Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Had a great set of convos but would love to talk to yet more people so the call is still open! Please do ping if you have any questions or doubts! #fandom #boycott #research 0212
Reposted by Dr Rukmini PandeDr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Still open! Ever boycotted a kpop company? Hybe? SM? All of them?? I'd love to talk to you! DMs are also open in case you'd prefer that over the form! 0928
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Still open! Ever boycotted a kpop company? Hybe? SM? All of them?? I'd love to talk to you! DMs are also open in case you'd prefer that over the form! 0928
Reposted by Dr Rukmini PandeDr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Boosting! If you've ever participated in a boycott or other collective action against a media company - UK/US TV or film, K-Pop, Bollywood, Hollywood, video games, web-series/novels etc - I'd like to hear about your experiences! More details in the form 12024
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Boosting! If you've ever participated in a boycott or other collective action against a media company - UK/US TV or film, K-Pop, Bollywood, Hollywood, video games, web-series/novels etc - I'd like to hear about your experiences! More details in the form 12024
Reposted by Dr Rukmini PandeDr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Hello everyone, I'm currently writing about fan experiences with collective protest actions against media companies such as boycotts, letter campaigns etc. If you are above 18 and would like to participate please get in touch! More details in the form: forms.gle/FbgMDV1SfqkC...forms.gleCall for Interviews: Fan Boycott ExperiencesFan boycotts of media companies are undertaken as an act of collective protest aimed at using fan consumer power to bring attention to diverse issues. These include but are not limited to political, e... 02441
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Hello everyone, I'm currently writing about fan experiences with collective protest actions against media companies such as boycotts, letter campaigns etc. If you are above 18 and would like to participate please get in touch! More details in the form: forms.gle/FbgMDV1SfqkC...forms.gleCall for Interviews: Fan Boycott ExperiencesFan boycotts of media companies are undertaken as an act of collective protest aimed at using fan consumer power to bring attention to diverse issues. These include but are not limited to political, e... 02441
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 05/02/2026This is slightly embarrassing to ask but academic friends if you teach my work in your courses could you be so kind as to let me know which piece, for what course, and of course the university/department etc! I'd be eternally grateful! if you'd prefer via DM's please feel free! 112
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Got exciting news that I've been accepted to present at #ICA2026 in Cape Town! Anyone who's also heading that way in June (or already there!) do ping! 270
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Pleased to share that my paper, “You Can Be Lara Croft Too!”: Examining the Extractive Colonial Logics of Tomb Raider Fan Tourism in Cambodia, has been published in the special edition on Tomb Raider of Feminist Media Histories doi.org/10.1525/fmh....doi.org“You Can Be Lara Croft Too!”Examining the Extractive Colonial Logics of Tomb Raider Fan Tourism in CambodiaCultural heritage has been substantively identified as a vital motivator for tourism. An additional significant driver of visitor interest to specific historical locations is the influence of media pr... 2237
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 13/06/2025The plane crash details are terrifying 😔 those poor students where it crashed too 030
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 08/05/2025I think we're at war... Surreal to have updates of missile and drone strikes in between pope memes 050
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Had to withdraw from a deeply meaningful project because it's increasingly clear that writing about activist spaces might put ppl at risk in terrifying ways. Even if respondents are kept anonymous the writing still creates an accessible chronicle of actions that bad faith actors could use 😓 1111
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Did SCMS put out a statement about Trump's actions putting its members at greater risk this year? I'm not getting conference emails this year but I'm curious 110
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Ppl keep telling me ai is great for finding initial sources in fields you're not familiar with so I was like FINE ILL TRY 🤷🏾 and then every source it gave was either totally made up or didn't say what it claimed at all.....like.... we're so cooked 1101
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The world continues to be awful but works goes on....Sharing my chapter in the (excellent) second edition of the Routledge Companion to Media Fandom where I think through some implications of "transnational fandom" and the challenges that face us as scholars www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...taylorfrancis.comWhat Does the “Transnational” Mean for Fan Studies Today? Some ProvocaThe category of transcultural fandom as it circulates in fan studies today indicates those fan communities that are perceived as “outside the dominant paradigm 1107
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Deeply ironic when you give anon review on smth pointing out that it doesn't deal with race as an aspect of fanwork... and then you get a revised version that completely changes the pitch of the analysis to focus on race...but no scholarship by scholars of colour is referenced 370
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Feeling a bit doom-ish about the future of academic writing negl... Even good students can't seem to resist using AI to "tweak" their writing because they're convinced the bot is better... But that also means they'll never develop a voice of their own 🙃 1170
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Bringing this over from twitter because omg Voltaire 😱 (approving) 030
Reposted by Dr Rukmini PandeDr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 10/11/2024 If you want to hear my thoughts on the discourse surrounding Ted Lasso‘s third season and many smart people‘s analysis of the overall show… www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-p... 2104
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 09/11/2024Must admit it's a bit baffling to watch ppl talk about how USA uni admins will be more receptive to repressive policies only now when I've watched peaceful students getting beaten by police for the entirety of the last year 1100
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 07/11/2024I'm sorry US friends... I know the sinking feeling all too well.. sending love 🫂 0120
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 17/10/2024Thanks to everyone who came to our roundtable! I'm sorry that we couldn't get to all the questions but thought it was a really great conversation 💪🏾 020
