Media critic & professor. Books: The Princess Problem; Growing Up With Girl Power; Princess Cultures; Cultural Studies of LEGO; The Marketing of Children’s Toys
Salem State University, Mass.
Joined September 2008
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Now on BlueSky at @rchains.bsky.social — and still on Facebook at Facebook.com/RebeccaHainsPhD. Hope to see you there.
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So, @British_Airways: you canceled our flight TO the US for today and rebooked us for tomorrow; BUT you made a major ticketing error, and if we we don’t check in at PHL today (!), you’ll drop us from our flight to PHL tomorrow. Impossible to reach BA. Can you help here? 🤔
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The Harris campaign figures out how to wound Trump’s ego. His greatest asset has been his greatest liability. THREAD
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A big day here at @SalemState as Viking Hall is renamed in honor of our first African American graduate, Charlotte Forten. And what better day than February 29-Leap Day-straddling Black History Month & Women’s History Month? May Ms. Forten’s name and legacy live on!! – at Salem, MA
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#CFP: Seen and Heard: Voices of Transnational Girlhood(s) on Identity, Gender, and Culture Conference
University of Warwick
18-19 April 2024
Deadline: 7th January 2024 at 5:00 pm (UK time)
Email: [email protected]
Website: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/…
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At an important time like this, having links just post as pictures makes twitter unusable -- at a practical, fundamental level -- as a place to share checkable information.
Mocking X, Elie Levine writes: “The visual element of Wordle is what allowed it to go viral in the first place. I remember catching wind of this game through Twitter, now known as X (back when everyone was still using the platform, ha ha), at the end of 2021.”
— NYT, 8/31/23
This just in: At $1.342 billion, Barbie is now 17th on the all-time worldwide top movies chart. It’s the highest-grossing film in Warner Bros.’ history, surpassing even the Harry Potter franchise. #MediaStudies #GirlCulture #BarbieTheMovie
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I took 1 star reviews of #Barbie from furious men on letterboxd and put them on the posters because it makes the film seem ever cooler.
Headline: “In a major discovery, scientists say space-time churns like a choppy sea.”
… So, it’s “wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey *stuff*”?
#DoctorWho #SpaceAndTime #WaPo #AllonsY
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Dark humor lovers, take note: The Barbie movie and Oppenheimer film both open July 21. People’s jokes about the cross-promotion ops are dark, indeed. 😬🤣💀
#Dreamhouse #AtomicBomb
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Um, hey @britishmuseum, it's come to my attention that your exhibit "China's hidden century" uses my translations of Qiu Jin's poetry, but you never contacted me for permission. Please note this is a copyright infringement! How are you going to fix this?? #NameTheTranslator
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1. @RobertKennedyJr has attracted the support of a small but influential group of wealthy people
It may not make Kennedy's bid for presidency viable
But it could help legitimize Kennedy's lies about the safety and efficacy of vaccines
And the consequence could be lethal
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2005:
This meeting could have been an email.
2023:
This meeting could have been a zoom.
This zoom could have been a phone call.
This phone call could have been an email.
This email could have been a text. 👀
The cameo from the “It’s corn!” kid at the Tony Awards is the best. 🌽👏🏼🌽👏🏼🌽 #ItsGotTheJuice #Shucked
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A real exchange I had with HR today:
HR: we can accommodate all your limitations in the office.
Me: but I can’t drive…
HR: its an employee’s responsibility to ensure they can get to work before accepting the role
Me: … I was hired for a remote job.
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