'm joined by returning guests @abradschwartz.bsky.social and @joshshepperd.bsky.social to talk about the 1976 masterpiece, NETWORK. We discuss the commercialization of news media, the legacy of Murrow, how this film anticipated the present, and much more! youtu.be/Az9u5Z-ueiM

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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Palacio, D. (2026). Heroes in Disguise: LGBTQIA+ Identity and Relationship Building via Fandom and Cosplay. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 1–19. #FanStudies doi.org/10.1080/1540...

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Heroes in Disguise: LGBTQIA+ Identity and Relationship Building via Fandom and Cosplay

LGBTQIA+ individuals face discrimination and minority stress, causing social isolation, which can negatively affect mental health, identity development, and relationships. Creative arts therapists ...

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Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Inspired by colleagues, a few years ago I started compiling Letterboxd lists. My lists are primarily centered on films I regularly teach in certain classes plus a few others that I often share with students who ask for general history recs. letterboxd.com/professortan...

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Dan Hassler-Forest @danhf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Watching MONSTER: THE LIZZIE BORDEN STORY on Netflix, which shot to the top of my list of things to do just because it stars Rebecca Hall and Vicky Krieps. It's fun!

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Alyssa GO SEE #NAZA 📽️ @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I have been on this woman’s trail for 2+ years, looking for scraps in other people’s archives. So many answers sitting here with the cats!

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Nontheatrical Film and Media Scholarly Interest Group SCMS @nontheatricalscms.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Our SIG social media manager @tanyagoldman.bsky.social just started a non-definitive list of nontheatrical "greatest hits." Reply here with your favorites so she can add! #nontheatricalfilm #16mm #usefulmedia #filmhistory

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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Star Trek conference without context @flofavard.bsky.social

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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Boldly going! 🖖 @flofavard.bsky.social

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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Velvet Light Trap has extended the deadline on this issue to Oct. 11! Not too late to submit!

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Fan Studies Network North America @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Her roundtable seeks to problematize dominant political structures & ask what transformation means for fandom today. It will also feature 3 other amazing scholars- 🌟 Rukmini Pande (OP Jindal Global University) 🌟 Xiaofei Yang (Jinan University) 🌟 Katherine Anderson Howell (Independent scholar)

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Fan Studies Network North America @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Her roundtable exploring diversity, discrepancy, & discontent in knowledge cultures will feature 3 other amazing scholars- 🌟 Xiqing Zheng (Assoc. Prof, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) 🌟 Shiqi Lin (Assistant Prof, University of Rochester) 🌟 Nia Ramsey (PhD student, Brown University)

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Fan Studies Network North America @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Come one, come all! Gather round as we announce our 1st FSNNA #FanStudies 2026 Conference headliner 🥁 🌟 DR. JINYING LI!! 🌟 An assistant prof (Brown University) & author of "Anime's Knowledge Cultures" (2024), she''ll be leading a roundtable Oct. 22nd titled "The Multitudes of Knowledge Cultures"

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jenniferpete @jenniferpete.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I recently taught a media authorship course on Alfred Hitchcock and Ida Lupino. It’s a lopsided comparison, but that’s the point. Ive taught all-Hitch classes before but wanted to try something new. We watched Lupino as an actor shifting into directing, contrasting her career opportunities with his.

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Alyssa GO SEE #NAZA 📽️ @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

WHEEEE! Today's the big day: I'll head up to LA (we ♥️ it!) to see the proverbial attic, 🗃️ left behind by a writer I'm studying, now in her son's home. Absolutely mystery box - but he's going to let me come for 2 days. #ArchiveTripMysteryEdition. No finding aid! & I'll get to see friends at night!

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