Shanna Gilkeson
Assistant Professor in Digital Media, Cinema and Journalism at Eastern Michigan University. Fan studies scholar. Chair of Star Trek Studies and Fan Studies subject areas at MPCA. Post may be fannish, scholarly, or full of cats. Opinions are my own.
- Been a minute since I shared this. If you're interested in #FanStudies, follow the fine people on this starter pack. If you do fan studies, let me know so I can add you! go.bsky.app/C73J94Tat://did:plc:lpi2tld72nie7knlhgn3z3qi/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lakysttkl42c
- In a bizarre twist of circumstances, nobody wanted anything from me today.
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonThe COVID "revisionists" claim that all policies aimed at curbing the spread of the virus—stay-at-home orders, school closures, mask mandates, etc.—were not only useless but harmful. That view is prevalent in right-wing and “heterodox” circles. The evidence does not support it.
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- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonFuck Elon Musk ! 🖕🏼
- Hearing "DOGE" said out loud always cracks me up because it sounds exactly like what it is: a bunch of DudeBro™ d-baggy tech nerds trying to make things sound cooler than they actually are while everyone else recognizes it as the weak male power fantasy it is.
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- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonThe announcement further unsettled department employees who have spent the past several weeks anticipating sweeping staff cuts.
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- Reposted by Shanna Gilkesonyou’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonThe only kind of right response. Call the spade a spade!
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonU IS FOR UNION BUSTING APPARENTLY
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonI've collated some ideas for the @standupforscience.bsky.social signs! Your favorites? 1. Science does not give a fuck what you believe 2. Got Polio? Me Neither, Thanks Science 3. Science: It's like Magic, but REAL 4. This is my EVIDENCE BASED OUTRAGE 5. Fund Science, Not Billionaires
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- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonTrump & Co. are gonna retcon last night's wan demonstration from Democrats into something more effective than it ever had any reason to be by letting everyone know just how badly it got under their skin
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- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonThe Scottish have won the AI Wars.
- Reposted by Shanna Gilkeson"To control the country’s education system is, in no uncertain terms, to control the country’s future," Clay Risen writes: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonQ: “Lindsey Graham & Speaker Johnson called on you to resign.” 🔥 ZELENSKYY: “When Lindsey Graham becomes a citizen of Ukraine, then his voice will gain weight.”
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonThere's been so much publicity about the now-Oscar-winning doc No Other Land being unable to find a U.S. distributor (which is appalling) that some people may not realize it's currently on 100 screens here. In Manhattan you can see it at Film Forum; in Brooklyn it's at Alamo Drafthouse.
- And just like that, break is over. Six weeks until the end of the semester. Halp.
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- Reposted by Shanna Gilkeson"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
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- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonTrump FCC boss Brendan Carr is leveraging approval for Verizon's $9.6 billion merger with Frontier to bully the company into buckling on it's already pretty thin civil rights support
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- Sen. Mike Lee has introduced the SCREEN ACT, a bill that applies the "harmful to minors" standard used to ban LGBTQ+ books and resources in schools and libraries... and apply it nationally—to the internet. Under the guise of protecting kids from "pornography" www.lee.senate.gov/2025/2/senat...
- Ok but for real now - how do we overthrow this shit?
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonRegistration is open for "Lucille Ball: Queen of Comedy," hosted by the Newberry Library. More information here: www.newberry.org/calendar/luc...
- Reposted by Shanna Gilkesoneven with fucked up Roku compression, this looks so much better than after Lucas fucked around with it for decades
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- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonInvestigate. Imprison. Confiscate. No tyrants. No kings. No immunity. The only slogans I want from democrats going forward.
- No one says they can't be rich. We're just saying they don't need to be THAT rich when there are others who have absolutely nothing. Seriously. At what point does one have enough? If it were cats instead of money we'd call it hoarding.
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- Reposted by Shanna Gilkeson@bmeiselas.bsky.social @meidastouch.com all the times Zelensky has thanked the US in a ten minute search of X. Mainstream won’t broadcast this maybe you will.
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonEvery single politician in America, especially Republican could learn a lesson about not cravenly debasing yourself like a pathetic meek coward. (There are other terms that come to mind.)
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Trump is not a Republican. At this point, I am not sure he is even an American! 🤔💙🌎🕊 - Reposted by Shanna GilkesonSpotted in the wild today at Book Soup 📚☀️🎉 Congratulations, @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social!
