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Patrick Keilty

@patrickkeilty.bsky.social
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Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information and Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto. 🏳️‍🌈 📚 🎥 🖥️ 🐈 patrickkeilty.com

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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.thestar.com/news/gta/met...
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A livelihood at risk. A 'panic attack for breakfast.' Performer banned from Meta over bikini photo
Starlotte Satine is trying to promote an upcoming show at the El Mocambo but says her livelihood is at risk.
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
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This Oakville artist is one of the world’s foremost practitioners of the woodcut print. At 89, she just received a high honour from Japan
Naoko Matsubara's work is in the British Museum, the Smithsonian, the Albertina, and Tokyo's National Museum of Modern Art.
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The GLAM Incubator at the University of Toronto has announced its Call for Projects for 2026. Deadline is October 30. Check it out! glam.ischool.utoronto.ca?page_id=2
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Call for Projects «
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We are thrilled to announce a new book series on Adult Film and Media, published by @intellectbooks.bsky.social, edited by Peter Alilunas, Patrick Keilty, Darshana Sreedhar Mini. More information here: www.intellectbooks.com/adult-film-a...
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e4bcb4b...
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Are we nearing the end of Toronto’s strip club era?
The fire that has shuttered Zanzibar Tavern is just the latest closure of a historic strip club in the city – and to avert more job loss, Toronto needs to overhaul our zoning bylaws
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A Texas University Becomes a Petri Dish for a Conservative Overhaul www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
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Texas Tech University Is Using A.I. to Cut Left-Leaning Content (Gift Article)
Texas Tech is using A.I. to cut left-leaning content in its curriculum. Some say the effort to ferret out forbidden topics is a dystopian academic nightmare.
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James
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Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James
The AI company apparently found destructively scanning ‘all the books in the world’ easier than dealing with copyright in its quest for training data
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Once again, I am offering the fabulous undergraduate course CIN339: Adult Film Histories this winter. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swi9... Trailer c/o Daniel Laurin.
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CIN339H1S - Adult Film Histories in Winter 2027
YouTube video by Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
cbc.ca
Canada will enter the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest | CBC News
CBC/Radio-Canada and the European Broadcasting Union have announced Canada will participate in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest in Bulgaria.
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
www.newyorker.com/culture/prog...
newyorker.com
What Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?
“I find myself speaking with my kids about A.I. in the same terms that we might discuss a creepy neighbor who lives down the block,” Jessica Winter writes. Read her report on the push for A.I. in educ...
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🥩himbo discourse🥩 @internetmaggie.com · 29/06/2026
Montreal's tragic shooting follows established patterns of violence: angry young men who would deny womens' rights & bodily autonomy It's time to acknowledge the role of anti-porn rhetoric shaping hateful incel beliefs my latest for the @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: The Montreal shooting revealed how antiporn rhetoric is being taken up by incels
The shooter’s 104-page manifesto made clear that misogyny was the clearest of his motivations
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The success of the SpaceX's recent IPO seems to have been driven, in possibly large part, on revenue from Grok porn. "Two recent xAI employees estimated that well over half of Grok’s overall traffic was driven by pornographic images and videos, adult role-play chats or other NSFW activity."
theinformation.com
XAI Bets on Grok’s Racy Side
SpaceX’s xAI is doubling down on video- and image-generating tools, people familiar with the project said. That’s seizing on an opening left by OpenAI and Anthropic, which offer fewer visual capabilit...
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Job opportunity in Oakland, California: Assistant Director, Digital Transgender Archive. Apply: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Assistant Director, Digital Transgender Archive
About the Opportunity Job Summary The Digital Transgender Archive (DTA) seeks to hire a full-time Assistant Director to continue a recently established project hub at Northeastern University (NU) in O...
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
mashable.com/article/no-c...
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Meta censored a post on lesbian relationships, proving its priorities are all wrong
Policing a marginalized community is not going to solve Meta's safety issues, writes activist Lennon Torres.
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
www.freespeechcoalition.com/blog/fsc-con...
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FSC Condemns UN for Pro-Censorship Proclamation — Free Speech Coalition
Late last week, two United Nations volunteers (known as Special Rapporteurs) issued a press release calling for the prosecution of adult platforms that allow user-generated content. They accuse ad...
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
www.playboy.com/read/politic...
playboy.com
Why Can't ChatGPT Be Sexy?
What happened to OpenAI's erotica promise? Writer Ella Chakarian digs into the back and forth around AI lovebots.
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
www.nytimes.com/card/2026/05...
nytimes.com
Waiting for the Best Seller: Inside the Pipeline That Stocks the Stacks
Stamped. Stickered. Barcoded. What it takes for new books to reach the shelves of a library.
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
www.thestar.com/life/health-...
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Local scientists say they’re on the cusp of a made-in-Canada HIV cure — priced to be accessible to all
They plan to manufacture their drugs not just in Canada but directly in low-income countries that need them most. Here’s why that’s so significant.
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
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A Prince Edward County drive-in just sold for $1.25 million. Here’s the new owners’ plan
The Mustang Drive-in PEC has been running since 1945. Here’s what the new owners have in store for it.
