a close up of a man with a beard says hello there Alt: Obi wan Kenobi rises into frame saying "hello there" in star wars episode 3 revenge of the sith

dusting this account off to prepare for the @pcaaca.bsky.social conference next week! I'm so excited, these conferences are the highlight of my year. looking forward to presenting, mentoring, and connecting with friends and colleagues! #PCA2026conference

Thanks for the heads up!

if you know a lot of stuff i think it is your moral duty to be kind and excited when people learn stuff for the first time. the world is full of stuff we don't know about, don't be mean

If you enjoyed #PCA2025 you might want to consider joining us at this year's FSNNA! The conference CFP is now open for both general submission and our new undergrad-specific showcase. The whole conference runs fully virtual. Details below, but do reach out with any Qs:

fsn-northamerica.org

a golden retriever sits and looks directly at the camera. a gigantic tree is in full, bright pink blooms that completely fills the top half of the frame. both the dog’s fur and the tree are shimmering a little in the sunlight. in a delightful coincidence, the dog’s tongue almost perfectly matches the blossoms behind her.

This is Maggie. She saw this tree blossoming into its true colors and thought of you. 13/10

Finally home and in bed after a long day of panels and travel... and already making plans for next year's conference (and things to do between now and then!). Is this what it's like to be an area chair? Thanks for an excellent time in NOLA, @pcaaca.bsky.social! Looking forward to Atlanta 🫡

A woman with bright red hair smiles at the camera while holding up a name badge for the 55th annual Popular Culture Association National Conference. The name badge is for Colleen Etman (she/her) with the University of South Carolina, and has a deep red tag that says "Area Chair" in bright gold letters hanging from the bottom.

We are here for it!! #PCA2025

A pair of feet in sparkly white sandals on a concrete step above dirty brown water.

The feet, now bare, in the water.

Surprisingly cold, potentially diseased, and everyone around instantly knows I'm a tourist, but I *had* to do it

A skyline showing multiple large buildings against a dusky sunset.

A photo of a meal at a restaurant. There is a plate of French fries with gravy, a bowl of gumbo, and a cocktail in a plastic cup.

Hello NOLA! #PCA2025 @pcaaca.bsky.social

I talked with a student and they are going to apply to a conference! This is the first time I have done anything like this! But they've been doing so great this semester and there are a couple small online things going on this summer I think would work great. I feel like a real professor! Exciting 🤩

a cartoon girl is sitting next to a dinosaur and saying `` take chances , make mistakes , and get messy '' Alt: Miss Frizzle winks at her pet lizard and her catchphrase "take chances, make mistakes, and get messy" is put at the bottom of the gif as a caption

Today I got the best compliment a teacher can get: a student told me I'm basically the professor version of Miss Frizzle 🤩 if you need me, I'll be off managing this massive ego 💁🏻‍♀️

A dim picture of a fluffy black cat lying on someone's legs stretched out out of the picture. The cat is looking off to the side and has one paw reached forward to rest against the person's hand in the foreground.

Morgana has been trying to pick up the emotional support animal slack and lemme tell you, right now she's knocking it out of the park

I'm so tired and beaten down in this environment we've created and sustained and I *do* believe in the power and worth of education and higher education in particular but also, I'm so tired.

Anyway I have an interview next week I'm excited about but right now I just want to sleep

...but how awful that they instinctively assume they're going to get a bad response? How horrible is the academic institution as a whole that they've been primed to expect harsh punitive relationships with their professors? I want to stay so I can help change this but also man, this sucks

I know I complain about students who can't follow directions or who just don't seem to put in the effort but every so often you get a heartbreaking email and it's just like. Idk man. This is why I do this, so that students have someone who is going to respond kindly and help them...

Digital illustration of a crow holding an asexual pride flag in its beak.

Happy International Asexuality Day!!!🖤🩶🤍💜

a group of people sitting around a table with the words " the ball is rolling up the hill " above them Alt: Lou Wilson, Siobhan Thomas, and Zac Oyama sitting at a table for Dimension 20. Lou is dramatically gesturing and saying "the ball is rolling up the hill!" while Zac breaks down in laughter.

interview request! interview request! interview request!

Tweet from @dril with an edit. Original says: “Food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 Candles $3,600 Utility $150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying” The edit is that the candles line is crossed out and replaced with “Tariffs: $6 trillion”

a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine . Alt: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .

Just got my first job response that was neither an acceptance nor a rejection but a "we've put this position on hold while we reevaluate our hiring needs at this time" so, y'know, that's great and cool and I'm totally chill this is fine

Trying to explain to a friend still in the program why I joke about hating medievalism without being like "after you finish your diss you hate everything about it and all your choices haunt you forever, tainting this project you once loved" and thereby scaring him off

After officials pulled him from the Iditarod, this Wisconsin musher finished anyway Because he lagged far behind race leaders, officials pulled Quince Mountain from the Iditarod. He finished, unsupported and unofficially, on his own.

I love this story by Keith Uhlig, and particularly the ending:

"I think for a lot of us LGBT people, the message resonates," Mountain said. "Maybe people tell you you can't do something, but you can go ahead and do it anyway.""

Ugh, I *just* booked with delta for my conference next month 😩

A tumblr text post thread: User sisterofiris: hey students, here's a pro tip: do not write an email to your prof while you're seriously sick. Signed, a person who somehow came up with "dear hello, I am sick and not sure if I'll be alive to come tomorrow and I'm sorry, best slutantions, [name]". User yay855: I mean, if someone wrote that to me, I'd probably believe they were sick. User rox-and-prose: "slutantions" has me crying laughing User hydro-punk: I once emailed my professor with a migraine. A mistake. "I amsick will not to choir because I have a heache. I hope its very and I am so sorry Love, Blue" The subject line was "OW" User xakumi: THE SUBJECT LINE IS THE BEST PART JSJFJSKDJS JUST IMAGINE GETTING AN EMAIL WITH NO CONTEXT OTHER THAN "OW" User womenlovewords: I once sent an email to a professor with the subject line: "Helo I am dying tofay." And the body of the message was just "head ow" The context was that I got a concussion, forgot that someone else had already told my professors I wasn't going to be in class, and decided I must send them my own message. I got replies to it telling me to go back to bed.

Should I derail a really irritating and pedantic discussion in my group chat's pedagogy channel by sharing this

Growing up in upstate NY/VT, I often heard from my family that VT would be the next state to secede from the union... idk how much of that was incoherent rightwing rambling, but it was very much this "yeah vt is different, we are our own thing thank you very much"

First they came for decorum and I said nothing because honestly fuck decorum

Sometimes you gotta!!

Nooooo don't do this to me