- Reposted by Shanna Gilkesonkitties!! mask chain and skulls.. unless I posted the skulls already but I swear I didn’t (if i did look away). posting the kitty one later today and the skulls have been up!! there’s one left
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonGentle reminder that many disabled people can’t always shop local, especially if housebound. We’re dependent on delivery & sometimes left with big chains as only option. If you can, help someone get what they need from a great local minority owned business! Community will save us in the end.
- Had a great day with a few of my students at the Ypsilanti water treatment plant today. They did a good job shooting the tour and getting B-roll. Got so many steps in I get to skip the gym tonight.
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonThe March 16, 1990 release of Lambada and The Forbidden Dance is the Gen-X Barbenheimer. The 35th anniversary is weeks away. Exhibitors/programmers: don’t blow it!
- Reposted by Shanna Gilkesonconfirmed by deadline and all major pubs now:
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonFollow @strangenewpod.bsky.social & check out the full podcast episode celebrating #StarTrekVoyager 30th anniversary. #StarTrek #AgathaAllAlong #Trekademia #CaptianJaneway #AgathaHarkness
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonThey canceled Katie Phang as well mass firing Black hosts...I will be boycotting MSNBC and all cable news from now on. www.thedailybeast.com/ex-host-tiff...
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonAlways deeply relevant
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonGood morning beautiful souls, I'm late today but wanted to share some love. I hope Tuesday is good to you. ☀️☕🏃♀️💜☮️
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonThis came up so often in the interviews I did that I had to create a code for understaffing. Everyone is doing too many jobs, and that takes a toll on people, too.
- Saddened to learn that #FanStudies scholar Mark Duffet passed away about a week ago. I will always remember how kind he was to me at @fanstudies.bsky.social conferences, and getting rained on with him in Cardiff before I realized that's who he was. He was my first scholarly brush with fame.
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonDisposable is out today! I owe everything to my sources and to my family, friends and colleagues, who have supported me and who believed in this project as much as I did. bookshop.org/p/books/disp...
- Sorry. I forgot to add the text about reposting the first album you bought with your own money. Add that if you repost, please.
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonFirst they came for the federal employees, And I did not speak out, Because I was not a federal employee ... You know the rest of the poem. Act accordingly.
- This is true. We want something different at the top, but it will never happen if they only show up for the top elections and no one knows who they are. We need to plant the seeds locally and grow the movement from there.
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonI tried to pet every breed of dog at the Westminster Dog Show. The resulting video: 12 minutes of extremely good dogs 132 dogs pet 5 face licks 2 belly rubs Me saying “BEAUTIFUL dog” at least 59 times youtu.be/nOzLZH29wFc?...
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonHim: “But don’t you think AI (meaning genAI LLMs like ChatGPT) can do your job better than you?” Me: “Unequivocally no.” Him: “Ok but the PAID version-“ Me: “Free answer: still no.” Him: “Because it can do MY job really well.” Me: “Why are you self-owning like this???”
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- When you're on break and it's shaping up to be more work than if you just went to work. 🤣
- Why am I more productive on a sleep-deprived Monday than a well-rested Tuesday? How is this fair?
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- Just realized next week is break and I'm READY!
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonOne of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonConservatives say the motto of socialism is “you will own nothing and be happy” but that’s literally what capitalism has brought us to. Between home ownership being non-viable, car leasing being the norm, and the digitization of all media and death of physical media, we truly own nothing.
- Hear me out: Festivus, but for Valentine's Day.
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonFrom an idea in 2008 to a book in 2025, ECHOES OF CARE: DEAFNESS IN MODERN BRITAIN has been published by @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ! It explores how changing perceptions of deafness intersected with healthcare, disability, and eugenics in 19th-century Britain. www.mqup.ca/echoes-of-ca...
- Gilbert watching the driveway across the road getting plowed. This is also how he watches the garbage trucks. 😅😅😅
- This is what voting against your own interests gets you.
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonGov. Ron DeSantis' appointee to the University of West Florida, Scott Yenor, wants to make the state a proving ground to reengineer higher ed to diminish female advancement, elevate White men and whitewash history. Senators should reject his confirmation. My column, via @opinion.bloomberg.com
- Reposted by Shanna GilkesonI blame msnbc for making this app so much less fun, every time they plug it a couple million of the least fun ppl in america log on and start telling everyone else how to post
