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caetlin.bsky.social
Professor of English and Film & Media Studies, marathon runner, shih tzu fanatic. If you're looking for more info, check me out at www.benson-allott.com
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Remember when we let JD Vance masquerade as some sort of modern dad pro-family aisle-crosser? These people don't want to help working families; they want to do social engineering. prospect.org/health/2025-...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

If a person only had time to watch one or two Jean-Claude Van Damme movies for their theory of the butt shot, which ones would you recommend?

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

1: pls know that there's no way to search "butt shot" in a way that brings up useful histories or outstanding instances of this cinematic trope. 2: any recommendations for criticism of butt shots, either specific instances or as a trope? 3: anyone willing to share favorite filmic butt shots?

submitted 82 days ago • 12 comments

Anora was a comedy?! The Golden Globes are such trash.

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

Great news! My article on Jane Schoenbrun and I Saw the TV Glow is no longer paywalled! Thank you to @filmquarterly.bsky.social and @textplusimage.bsky.social-- here's the new link: online.ucpress.edu/fq/article/7...

submitted 88 days ago • 3 comments

There are way too many necessary causes that need our support right now but as co-chair of @scmstudies.bsky.social's Precarious Labor SIG I hope some of you might consider donating to SCMS' fund if able. We had 120+ applicants (!!) request membership fee waivers. Our lottery could only cover 43. 😑

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

Updated my MSWord and Excel with GU-licensed software and now both are ReadOnly. Because it seems that's all GU paid for (unless I work only online, which no). I had to set up a private acct to restore access to Word and Excel. In short: I can write as a private person but not as Georgetown faculty.

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

Did you know that this exist? A tool to pre-populate syllabi with days and dates! Useful for many people I know at this point in the year. Thanks to @alexisshotwell.bsky.social for alerting me to it.

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

So, so happy to report that my article on I Saw the TV Glow and Jane Schoenbrun's horror trilogy is out now in Film Quarterly. If you haven't seen this fantastic film, please do! If you're interested in my take, you can find the essay at doi.org/10.1525/fq.2... or DM me for a PDF.

submitted 97 days ago • 2 comments

Narrative complexity aside, if seriality was the guiding principle of Peak TV, what would you call the opposite of that--i.e., TV series that impose a full narrative reset at the end of each episode? It's not the same as a floating timeline... narrative stasis? episodism? Taking all suggestions!

submitted 100 days ago • 2 comments

Gut check, folks (esp film folks): the line "Come on, legs" from "Ease on Down the Road" in The Wiz, that's a reference to the "Come on, legs" verse from "Come on Feet" in Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, right? Or am I just hearing that because I'm writing about both of them?

submitted 104 days ago • 1 comment

After fifteen years, our senior shih tzu has discovered that the toilet paper holder is also a perfectly serviceable doggy buffet. The books are starting to look a little nervous...

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments