Sebastian F. K. Svegaard 🏳️‍🌈

I’ve learned so much by meeting Brazilian scholars I’d otherwise not be as familiar with. Including their theoretical and methodological lineages. I am looking forward to exploring more of their work. Ok I may need to run it through a translator but that’s academias version of the 2” barrier in film

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MEXICO BABY !!! #AoIR2025 #AoIR2026

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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Nomination my entire growing collection of Zelazny books.

Thank you! I’ll try and gauge the reactions for you :D

Soooo, I’m doing a presentation next week at AoIR about the fractioning of reddit Swiftie fandom. I would really like to use this one - with credit of course! - as an illustration somewhere in those slides. Not actually covering the album. But. It’s fun and I’m talking about the engagement.

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It is also excellent in a milky coffee. If you haven’t tried. Oh and poured over ice cream.

Badlands for sure.

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Sending you many warm thoughts.

I now have the theme song in my head. Thanks (genuinely, non-sarcastic).

I have the same reaction to the identical use of “larp”. I also agree it isn’t cosplay either.
The word “pretend” is right there…

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Episode 33: Fandom and Politics with Sebastian Svegaard Read Them Sideways · Episode

This week's episode of Read Them Sideways is a discussion between host @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social
and @svegaard.bsky.social on the intersection between fan studies and politics - check it out at the link below!

I had quite the moment seeing this in cinemas. I’d no idea Burić was in the film but know him well from Danish cinema :)

Here’s to that.

Good luck! These cuties deserve a warm safe place too. Thanks for helping them.

Oooh. I need to go see this.

I heard the literal roar 🦁

Me: Deae students, please don’t use AI to summarise articles - it doesn’t know what’s important

Proquest: *turns on AI summaries by default*

Uni library: *leaves them on*

No wonder students get mixed messages about what’s ok!!!

Congratulations!!!

Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.

This is huge: “A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope… making lenacapavir a realistic choice in countries with constrained resources.”

A US fascism expert’s warning to Australia: ‘You guys are probably next’ The US’s slide towards authoritarianism is part of a global trend, says professor and fascism expert Jason Stanley. And distant Australia, far from being immune, is uniquely vulnerable

“You guys are probably next, right?

…Stanley cites Australia’s history of Indigenous displacement, its “performatively vicious” treatment of asylum seekers and the fierce “anti-woke” rhetoric that pierces public discourse.

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As @jesgilbert.bsky.social & I warn in our book The Secret Life of Data, all "smart" apps and devices are Trojan horses that can be reprogrammed to serve new functions after you've already invite them into your home and your life. Usually without consent & to your detriment.

Caveat digital emptor.