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Allison McCracken

@shegiles2010

American Studies prof at DePaul; cultural history, pop culture & media, gender/queer/feminist/madness studies. Wrote REAL MEN DON’T SING. Peak tumblr is my aesthetic.

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<em>American Anthropologist</em> | AAA Anthropology Journal | Wiley Online Library Peer-reviewed publications remain the most accepted form of knowledge production and distribution in academia today. But such formal publications are often deeply exclusionary, especially for undergr...

I've been offering students the option to make zines in many of my UG classes as a part of a creative final projects, for many of the reasons Kawa mentions. But I also want to figure out how to integrate them into my own aca writing practice as well.

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Fansplaining’s Next Chapter — Fansplaining We’re relaunching as a weekly publication featuring reporting, analysis, criticism, personal essays, and much more—all by, for, and about fandom.

🎉 THE BIG NEWS IS HERE 🎉

This spring, Fansplaining will relaunch as a full weekly publication, featuring reporting, analysis, criticism, personal essays, and much more, all under our longtime strapline: “By, for, and about fandom.”

Check out our full announcement (in written and audio form):

21.01.2026 16:14 👍 91 🔁 45 💬 7 📌 16

Shocking and wrong. You have always been a critical touchstone for me.

08.03.2026 04:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We have a cover! Coming soon and OA too! Based on the Rethinking Sexualities project with the always brilliant, always beautiful, always kind @susannapaasonen.bsky.social and @jenmadelene.bsky.social
Steered through the editorial process with ease and competence by @noahspringer.com at MIT Press

12.11.2025 19:26 👍 20 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

For us all

03.03.2025 03:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lou Grant is really worth watching again. You can chart the conservative shift in the early 80s by how the politics of the show (was forced to) change. And Billie/Linda Kelsey is great! As is, of course, Nancy Marchand

12.01.2025 05:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So Jealous!

06.12.2024 00:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0