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/3mqualxpidk2yI just called my grandfather with good news and he said, "oh I'm so happy to hear that! Every night I say a pray to God that you'll catch a break. Only took a few years but me and God are finally walking the same side of the sidewalk." 😭17 Jul 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqualxpidk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.social/post/3mqsmoq74ik2oOur most important role as historians is giving context for the things that are slurred through ungummed dentures in a much-hyped prime time event to feed the emotional needs of a mentally Benjamin Button ass world leader Here's a guide for getting started with public scholarship + resources below: https://blackwhiteandread.com/shifting-to-public-scholarship/17 Jul 2026 01:41 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqsmoq74ik2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.social/post/3mqmswa3vy224After Jordan Walker's dominant display at the Home Run Derby last night and in honor of the All-Star Game and all of @americanstudier.bsky.social's BaseballStudying, this week I reviewed The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings (1976), an American nostalgia film of the best kind. https://blackwhiteandread.com/no-kings-but-motor-kings/14 Jul 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmswa3vy224https://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.social/post/3mqrs2g2vkk26My husband and my therapist are proud of me for doing things that felt utterly impossible a year ago, and that all makes me proud too 🥹 [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrs2g2vkk26https://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.social/post/3mqrc4xj55k2vI think HR posting an Adjunct Pool for humanities programs that know for a fact they won't be hiring any new adjuncts is mean and bad for everyone involved.16 Jul 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrc4xj55k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.social/post/3mqkfxwv7v227I'm sorry for posting this every few weeks, but: If you know of any adjunct searches or alt-ac positions in the east Massachusetts region in US history/writing/film/humanities/etc, please let me know! I applied to my 113th job just now and I've had 2 interviews. Two. 2. CV at the link. https://blackwhiteandread.com/vaughn-joy/13 Jul 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkfxwv7v227https://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.social/post/3mqn4ho6i6k2qIn my earlier review of The Blues Brothers (1980) I wrote that the film argued "the only way out of racist, systemic bullshit is through setting the culture right" by correcting the often whitewashed nostalgic record with historical facts of Black cultural influence. Bingo Long does the same. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqn4ho6i6k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.social/post/3mqokvukx722mThe best thesis defense is a thesis offense 🫡 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqokvukx722mhttps://bsky.app/profile/gvaughnjoy.bsky.social/post/3mqnf4omets2rThe cultural icon I have quoted the most this year, by far, by very, very far, is Jeremy Culhane, the unmatched mind and talent behind both a spiritually uncanny impression of Tucker Carlson and the indescribable Mr. On Blast. https://youtu.be/xcukqIKHLIM?is=pMXffe0bl4TrCuti14 Jul 2026 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:35iahin7lem65423qfmbps3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqnf4omets2r