iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

this. and you can substitute anti-vaxxer for any other cause that disturbs you. stop wasting your energy on the digital black hole of bots, grifters and doomers

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

a truly fun movie and a nice reminder, in this slop era, of what human creativity looks like. the 2D/3D rendered animation has style and substance

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

one of my favorite details about this story is that jameka studied theatre at UArts (RIP) and said she learned to fight in stage combat long live the arts. go birds

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

we talk about it all the time, but kruk really has a preternatural sense about things in the booth. as soon as he said, "it's about time for this big donkey right here to hit one," the hairs on my arm stood up and i knew a schwarbomb was coming #phillies

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

a freaky little movie for little freaks who love movies. it's a wild one also gillian anderson. holy.

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

whether or not you are a phillies fan like linda (and me), timely thoughts on the pain of loving baseball and why gambling ruins real enjoyment

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

feel a little joy and see the best movie of the summer so far: gail daughtry & the celebrity sex pass. ridiculous, hilarious fun. glad to see the state gang still doing it www.salon.com/2026/07/12/d...

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"Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass" is absurdism done right

David Wain's surreal spin on "The Wizard of Oz" is full of high-concept, laugh-a-minute bits when we need them most.

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

the 80s, sure, but also the Oughts. it seems like second nature now, but then we didn't all have smartphones or always keep them on us. we're not talking my grandparents' or parents' lifetimes; feels like ancient history but this is relatively recent

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

pop culture scholars: extended deadline- july 7. come join us at this cool conference in baltimore in nov! general submissions across all areas, plus the special call below mapaca.net

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MAPACA | Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

still slightly jet lagged but definitely feeling inspired after a full conference day at #ICA26 say hi if you are also in cape town

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

cfp: Heated Rivalry special panel, and general submissions to the LGBTQ+ studies area for MAPACA popular culture scholars, media practitioners, industry folks etc— submit a proposal and come join us in Baltimore this fall popmediaprof.com/2026/05/26/c...

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CfP: The Cultural Impact of Heated Rivalry

Call for Papers: The Cultural Impact of Heated Rivalry Upon awarding it a 2026 Peabody Award for excellence in entertainment, jurors argued that Canadian series Heated Rivalry made “the biggest cul…

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

to all my colleagues who keep politely asking what (work) i'm going to do this summer: idk man. drink radlers in the park with my friends

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

modern technology is unmatched when it allows me to watch the flyers go up 3 games over the pens while also watching the sunset over the great lakes #O&B #ignitetheorange

sunset over the great lakes as seen from an airplane window

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

getting hyped for #nokings, thinking about the political texts that motivate me. stay safe out there folks youtu.be/zoS8DrrlnTQ?...

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Iran So Far - SNL Digital Short

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

to the concerned student who asked, "dr roberts, did i see you sitting at the baseball field, eating insomnia cookies and crying?"— yes, two of those things are true, but it's just allergies happy opening day! go phils #ringthebell

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

strolling down the sidewalk in queens listening to, incidentally, paul simon— one of the patron saints of this borough. hope everybody is enjoying this beautiful goddamn day in new york (or wherever you are)

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

without getting too academic (or spoiler-y), this S2 E1 of paradise is reception theory manifest. undoubtedly certain audience segments will be on edge a lot of the time and others, i predict, less so

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

though broadly true, this post is about pillion... which perhaps just as much as indie film writ large, says something about the sensibilities of english filmmaking

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

getting caught up on the award season slate. indie film is important for many reasons but one being— in this extreme era of AI, parasocial media, supernatural veneers, and maximal facialization— it is so refreshing, crucial even, to see normal humans looking normal onscreen

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

largely kicked the cable news habit but couldn't resist a little hit of breaking in realtime. don't worry, i got my comeuppance when the host told a guest "now you have weeks of content for your podcast!" back to college basketball, (barely) more morally palatable than the corporate news industry

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

so many. tied for first is aaliyah's are you that somebody. s/o mark gerard (see also: everclear's santa monica, d'angelo, etc) supa dupa fly is an exemplar of the form. nobody does it like hype williams. peak 90s, peak MTV youtu.be/hHcyJPTTn9w

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Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) [Official Music Video]

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

can't stop thinking about this part in the scorcese doc where paul schrader says of taxi driver, "when i first wrote about him [travis bickle], he was the underground man. now he's the internet man." instead of talking to nobody, all the contemporary travis bickles are gassing each other up online 📽️

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

yes, agree. most things that have tried (and failed) don't capture that lynchian/postmodern, wholesale rejection of the metanarrative

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

extended to dec 5 now you have a few more days to submit an abstract to the television area of the popular culture association

