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The Outtake
Smart, accessible, and sometimes very personal writing on film and television, classical and contemporary. Written (mostly) by people who study this stuff for a living. Relax, we’re professionals.
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Smart, accessible, and sometimes very personal writing on film and television, classical and contemporary. Written (mostly) by people who study this stuff for a living. Relax, we’re professionals. SUBMIT: OuttakeThe@gmail.com or @OuttakeThe.

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Kelli Marshall
PhD. Film, Shakespeare, TV. Media Studies at DePaul. Child of pop culture. Gene Kelly junkie. Curator/editor of @OuttakeThe on @Medium. http://kellimarshall.net
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The Outtake
Smart, accessible writing on film and TV, classical and contemporary. Written (mostly) by people who study this stuff for a living. Relax, we’re professionals
Writers
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Amanda Ann Klein
Professor, Mama, Just Old Light
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Kristen Warner
AKA Dear Black Woman. Foolywang Sommelier. Casting, Industry, & Race Research. Recovered Vampire Diaries grown-ass fan (Praise Him!). Skirt wearer. Professor.
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Derek Kompare
SMU media scholar/apologist, teacher, parent, fan, feminist, human, and occasional curmudgeon. Don't stop / Chalang alang alang. Est'd 1969.
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Thomas J. West III
Ph.D. Student in Film and TV at Syracuse Univ. researching and tweeting on history in the popular media. Radical feminist and queer scholar. Tolkien fan. SJW.
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Joseph Winkler
Writer, reader, tutor, babysitter, obsessive cultural consumer. Eater of way too much diner food.
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Charlie
I write film things.
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Marc Orr
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Troy Hitch
Speculatist, acclaimed thought leader, transpresentationalist, award-winning filmmaker, entrepreneur, acclaimed thought leader and Chief Innovation Officer.
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Nathan Hartman
Multi-award winning screenwriter and producer. University educator in film. www.nathanhartman.net
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Elvis Deane
I make little books and movies and stuff. Just wrote a picture book, Gran Zed & The Robot Revolution and directed a feature film, Separation Anxiety.
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Dan Cohen
Brooklyn Bred Entrepreneur | Twitter: @dcnature52
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Kevin L. Ferguson
Assistant Professor English, Queens College/CUNY •film, 80s, digital, Kathy Acker, horror• https://vimeo.com/119790662, http://filmvis.tumblr.com, @DuckSoupBot
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Timothy Yenter
movies. tv. philosophy. other stuff. professional site: http://is.gd/dMAbuJ
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Stephanie Brown
Aspiring Doctor of Media Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. More fun stuff at stephbrown.net and momdeconstructspopculture.tumblr.com
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Nick Campbell
Television writer-abouter. Fiction reader. Packer fan. Soccer watcher. FED (the boring kind). Handsome devil. Mediocre conversationalist.
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Eric Langberg
B.A.’12 from Pitt in English, currently studying film at Pitt. Interests: bad horror movies, queering mainstream films, & thinking too much about pop music
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Karra Shimabukuro
ABD @UNM: research focuses on the folkloric devil in medieval and early modern literature and popular culture. Nehi's mom. Reading is my superpower.
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Bill Arceneaux
Independent film critic from Hollywood South NOLA. Writes with MST3K in the background. Or an Orson Welles movie.
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Jason Gilmore
Filmmaker, novelist, husband and father. http://vimeo.com/jasongilmore
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Charles Wood
Filmmaker/designer. Formerly @twitter and @modea. Director of Design at Vayu Aircraft.
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Nancy Spielberg
Producer of ABOVE AND BEYOND and exec producer of Elusive Justice, Mimi and Dona, and Who Will Write Write Our History. Philanthropist.
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Colin Tait
Asst Prof - Media at TCU, Co-Author, The Cinema of Steven Soderbergh: Indie Sex, Corporate Lies and Digital Videotape, De Niro aficionado & Canuck living in DFW
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Matt Erspamer
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Argun Ulgen
Contributor at The Outtake, Hardwood Paroxysm, The Cauldron, amongst others. Narrative non-fiction; film and sports essays.
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Erik Marshall
Writer. Teacher. Thinker.
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Matt Gross
Used to be the top editor at realtor.com, Boston.com, and BonAppetit.com. Once, the Frugal Traveler for the NYT. Still the author of The Turk Who Loved Apples
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Jorie Lagerwey
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Bethan Jones
Media and cultural studies PhD at Aberystwyth. Interested in gender, fandom, popular culture, X-Files. @FanStudies Network tweep.
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Brian Faucette
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Brooke Berman
playwright, screenwriter, author of NO PLACE LIKE HOME: A Memoir in 39 Apartments.
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Abby Norman
My memoir, FLARE, is forthcoming from Nation Books. Literary agent: Tisse Takagi | Publisher: Perseus / Hachette #AskMeAboutMyUterus | Writer + Porch Witch 💛
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Ali Kapadia
Professional daydreamer
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Jack El-Hai
Author of The Nazi and the Psychiatrist (2013), Non-Stop (2013), & The Lobotomist (2005). MFA nonfiction faculty at Augsburg College. jack@el-hai.com
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Joanna Arcieri
M.A., Media Studies, The New School | Jersey City | I carried a watermelon
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Amanda D. Lotz
@DrTVLotz — Professor: University of Michigan — Author: The Television Will Be Revolutionized — Consultant: Media Industry
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Lori Morimoto
Independent scholar of transcultural fandom and adjunct assistant professor of film at N. Virginia Community College. Curator of @fanmetareader. 日本語OK.
