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Category: 11.03

Of American Slouch and English Fervour
David L. Andrews / University of Maryland

December 5, 2009 David L. Andrews / University of Maryland 8 comments

A revealing look into English and American football crowds, their historic relationships to the sport, and their complicated defiance of corporate interference in the game.

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True Love Will Find Daniel Johnston in the End (on Your iPhone)
Quinn Miller / Hampshire College

December 4, 2009 Quinn Miller / University of Oregon 4 comments

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Stage Left: Glee and the Textual Politics of Difference
Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine

December 4, 2009 Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine 10 comments

A look at difference, marginalization, and minority politics in the new show Glee.

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Being on Television
Meghan Sutherland / Oklahoma State University

December 4, 2009 Meghan Sutherland / Oklahoma State University 4 comments

An examination of the holiday broadcast considering “liveness” and ontological themes revolving within television studies

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Networking Families: Battlestar Galactica and the Values of Quality
Jordan Lavender-Smith / City University of New York

December 4, 2009 Jordan Lavender-Smith / City University of New York 3 comments

A consideration of the tropes of ‘quality’ in Battlestar Galactica.

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New Media is Neither New nor Media. Discuss.
David Parry / University of Texas at Dallas

December 4, 2009 David Parry / University of Texas, Dallas 5 comments

An exploration of the the continued use of the terms “media” and “new,” prevents us from focusing on how this change from analog to digital is more than just a media shift.

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Reading Narrative Excess in MMA
Matthew Ferrari / University of Massachusetts-Amherst

December 4, 2009 Matthew Ferrari / University of Massachusetts - Amherst 7 comments

An analysis of the psychodynamics of televised mixed martial arts and “pauses” as narrative excess

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Vampire Politics

December 4, 2009 Michael Peterson, Laurie Beth Clark, & Lisa Nakamura 11 comments

Reading the Southern politics of the opening credits for HBO’s True Blood.

Michael Peterson / University of Wisconsin, Laurie Beth Clark / University of Wisconsin and Lisa Nakamura / University of Illinois

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Over*Flow: “It’s Not Steroids, It’s Testosterone!”: Deconstructing Gender and Sex in Bros (2022)
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"Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde
Kelly Coyne / Northwestern University

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20 Sep

New in Over*Flow: @renherold and @cinefeminism examine the deconstruction of cis gay masculinity in the 2022 semi-satirical gay rom-com Bros, reassessing its "bad object" status. Read more here: https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/09/over-flow-gender-sex-bros/

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16 Aug

NOPE is about the eye of the camera, but also Black defiance of it. Read Sophia Abbey's brief but excellent piece at @FlowTV, "Gazing Upwards: Spectacle, Surveillance, and Resistance in Nope." #OpenAccess
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2 May

Happy Tuesday, and happy Volume 29.07 release day! The final issue of Flow in the spring features work from @baker_r_r, @Naledgesince82, @caitmckinney, @MichaelSocolow, and Michele White! Read the full issue here: http://flowjournal.org

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7 Apr

TGIF!! Celebrate by reading vol. 29.06-up on the site now. Thx to @jenholt13 @rebeccasholt @kevindriscoll and @TrueIcaRash for their contributions!!

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