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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

originally fired for racist and homophobic comments that surfaced. booked as host *three times* since at this point, a feature not a bug. they know exactly what they are getting

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Strong main slate for NYFF64. My pithy reactions: high expectations met: Godzilla Minus Zero, The Debut beautiful, human: Iron Boy, Tender Loving Care lasting imagery: A Long Winter skillful but forgettable: Minotaur still processing: Artificial biggest surprise + joy: Club Kid #NYFF 📽️

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

please do not post photos of barbour jackets in early october if you're not also voting for policies to address global warming

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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 · 06/09/2026

totally. that's the kind of thing that can really energize your typical CBP crowd

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

always a chicken/egg situation with the performance/energy, but the crowd also seemed so much more vibrant from the beginning tonight (observations from TV, not in attendance for either)

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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 · 18/08/2026

yes. critical thinking has never been more critical. doing something similar with my students on the first day

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

i instruct my students to have a "clean doc" and a "dirty doc" for every project. all the cuts go in the dirty doc

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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

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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 · 13/03/2026

i've long had designs on doing an sju reading group with grad students & faculty, with the AI Con being our first book. i should finally get that together

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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

exactly. season 1 of this very show definitely conditioned us to expect brutal things. (when they got the whiskey, i thought 'oh no. a roofie') but i'm intrigued. definitely surprised at how they brought the two storylines together

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

ok right? i just kept imagining the worst (or, like, just any realistic thing that could happen to her). but then i guess they did foreshadow the one thing that she was, erm, growing

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

come back and tell us when you do. some parts i was on edge and then there were some tonal shifts that i found a little confusing (maybe purposeful). will be curious to see what you think about where it goes

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

that i've heard a lot of different responses to this episode so far. many people found it tense and stressful; some described it as 'fun' or more light. can't help but wonder about the factors that are shaping audience experience. (eg gender? imagining yourself in annie's position?)

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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 · 06/01/2026

"grifting off your daddy like a suckling little doggie" is a helluva turn of phrase. at once familiar and fresh

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candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

glad she got her flowers (though not enough) in the doc. people don't really understand that scorsese would not be scorsese without thelma schoonmaker

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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

wow, this is great. perfect time to put it into next term's syllabuses

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

in everything these guys do, the naming conventions for people, products, and companies is unmatched. i can't remember my life before i knew bart harley jarvis

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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 · 17/11/2025

a kind of obsolete vernacular. wildcat...

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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 · 09/11/2025

it is. hilarious, horrifying, perfectly cast. i liked reservation dogs and love this one so i will follow sterlin harjo to whatever he does next (which i hope is a season 2)

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