Reposted by Dr Rukmini PandeDr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 14/09/2024Very excited to host the first plenary session of#FSNNA24 where we're asking the question, "Is a Critical Fan Studies Possible?" Tune in for Poe Johnson, Yvonne Gonzales, @stitch.bsky.social, @thekpopprof.bsky.social and myself on October 17th! More info here fsn-northamerica.org/2024/08/08/m...fsn-northamerica.orgMonster of Fan Studies Reveal #1 …FSNNA24 will feature four plenary roundtable sessions, each curated by a specially invited conference "headliner." The first MONSTER OF FAN STUDIES is Rukmini Pande, Associate Professor of Literary St... 0157
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 17/10/2024Hallo... just popping in to remind everyone that our plenary roundtable at #FSNNA - "Is a Critical Fan Studies Possible is at 10 am EDT today/tomorrow (depending on your timezone).... @thekpopprof.bsky.social, Poe Johnson, Yvonne Gosalves, @stitchmedia.bsky.social and I are gonna get into it! 051
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 11/10/2024@stitch.bsky.social Hi Stitch! Sorry to poke but had sent you an email about a pre-meeting for the FSNNA panel.. would you be able to make it? Currently the best time for everyone seems to be 9-10 PM Seoul time (11th Oct) which is earlyish in the morning of the 12th for US ppl... Lemme know! 120
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 14/09/2024Very excited to host the first plenary session of#FSNNA24 where we're asking the question, "Is a Critical Fan Studies Possible?" Tune in for Poe Johnson, Yvonne Gonzales, @stitch.bsky.social, @thekpopprof.bsky.social and myself on October 17th! More info here fsn-northamerica.org/2024/08/08/m...fsn-northamerica.orgMonster of Fan Studies Reveal #1 …FSNNA24 will feature four plenary roundtable sessions, each curated by a specially invited conference "headliner." The first MONSTER OF FAN STUDIES is Rukmini Pande, Associate Professor of Literary St... 0157
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 03/09/2024Happy to announce that my paper "Don't fight back, fight forward: An analysis of Ted Lasso’s approach to systemic race/ism in the English Premier League" is out now in The Journal of Popular Television! go.shr.lc/4cQHKBHgo.shr.lcDo not fight back, fight forward: An analysis of Ted Lasso’s approach to systemic race/ism in the English Premier League | IntellectTed Lasso (2020–23) has garnered much acclaim from both fans and critics, racking up an impressive 21 Emmy nominations for its final season. Commentators repeatedly highlighted that the show’s emphasi... 33910
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 01/05/2024Many have pointed it out but if the what's going on in usa campuses was happening in the middle east there would be wall-to-wall handwringing abt state repression 061
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 24/04/2024That one protest sign about "Why did you ask me to read Said if you didn't want me to use him" 😔 040
Reposted by Dr Rukmini PandeSCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · 12/04/2024Did anyone send this to you? We can right now if not. Note to everyone: tag us bc the person checking this account can always request articles for you. 122
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 10/04/2024Would anyone have access to this article? online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article... 100
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 22/03/2024I know why but it's still very depressing that the largest consistent political mobilization in fandom spaces over the past few months has been solidarity for Palestine and no fan publication that I've come across has said anything about it 160
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 15/03/2024I am wandering about the conference...please feel free to say hello! 050
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 15/03/2024@roopikarisam.bsky.social Hi Roopika! Are you at SCMS? Would love to say hello irl as it were! 100
Reposted by Dr Rukmini PandeDr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 27/01/2024Ppl going to #SCMS Boston please do ping! 201
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 19/01/2024I will be in Boston for #SCMS after a while so please do let me know if you'll be there too... Would love to say hello irl 040
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 19/01/2024Just watched a video of the University of Palestine being mined and blown up... Ofc no one is expressing outrage about ppls rights to "safe campuses"...ugh it's so depressing 052
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 13/01/2024discourse accounts continue to be the worst because they'll say "just saw someone warn for incest coz the chars knew each other as kids" and get 5k rts making it look like it's some mainstream idea instead of maybe a rando with 5 followers 3154
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 08/01/2024This was in November, we're now in January 141
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 06/01/2024Happy to share a pre-print! Just lemme know where to send it 😊 052
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 02/01/2024Been off-grid for a bit but very happy to announce that I'll be at #SCMS at Boston this year in March with an exciting panel on evolving ideas of race/ism in fandom with Poe Johnson, Yvonne Gonzales and Adrienne Domasin! Anyone looking for a roommate to split hotel costs please do ping! 150
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 02/01/2024I understand why but it's quite telling that academics who've built their brand on "fandom encourages emancipatory politics" have just ignored what's happening on stan twt re: Palestine 031
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 30/11/2023Im going to be publishing something more extended next month on this (finally) but the problem with collapsing all critique into "anti behavior" is that we end up with no way to talk about systemic issues. 151
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 30/11/2023I agree with ppl being like discrimination against volunteers is not a gotcha against the AO3's content policies... but also volunteers have been targetted for their objections to said policies so the issues are interconnected 🤷 1100
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 23/11/2023edge-lord stuff in fanfic spaces is so weird to me... Half the time it feels like ppl are anticipating "anti" takes so eagerly that they blow up even relatively small posts into "look this is what EVERYONE thinks" 120
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 22/11/2023Why can no one be normal about non- anglophone media... Why is it always either "everything is problematic and you're terrible for watching it" OR "It's completely above being questioned and you're an anti for critiquing aspects of it" 1114
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 22/11/2023It's really amazing that it's almost 2024 and I still read cfps abt fandom/fan fiction communities that don't have a single citation of work on race/ism...like they'll mention it's a factor but clearly there's no work worth citing right 092
Dr Rukmini Pande @rukminipande.bsky.social · 21/11/2023I think if anyone wants to look at commonalities between how fandom and larger discourse are mirroring each other rn I'd say the eagerness to discredit young ppl's engagement with media and platforms is a big one...the disdain is so strong on all sides of the political spectrum 161