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Jonathan Sircy
Assistant Prof in SC. A cultural scholar in training.
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Carly Kocurek
Video game historian. Writer. Game designer. Assistant Prof. of Digital Humanities & Media Studies at Illinois Institute of Technology.
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Katherine Oliver
Bloomberg Media, Bloomberg Associates, former Commissioner NYC Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment
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Network Awesome
Network Awesome is an online video site that curates thousands of legitimately interesting movies, TV shows and video clips. NetworkAwesome.com
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Will McKinley
Writer, producer, radio/podcast host, memoirist, #OldMovieWeirdo, #AspectRatioPolice Reporting on media from all eras + how we watch it. http://willmckinley.com
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Kathryn VanArendonk
Grad student, TV watcher, nerd
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John Alberti
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David Fantle
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Marie Thouaille
PhD candidate at @uniofeastanglia; feminist; firmly hoping my encyclopedic knowledge of Clueless will be useful someday. Tweets are personal, obvz.
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Capioca
Conversations with people we find fascinating. hello@capioca.com.
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Richard McCulloch
Lecturer in Film Studies @regentsuni • Media audiences and reception • Pixar/Disney • Nordic Noir • LFC fan • Retired 50m sack race champion of Southport
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Nathaniel Deyo
PhD Candidate in Film Studies at the University of Florida. Holler: @nathanieldeyo
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Kristi McKim
film professor, cinephile, writer, reader, mama
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Miriam Kent
PhD student looking at representations of women in films based on Marvel comics. I’ll be blogging on here about whatever topic takes my fancy.
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Kirsten Strayer
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William Duffy
Teaches in the Department of English at the University of Memphis. More of his work can be found at http://memphis.academia.edu/WillDuffy
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Mike “DJ” Pizzo
Managing editor and Co-Creator of Cuepoint @ Medium // creator of HipHopSite.com // resident DJ @ soundcloud.com/hotdamage
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Imran Siddiquee
Writer, Filmmaker, Idealist | on race, gender, and media representation | Email: siddiquee.imran@gmail.com
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Jason Coffman
Unrepentant cinephile. Contributor to Daily Grindhouse and Film Monthly. http://letterboxd.com/rabbitroom/
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Richard DiCicco
Published author and art historian. Could it get more pretentious?
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Stacy Lambe
Assigning Editor for @ETnow Online. Texted @HillaryClinton. stacy.lambe@cbs.com
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Shefali S. Kulkarni
Journalist & Audience Engagement Producer for @BBCNewsUS | immigration, diversity & health=my jam | Laughs at her own jokes | Chocoholic for life
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Virginia Pasley
Virginia Pasley is a writer in Arlington, Virginia. @vbpasley www.virginiapasley.blogspot.com
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Allison Klein
Author, What Would Murphy Brown Do? Upcoming: Righteous Anger: Why American Women Should Be Pissed and What We Can Do About It.
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Chantel L. Carlson
Ph.D. in Modern Drama and Narrative Film and teaches as an Instructor at Texas Christian University.
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Joel Gunz
Writer, artist and Alfred Hitchcock geek. joelgunz.com
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Stephanie Laing
Exec Producer on Veep, Eastbound & Down & Vice Principals. Co-EP on Divorce. Director for Veep. Co-founder Good Content Mama of 3. Launching PYPO soon. Tired.
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Jennifer Lynn Jones
IU Film & Media Studies Ph.D. student, research @jonescene, teaching @indianajonesie
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August Bradley
Creative Director at GLASS Media Lab. Filmmaker/Visual Artist
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Laurence Barber
Freelance writer for hire. AFCA Award-winning critic. Contributor @SBSexuality, @metrofilm, @GraffitiIn140. Seen @guardianaus, Crikey, Senses of Cinema, et al
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Aaron Schmidt
Writer and lawyer based in Cleveland and Columbus. www.byaaronschmidt.com
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Alex Zalben
Author of “Thor And The Warriors Four” for Marvel. Comic Book Club Live! for Nerdist. Sketch comedy with Elephant Larry. Formerly MTV News/UGO/AMC. Other stuff.
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Rom Watson
Rom Watson is the author of the full-length plays Image and Likeness, The Norma Conquests, Manifesto of Silence, Pickle Juice and Pinocchio in The Bronx.
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Allie Rubin
Ph.D. student in geology (after all, we now have female singers, female motorists)
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Dave Wischnowsky
Content & Marketing Strategist. Chicago Sports & News Columnist. Alum of @ChicagoTribune, @CBSChicago & @News_Gazette.
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Beth Meroski
Web Editor @ Team Coco. Masshole everywhere.
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Brontë Mansfield
grad student | zebra cake connoisseur
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Ben Johnson
I run a company called Gruvi: we help entertainment brands reach and build audiences for their content through technology and intelligent media buying.