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I have over 300 students who just learned about the field of gender studies after learning about economic and cultural power structures. I wonder what they would make of this. Only one way to find out, I suppose.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I was just teaching about WWII propaganda this week. This example for 2026 is astounding.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

No Silent Film Fridays tonight, so the third installment of Dr. Mabuse and his wicked ways will wait until next week. Don't accept gambling invitations, kids.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Clovar Eating Service! How can you help me?"

An orange and white cat taps a woman's hand to get her attention. She is clearly listening to his request.

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Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just going to casually have this image from the Lucas Museum projected when my students walk into “Women Filmmakers” class tomorrow and see what happens

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Many thanks to @timleifheit.bsky.social for taking a photo I still treasure. I came across this recently and it's hard to believe it's been eleven years since that 48-Hour Film Festival.

Black and white photo of a woman holding a large sword. She's turned at the waist to her right and looks down at the hilt of the sword in her hand. Her left fingertips are holding the flat of the blade, placing the sword edge between her and the photographer.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm going to give this a whirl. The call to meta awareness is intriguing.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

From the Government Information Manual for the Motion Picture Industry, circa WWII, on fascism.

We believe that support of Fascism can be marshaled only from the ignorant. the frustrated and the poverty-stricken, in some measure backed by reactionery men of wealth. We must keep these groups in mind constantly end try to overcome their ignorance, their frustration and their want.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Entire generations have been destroyed because of the attacks on Gaza. They should be named and known so they are seen and remembered.

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Comics in the Golden Age @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Writer Bill Finger, who took Bob Kane’s initial idea and turned it into the character we know today. #BatmanDay

Detective Comics #17, the first appearance of Batman.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My oldest is covering Riot Fest for the zine The In Crowd. He's evolving into a photojournalist and videographer and, as a former journalist, I'm pretty proud.

A Snapchat conversation:

(Image of an unnecessarily large Elmo balloon at a Kroger. It's placed above several wall displays of meat)

"I hear Unnecessary Elmo is playing Riot Fest today."

"Most excellent"

"We are Unnecessary Elmo! Fuck you Chicago! Can you count to five? (facemelting drums)"

"Count on drums?"

"Actually, that would kill at a place like Riot."

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I'm not sure how to feel about this.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

At the top of the hour, we're in for more of Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler (1922, dir. Fritz Lang). We kick off at 8pm Eastern over on stream.place. Join us, won't you?

stream.place

Stream.place

Open-source livestreaming on the AT Protocol.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What a time to be teaching about gender studies, feminist theory, and masculinity studies.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Can Democratic candidates stop throwing transpeople under every bus they see?

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is why I teach history and cultural theory. Change is possible only if you know that it is possible. If you know no other way, you die in despair. That is not the world I want for my children or students. We deserve better than despair.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Sounds of Our House, campus edition: "Time to set out the gnome traps."

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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The SAVE student debt plan is ending. This is shameful — and we stand by its unlawful erasure. The student debt system is a nightmare — and we want to help you navigate it. Some of our thoughts on next steps. www.inthered.org/p/stressed-a...

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Stressed about the SAVE deadline? We’re here to help!

Resources and information to help you navigate student debt chaos.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

For those of you who have written books (or dissertations), do you ever wonder just how many different people you have been over the course of the writing? When I review this manuscript, I can hear echoes of who I have been.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is a thought experiment for sure.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I needed writing music. Guess I'm finally giving The London Pub (1970) a spin.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

*opens Bluesky* *sees an exchange between Dick Durbin and Kash Patel about great Americans being kept from serving in the FBI* *curses those I love with this same knowledge* *closes Bluesky*

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I was just teaching about round one of Capital on Friday. Now I have a more recent example to work with today.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Sounds of Our House: "Unexpected empathy in baggage area."

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Finally! Take a gamble on SFF tonight at 8pm Eastern.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

From the talk I'm giving tomorrow: "2. Gather what information you can from relatives. It is preferred that they be living at time of collection. This is not required, however."

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Not beating the suggestion that you get more conservative the older you get, gents. I suppose it's easy to not want things to change when you've got yours.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This essay is one I might assign during a comic book unit. It's poignant, insightful, and provides a view from inside fandom that my students would benefit from.

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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️

8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will. Based on a screenprint by Ricardo Levins Morales after the organizing work done by Robert Owen.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I can't watch Like Chronitons Through An Hourglass (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds). Listen to, yes, but the second-hand embarrassment is too strong for eye contact.

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Ethan Peck as Spock: Wtf Really

Alt: Ethan Peck as Spock: Wtf Really

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Here's the photo that got me in the gut this morning.

A young man faces a driver's license bureau camera in Sept 1971. There's just a little hint of mischief in his look, but you can also tell he's ready to scrap. Dad might have only been 5'9", but he was a Ranger all the way.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I can only imagine the revolt to come if legislatures continue to lead with oppression, restriction, fear, and distrust. How long until kids grow up and get angry about the world being taken from them? And yes - I did say world. That's what reading is: a gate to find the world beyond your doorstep.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

While preparing for a School of Cultural and Critical Studies Speakers Series talk on Thursday, I came across my father's driver's license from 1971. He wasn't yet 20 when it was issued, but I can see him in my face and in the faces of my children. Lineage matters and, sometimes, that lineage

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I've heard a lot of versions of this song, but this one has a little something special in it. Might be that touch of Curry.

youtube.com

I Put a Spell on You

YouTube video by Tim Curry - Topic

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