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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD
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Have PhD, will travel. Americanist by training, fan/media studies by trade. Scholar of fan studies, adaptation, Disney, comics - happy to talk intersections of translation/gender/disability. First book out; next book soon. He / him.
!["Hayley Williams of Paramore reveals that she didn't know Kim Petras was trans.
"I thought she was German," she tells reporters."
[Two side-by-side headshots. Left: Hayley Williams with pink and blue hair streaks and purple eyeshadow against a pink background. Right: Kim Petras with blonde hair, a nose ring, and flame-shaped earrings against a light grey background.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreia46cmm65ywylwpojej265zc25lrahdz5ul5fasplbiji46s5bmtq)
![[Parody of the "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" anti-piracy PSA. Grungy white text on a black background with blue VHS tracking distortion:]
You Wouldn't Bring Iced Coffee To A Job Interview](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreic55ftvum32wflo3ylxwf5e3uilho7ybbzfkvmtountij6numn43m)
![penny-anna on tumblr: "Hi I have a question about Pacific Rim. Given that the sparring is just A way to test for drift compatibility and any activity that requires people to collaborate and anticipate each others moves works, including stuff like multi player video games
• Can you test for drift compatibility via improv comedy"
penny-anna on tumblr replies:
[A television still of comedians Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie sitting side-by-side on the set of Whose Line Is It Anyway?.]
"They are piloting a Jaeger together in my imagination"
penny-anna on tumblr replies:
"#hate this. im in the shatterdome trying to coordinate my jaegers in the field fighting for the fate of humanity #and these two chuckleheads over here won't stop doing bits on the open channel #they keep defeating kaiju with slapstick routines and its INFURIATING
yeah the worst part is it's actually working for them"
kyraneko on tumblr replies: "And their Jaeger is called Nihilistic Singularity (because it's a point that doesn't matter.)"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreicodtt2e6lvyu7nbhzabnf3l7tasm6tmj4xjjn4jqovbmnrbum5hu)