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

television scholars: come join us at the Popular Culture Association, one of the most fun conferences deadline to submit an abstract to the TV area (or one of the 90+ others, if you must): nov 30 see you in atlanta in the spring! pcaaca.org 📺

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Popular Culture Association

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

the amount of "news" bots churning out fake headlines grows exponentially every day on this site it should actually be illegal to create inaccurate posts about the phillies keep harrison bader's name out your trash AI mouth

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

@workingfamilies.org wolf packs are everywhere (or start one!) @lgbtqvictoryfund.bsky.social supports equality coalitions @emilyslist.bsky.social elects pro-choice candidates ruraldemocracyinitiative.org mobilizes progressive rural causes you can @runforsomething.net or help a motivated friend

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

if you're upset, angry with federal government, i see you. i invite you to spend a few mins off this site today, connect w/ a group already taking action to change things. find a local political org near you. apply for a community board. join a city committee. DM me if you need ideas; happy to chat

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

"Politics is no longer something that is done to us; it is something that WE DO." - @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

right? when TLC said "no scrubs" everybody knew immediately what they meant. and yet "no kings" is unclear? (and also somebody write that parody please... 🎶a king is a guy who thinks he's fly/also known as a fascist🎶)

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

i generally keep my depraved f1 interests off this account, but i'll just say– give charles leclerc even a halfway decent car and nobody on the grid, save verstappen, holds a candle to him

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

once again asking people to not quote-post m*ga and fascists, including videos of their irl nonsense. they love knowing they have provoked you. don't engage. don't reply. don't repost— even to critique. stop the spread.

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

i'm predictable, but richard linklater has got my goddamn number. blue moon is a sad, beautiful movie i'll watch a dozen times. and happy to report that ethan hawke is just as generous and cool as you hope— as good in person as he is onscreen 📽️

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

i dreamed i was the host of a "what's my line"-esque game show where humans pretend to be cyborgs and a panel of cyborgs had to guess which ones were really human

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

after the hunt clearly endeavors to make the audience uncomfortable; viewing it as a professor adds a unique layer of discomfort. julia roberts is so damn good, and DP malik sayeed's incredible work is the most boundary-pushing thing about the whole film

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

"I loved every second of the regular season... [this team has] made a World Series, an NLCS, won the NL East two years in a row. That's a successful franchise. That's winning. That's giving yourself a chance. I hope they do it again next year. I hope they do it again forever." go phils

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

"As an autocratic dystopia continues to take shape, it’s difficult not to wonder how far this will go. Will libraries become the new speakeasies?" - @andizeisler.bsky.social #BannedBooksWeek www.salon.com/2025/10/06/t...

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The dumbing down of America, one banned book at a time

A majority of Americans are against book bans. That won't stop a well funded, fear-fueled movement.

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

so busy with other work that i haven't seen as many festival films as i normally would but popped in for members' trivia last night. @filmlinc.bsky.social folks put on great events. (and also accidentally ended up at an A24 buyout at one of my local bars) love NYFF season on the west side

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

hard not to see ryder cup fans as a timely US metaphor— rich white dudes, emboldened by richer white dudes in power, making a spectacle of bad behavior. pro golf, like any global franchise, is impure all around but still easier to root for team EUR and rory to tell those douches to shut the fuck up

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

PTA's one battle after another has big "my partner is a Black woman" energy... multiple interpretations. sex + sexuality purposefully unsettle the audience, and harris describes some of the nuance here. ultimately agree that he makes a damn good (long, worth it) movie www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n...

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'One Battle After Another' wants a revolution

Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and Teyana Taylor star in Paul Thomas Anderson's action thriller about the unfulfilled promises of protest and rebellion.

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

thiiiis. i say this to my students all the time. aside from academic, ethical, environmental concerns (all relevant)— their brains are already better at most of the things they are trying to do with LLMs

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

if you are not used to feeling this kind of fear, this is for you. if like elie m and many of us, this is not your first rodeo with the violent white right, this is for you. useful tips for these times

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Awful and dangerous to hear the Mayor echo the transphobic bigotry coming from the Trump administration. It's completely at odds with the values of our city and another reason why his single, disgraced term in office cannot end soon enough.

A screenshot of two tweets from the Politico reporter Joe Anuta.

The 1st: ".@NYCMayor elaborates on his comments yesterday that boys and girls should not use the same bathroom. He says he will review the policy of his own education department, which allows students to use restrooms “consistent with their gender identity” and potentially change it"

2nd: "He says students whose sex at birth differs should never be allowed to use the bathroom at the same time, regardless of gender identity"

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

with many of my neighbors and local orgs, we've been fighting this hard. reassuring that our local electeds listened (not mayor and gov, of course). if you haven't seen firsthand, it's wild how much money has been poured into celeb endorsements, bot campaigns, courting small biz owners, bribes, etc

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