UCL PhD in Christmas Film History • MA in Comic Books • MPhil in Demons • Creator of https://blackwhiteandread.com/ • Author of Selling Out Santa: Hollywood Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy (2025) • Wife of My Favorite Person • she/herhttps://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.social/post/3mvvaiej75s2fI'm a really big fan of the commercials in which people are being repeatedly let down by technology as they try to go through their day until they get to the bank or whatever and are shocked there's a live person. That message from multiple companies means there's an important shift happening.19 Sep 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvvaiej75s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.social/post/3mvvaiej75s2fI'm a really big fan of the commercials in which people are being repeatedly let down by technology as they try to go through their day until they get to the bank or whatever and are shocked there's a live person. That message from multiple companies means there's an important shift happening.19 Sep 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvvaiej75s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.social/post/3mvkqlneqxc2eThis week I watched Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) for the first time and, fuck me, do I enjoy Frank Oz's kooky ass filmmaking. What a fun My Fair Lady meets Ocean's Eleven meets Dumb and Dumber ass movie. And the twist (which I have to spoil here)? Chef's kiss. Come on. Hell yeah. https://blackwhiteandread.com/the-portion-of-the-fortune-comes-mainly-from-extortion/15 Sep 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkqlneqxc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.social/post/3mvsbat5r222cToday is the 3rd anniversary of Review Roulette! And today I'm using my glossary of film approaches on RR in my cultural studies class to introduce students to film analysis 🥹 If you're in the mood for quick, hopefully fun, sometimes funny reads of analytical film reviews, please have a look! https://blackwhiteandread.com/review-roulette/18 Sep 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsbat5r222chttps://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.social/post/3mvsbat5r222cToday is the 3rd anniversary of Review Roulette! And today I'm using my glossary of film approaches on RR in my cultural studies class to introduce students to film analysis 🥹 If you're in the mood for quick, hopefully fun, sometimes funny reads of analytical film reviews, please have a look! https://blackwhiteandread.com/review-roulette/18 Sep 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsbat5r222chttps://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.social/post/3mvqgtutswk2vSelling Out Santa is also Open Access!! You can read the e-book for free from B&N, Amazon, or download PDFs from the publisher's website or University Press Library Open: https://uplopen.com/books/m/10.1515/9783111631424 [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqgtutswk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.social/post/3mvkqlneqxc2eThis week I watched Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) for the first time and, fuck me, do I enjoy Frank Oz's kooky ass filmmaking. What a fun My Fair Lady meets Ocean's Eleven meets Dumb and Dumber ass movie. And the twist (which I have to spoil here)? Chef's kiss. Come on. Hell yeah. https://blackwhiteandread.com/the-portion-of-the-fortune-comes-mainly-from-extortion/15 Sep 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkqlneqxc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.social/post/3mvftb6u3j22mBen's account has unfortunately been temporarily suspended for tagging all the wonder scholars in #ScholarSunday this week, so please make sure to subscribe to the newsletter to get it in your inbox every week! If you find value in Scholar Sunday, please share it with people who don't know it yet! https://blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunday-thread-293-9-13-26/13 Sep 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvftb6u3j22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.social/post/3mvgblwyrac2lSharing #ScholarSunday again for the afternoon readers. There's a lot of excellent scholarship in here including thoughtful takes on 9/11, an article on propaganda of piracy in the Dutch Caribbean, and an essay on what college administrators really do (& why)! Please read and share all this work! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvgblwyrac2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.social/post/3mvgblwyrac2lSharing #ScholarSunday again for the afternoon readers. There's a lot of excellent scholarship in here including thoughtful takes on 9/11, an article on propaganda of piracy in the Dutch Caribbean, and an essay on what college administrators really do (& why)! Please read and share all this work! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvgblwyrac2l