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kfortmueller.bsky.social
Media industries, labor, and unions. Author of Below the Stars & Hollywood Shutdown (both UTX, 2021), Co-editor of Hollywood Unions (Rutgers, 2025), co-writing with @mirandabanks.bsky.social, co-organizing CP25 Assoc. Prof @GSU
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Speaking of thinking forward, I've rewritten the CFP for the critical media literacy symposium I'm organizing. I first released it a few days before Jan 20th; it felt too narrow pretty instantly thereafter. So I invite anyone who works in the #medialiteracy space to now take a look: bit.ly/4gV2FWf

We have two job openings in the Media Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. Non tenure-track, of interest for those who work in cultural studies or critical media, don't mind a full-time lecture schedule, and enjoy working with grad TAs. It's a three-year renewable post. Please circulate!

Mid-career homies: The deadline to apply to the University of Tulsa's Second Book Institute for summer 2025 is 2/28. Wouldn't it be cool to get some time and space to work on your next big project? utulsa.edu/about/facili...

Congratulations to Pam Wojcik and Paula Massood on this formidable collection…coming soon to a library near you! (Probably a bit expensive for individuals.) www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

The world is on fire, but @mirandabanks.bsky.social and I just submitted the manuscript for Hollywood Walkout: Creative Labor in the Age of Streaming.

SCMS Members: Don’t forget to vote!!

#Booksky: If you haven’t already, export your data from Goodreads (an Amazon company) and import it into StoryGraph, a book-tracking app founded and led by a Black woman.

I curate a series for Current, the journal of public media. We're calling for new pieces. We pay. Your research reaches the entire sector. Especially at this moment, when noncommercial voices are under attack, research on NPR, PBS, public, community, and educational media is especially prescient.

Get your proposal in for the Hollywood Conference!

Today is the last day to submit your proposals to @cp25atlanta.bsky.social! And 1/19 is your last day to submit proposals to the Hollywood Conference!

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚 Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

Ooh, we love @shelleystamp.bsky.social's Feminist Media HIstories CFP on Reproductive Politics & Media Histories! Maybe someone will be inspired to develop their CP paper to submit for this special issue! online.ucpress.edu/DocumentLibr...

When I lived in LA I saw a lot of Q&As with Lynch actors and almost every single one could do an amazing impression of Lynch and the notes that he gave as a director. He was a treasure.

One more week to submit your proposals to Console-ing Passions 2025!

The AHA seeks to collect information about the working conditions of historians employed as contingent faculty. We hope the survey results will empower faculty to engage in evidence-based negotiations about their working conditions. 🗃️

The special issue of @twccomms.bsky.social “Centering Blackness in Fan Studies” I co-edited with Matt Griffin is out now! It features four original essays on Black fandom + K-pop, horror podcasting, the Hillman bookstore, and Scandal. journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/tw...

My regular suggestion: At the end of the semester why not reach out to someone whose work you taught and let them know? These days we have very little idea who teaches our stuff and in what contexts. It takes almost no time and can really make their day.

😍Happy publication day to Hollywood Unions @rutgersupress.bsky.social

2024 was my year of co-authoring and I had a great time interviewing people about themed pickets and writing this with @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social

Fifth time's the charm. Give the gift of midcentury TV (research) this holiday season! And who doesn't love a sale? 40% off print and 50% off ebooks at utpress.utexas.edu/search-grid/... @utexaspress.bsky.social

Happy Sunday! Friendly reminder that we extended to deadline for submissions to January 17, 2025 --although you are welcome to submit early ;)

Hollywood Unions—available for purchase 30% off from @rutgersupress.bsky.social! Use code RUP30

📢📢Announcement! We are extending the Console-ing Passions deadline to Friday, JANUARY 17, 2025! We hope that gives everyone a chance to breathe during the busy end of the semester! As always, email consoleingpassions25 AT gmail DOT com if you have questions about submissions!

Deadline extended!!! Spread the news far and wide!!!

The Virtual Symposium is coming up in a couple of days, which is probably why I’m getting a lot of SCMS related questions…if you have questions, come chat with the more seasoned board members during board office hours!

Media scholars - CFP for Console-ing Passions is out. Consider applying, especially if you haven't been before; it's a great conference! fmt.gsu.edu/console-ing-...

It’s arrived! @kfortmueller.bsky.social and I are so thrilled to have this out in the world (and done). Get your copy of #HollywoodUnions from @rutgersupress.bsky.social now!

Editor copies have arrived!

Hollywood Unions, en route to mailboxes in advance of its publication date (12/13)! Love to see it!

Ok U.S. scholars, it's time to come out of your turkey/carb comas to put the finishing touches on your CP2025 abstracts or find that final panelist for your preconstituted panel! You have a little over 1 week left!

For obvious reasons, it’s the perfect day to watch @brettstory.bsky.social’s UNION, a character-driven, suspenseful David and Goliath film about NY workers organizing at Amazon. Streaming through Tuesday only. Up for a Gotham award. See if it changes how you shop.

Friendly reminder that proposals are due December 10th!

As you are readying your submissions to Console-ing Passions 2025 at GSU, take a look at the NYT "36 hours in Atlanta" feature. Lots of recommendations in Summerhill (which is close to campus) for those who plan on staying downtown or in the dorms. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

speaking of conferences, i am reminded that the @cp25atlanta.bsky.social deadline is soon. i have too many ideas to pick one. anybody got a panel that needs a person as a way to decide for me?

2 weeks left to submit!

Don't be sad if your paper or panel was rejected from @scmstudies.bsky.social, just regroup and start thinking about your proposal for Console-ing Passions in Atlanta! Submissions are due December 10th! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Very excited that our roundtable on methods for studying media institutions was accepted into #SCMS25. @kfortmueller.bsky.social Dawn Fratini @gilscott-heroin.bsky.social @labuzamovies.bsky.social @pmonticone.bsky.social and I can tell you all out our adventures with gatekeeping, access, etc.

Today I got to do a walk through of the @cp25atlanta.bsky.social spaces with Ethan Tussey (not on bsky) AND some of our conference swag arrived!!

21 days left to submit your proposals! Come to Atlanta in June 2025!

daily reminder to support your local library, even if that’s just by checking out ebooks! 📚

I can’t wait for this conference and am happy to be part of the board.

Spotted in the conference wilds! Thanks for sending @petecant.bsky.social