Validation and encouragement are so important for early career academics. Everyone at #celebstudies made me feel at home - and helped me remember that I love academia and I’m actually alright at it. Thank you to all delegates and organisers, this has been really fantastic.

For #Fame or Fulfillment? “Fame should be a byproduct of meaning,” Rockwell said. “The goal should be finding what would make going to work everyday feel meaningful — not how many people will know your name or recognize you when you walk down the street.” goo.gl/sj6tu9

”The identification of the masses with celebrity is always false consciousness, since celebrities are not regarded as reflections of reality, but fabrications designed to enhance the rule of capital.” (Structuralist approach to #celebstudies, Rojek 2001)

6 reasons Whitney Houston is an inspiration & icon to the LGBTQ community blbrd.cm/eeTaN6

I want to lift our sis up in prayer because there are so many people battling this & many trying to deal with it alone😔Please No jokes this is REAL & as human beings let’s keep the ones who are openly dealing with it uplifted & be encouraging to them! Love u Michelle Williams❤️ x.com/rapup/status/1…

We rise by lifting others

Sending Prayers for Demi Lovato you just never know what people are going through so please have compassion & no jokes🙅🏾 but let’s be encouraging so she will get the help she needs❤️🙏🏾 x.com/twittermoments…

We should all wrap our arms of love around Demi Lovato. I am so happy you’re alive. Thank God. If I know my monsters as well as I believe I do, we all wish you self-compassion and inner peace. And may you receive the love so many have for you. #ImConfidentInDemi Demi, I love you.

Beyoncé has full control over Vogue's Sept cover & she's hired Tyler Mitchell, a 23-year-old black photographer. This is the FIRST time in its 126-year-history that a black photog will shoot its cover. Read Yashar Ali 🐘's story exclusive to HuffPost BlackVoices. huffingtonpost.com/entry/beyonce-…

”Nelosella on enemmän valtaa kotimaiseen musiikkibisnekseen kuin millään muulla yksittäisellä taholla. He ovat kotimaisen tähteyden kiistaton portinvartija.” "Isä aurinkoinen ja iso data — Pyhimys" pyhimys.com/2018/08/31/isa…

Climate change is real.

Vielä Kaepernickistä ja Nikestä. Eilen uusi kaikkien aikojen kurssiennätys. Sijoittajatkin sitten päätyivät sille kannalle, että fiksu veto ottaa kantaa tasa-arvon puolesta. kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/mainos… #Sijoittaminen Kauppalehti

”Riskit uupumiseen ja henkiseen pahoinvointiin ovat olemassa erityisesti aloilla, joilla nuoret pyrkivät intohimoisesti menestymään, ja ne on otettava vakavasti.” hs.fi/nyt/art-200000…

(Mies)taiteilijat ovat kohdelleet muita törkeästi yli kahdensadan vuoden ajan, ja saaneet kaiken anteeksi – mikä muuttui vuodessa? hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-…

Miten julkisuus ja musiikkiala tuovat jännitteitä artistien romanttisiin vuorovaikutussuhteisiin? Tätä selvitti Katariina Kakko tänään tarkastetussa kiinnostavassa gradussaan. Tässä olisi lehtijutun aineksia, sillä haastateltu kuuluisia muusikoita heidän parisuhteistaan.

Väitöskirjatyöni jatkuu #kulttuurirahastontuella 🎉 The Finnish Cultural Foundation has awarded me a two-year grant for my research on fame discourses from the perspective of interpersonal communication. Thank you so much @Skr_fi #skr2022

My first research article examines the interpersonal configurations of fame in artist’s close relationships. Thank you Pekka Isotalus for guidance and co-authoring! Celebrity Studies #celebstudies tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…