Mel Stanfill
@melstanfill
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Associate Professor, @UCFTandT and @ucf_english. Opinions mine. Bringing Foucault to fandom since 2006. RT=is interesting or funny, Like=bookmarking for later
Joined June 2011
apropos of nothing in particular, i was recently interviewed about how parasocial relationships with famous people can lead people to behave badly:
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Doing 8 interviews in 2 months meant they had to start getting published sometime, right?
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RT @llegrarosenberg: i am also back in @NatGeo again with an explainer on parasocial relationships, any article i get to talk to @melstanfi…
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RT @kohunting: There is no used to about it. There are tons of fans creating massive amounts of art and fanfic and fan comics and discords,…
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RT @kohunting: I desperately want to see people talking to actual fan studies scholars about this. @iheartfatapollo and @melstanfill litera…
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@WY_Tang @GGCanto @valesdn thanks for the shoutout! @AnaSalter @annetropy and i also wrote about game reviews specifically in “They Can’t Play with Us: Pronoun Controversies and the Reinforcement of Heteronormativity in Games.”
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i recently completed the Page 99 test for Fandom is Ugly. if you want to learn about how my discussion of the Lexa Deserved Better campaign provides a microcosm of the book, check it out:
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RT @BridgetKies: Look at this absolutely perfect cover they created for me. ❤️ Coming in January from @wsupress. Thanks to everyone who par…
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if you want to come work with me for your PhD, here are some chances to learn more.
T&T is having THREE online Open House sessions this year, two for our PhD and one for our NEW Digital Humanities in the Age of AI Graduate Certificate! information below . . . 1 of 4
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RT @blakeplease: Sage Journal's "similar articles" feature does a good job indicating the conversation we are joining (hi @robyncaplan @Rie…
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RT @BridgetKies: What do #TheCrown and fan fiction have in common? Why do we talk about the paparazzi but not the fans who consumed their p…
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