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Excited that the panel "Romantic Landscapes and the Power of Kilig" I have organised together with the brilliant @itsmeljsanchez, anne🌻 & Dr. Khursten Santos ( ꒪ͧ-꒪ͧ) 1/9 has been accepted for presentation at the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance Conference in 2025 🥰

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Happy to announce the publication of "Queering the Korean Wave", a special issue of The East Asian Journal of Popular Culture edited by myself and Dr. Khursten Santos ( ꒪ͧ-꒪ͧ) 1/9 that explores why Korean media (especially #Kpop) has been so influential among #LGBTQ+ audiences around the world

Below is a link to the introduction of Dr. Khursten Santos ( ꒪ͧ-꒪ͧ) 1/9 and my special issue on "Queering the Korean Wave" which outlines our approach to #LGBTQ+ fans of #Kpop around the world. Our major intervention is to emphasize the transformative power of fans to produce queerness themselves

this is why I don't entertain western opinions on asian queer content btw. whatever they create they're at way more risk of material harm than people who come online and sht on their work.

For those who have been waiting: Please follow this link to download Dr. Khursten Santos ( ꒪ͧ-꒪ͧ) 1/9 and my Special Issue on "Queering the Korean Wave" to read the papers my colleagues and I have published on #LGBTQ+ fandom for #Kpop! thomasbaudinette.com/2025/02/11/spe…

Happy to announce my most recent publication on Thai #BL, written together with the amazing Dr. KwannieK and published in the edited collection "Asian Celebrity Cultures in the Digital Age." You can order a copy of the collection here: hkupress.hku.hk/Asian_Celebrit…

Signal boosting this important new research paper on Thai #BL fandom in Brazil led by my wonderful friend and collaborator Dr Anderson Lopes Da Silva in IJOC! You can read the full thing here ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc…

Check out Ratna Indra Setyaningurm, Wanodya Kusumastuti, & Widyaning Hapasari, "Hubungan Antara Intensitas Membaca Manga Genre Boys Love Terhadap Sikap Positif Kepada Homoseksua," Risoma, 3, no. 2 (2025), journal.appisi.or.id/index.php/riso… #OpenAccess

How should one study and theorize #BL? In my new chapter, I argue that it is useful to consider BL and its fandom through the lens of "transcultural fandom" and its emphasis on affective communities to make sense of BL's queer potentials. Follow the link below to a *free* PDF!

Happy to announce that my article on #LGBTQ+ activism among Thai #BL celebrities - my case studies are #ZeeNuNew and #EarthMix - has finally been accepted for publication in the academic journal Celebrity Studies! Scheduled for publication late this year - hooray!