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Love a student prank. April Fools! #universityoftoronto
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The Supreme Court is not evidence based, and it is determined to despoil queer lives. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...
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Justices Reject Colorado Law Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Hey @scmsadultfilm.bsky.social members! Please join @fsc.bsky.social, the trade organization for the adult industry. For 30+ years, FSC has fought the legal, legislative, & cultural battles that determine what gets made, what gets seen & now, what gets studied. www.freespeechcoalition.com/scholars
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Fantastic interview from @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social. Josh Cheon of Dark Entries Records has created a record label that resuscitates and honours the music of gay porn composers, whose work helped pave the way for techno and other electronic dance music. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Happy birthday, Maurice Merleau-Ponty 🎂
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Come see my talk, "Artificial Tumescence: AI's Porn Fantasy" at the Centre for Culture & Technology on March 23 from 6 - 8pm
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
"Stripping anonymity from the internet would constitute one of the most sweeping rollbacks of civil rights in recent history. It would allow for unprecedented levels of mass surveillance and censorship, endangering the most marginalized members of society."
theintercept.com
Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be Anonymous Online
The bipartisan push to remove anonymity from the internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented mass surveillance and censorship.
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Support @fsc.bsky.social!
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Fellow adult industry scholars, join @fsc.bsky.social! For over 30 years, FSC has fought the legal, legislative, and cultural battles that determine what gets made, what gets seen – and, now, what gets studied. We need their support, and they need ours! www.freespeechcoalition.com/scholars
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Scholars — Free Speech Coalition
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Thank you to all the fabulous people who helped make this happen!
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
This fantastic collection will support screenings of adult film. It will be an invaluable resource when I teach Adult Film Histories next year. The publisher is offering a 20% discount with the code 26AFLY1. @scmsadultfilm.bsky.social
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
If you're thinking of buying The Intellect Handbook of Adult Film and Media, @intellectbooks.bsky.social is offering a 30% discount with the code INTELLECT30. @scmsadultfilm.bsky.social
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James Leo Cahill @jamesleocahill.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
In a few weeks, if you're in Toronto, stop on by... This is different from the other two talks I've given at U of T this year on stray thinking... www.cinema.utoronto.ca/events/le-te...
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Le temps de chien: Stray exposures in shadow of Vesuvius
In 1870 Giuseppe Fiorelli and his team of archaeologists produced a plaster cast of a bubble in the earth in the ruins of Pompeii, revealed to be a dog, which they designated watchdog of the House of ...
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
nytimes.com
Professors Are Being Watched: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Much Surveillance’
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
If you're around Stanford today at 5pm, come hear me talk about electronic payment and the sex industries! shc.stanford.edu/stanford-hum...
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Patrick Keilty | Processing Pleasure | Stanford Humanities Center
Digital Aesthetics Workshop
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Come to the book launch for The Intellect Handbook of Adult Film and Media (2026) and Screening Adult Cinema (2025), sponsored by the SCMS Adult Film and Media SIG.
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
If you're near Stanford next week, come see my talk at the Stanford Humanities Centre.
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
State of the industry. #AVN2026
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Hello #AVN2026
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Americans Are Turning Against Gay People www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
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Opinion | Americans Are Turning Against Gay People
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Nearly half of LGBTQ+ adults report being less out somewhere in their lives since Trump was re-elected. www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-s...
advocate.com
LGBTQ+ Americans are going back in the closet under Donald Trump: report
Nearly half of LGBTQ+ adults (47.5 percent) report being less out somewhere in their lives over the last 12 months.
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
🎉 Now available for purchase! Tell your library! The Intellect Handbook of Adult Film and Media, a comprehensive overview of the field, edited by Peter Alilunas, Patrick Keilty, and Darshana Mini. intellectdiscover.com/content/book... 🎉
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I continue to admire @fsc.bsky.social’s tireless advocacy. Become a member. Your support is vital: www.freespeechcoalition.com/join
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Hello from Xbiz
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Terrific article highlighting the fantastic work of our colleagues at the Film Library and Media Archives at the University of Toronto to preserve film and media history! www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
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These Toronto archivists are preserving rare and classic films for generations to come: ‘Why do all the work if nobody gets to see it?’
Christina Stewart and Rachel Beattie help maintain the University of Toronto's film library. The school's Pop-Up Cinematheque will be screening a 16-mm print of 'Singin' in the Rain' on Jan.
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
If you're in the Santa Cruz area, I am giving a talk at UCSC Film and Media Studies on January 27 at 5pm: film.ucsc.edu/events/2026/...
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Processing Pleasure: Public Talk and Discussion with Dr. Patrick Keilty – Film & Digital Media Department
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
I HATE AIR CANADA!!!!!!!!! @aircanada.bsky.social
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Archivaria 100: Legacies of Critical Theory in Archives, with articles from Ann Cvetkovich, Steven Maynard, yours truly, and many more! archivaria.ca/index.php/ar...
archivaria.ca
Archivaria 100: Special Issue - Legacies of Critical Theory in Archives (Fall/Winter 2025) | Archivaria
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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
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Court permanently blocks Trump’s executive order to dismantle federal agency for America’s libraries
Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
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