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Teen TV’s Post-Closet and Postracial Fictions
Wendy Peters / Nipissing University

October 26, 2015 Wendy Peters / Nipissing University One comment

Wendy Peters examines “post-” political representations — post-racial, post-closet — and the ways in which they erase the realities of racism, homophobia, and normative privilege from the teen televisual landscape.

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Nuestra Belleza Latina and Why Pageants Are Still a Thing Among Latino Audiences
Manuel G. Aviles-Santiago / Arizona State University

October 26, 2015 Manuel Aviles-Santiago / Arizona State University 2 comments

Manuel G. Aviles-Santiago explores the enduring popularity of televised beauty pageants in Latin America as a transnational phenomenon and as a celebration of Latinidad.

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Losing Cosby
Bambi Haggins / Arizona State University

October 26, 2015 Bambi Haggins / Arizona State University 2 comments

Bambi Haggins investigates the fall of Bill Cosby and what this means for the Black community, both for those raised on his wholesome, uplifting image and millennials, who may only come to know him as a hypocritical sexual predator.

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Seasonal TV, Hammer Horror’s Cult History, and TCM’s Tele-Binging Convergence Model
Garret Castleberry / Oklahoma City University

October 26, 2015 Garret Castleberry / Oklahoma City University 5 comments

Garret Castleberry discusses the history of Hammer Horror films and examines them in relation to Turner Classic Movies’s (TCM) seasonal horror programming.

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Fandom in Transition: Long Live the Landslide
Louisa Ellen Stein / Middlebury College

October 26, 2015 Louisa Stein / Middlebury College Leave a comment

Louisa Stein examines the divide between traditional fan vidding communities and newer fan vidding practices, arguing for the embrace a larger cultural creative framework that honors the specifics of communities and specific fan practices.

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Mapping Media Retail in the Global Midwest: Dearborn, MI
Dan Herbert / University of Michigan

October 25, 2015 Daniel Herbert / University of Michigan One comment

Professor Dan Herbert explores the global flows of home media in the Midwest, specifically addressing how these flows interacted with ethnic composition.

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Over*Flow: “It’s Not Steroids, It’s Testosterone!”: Deconstructing Gender and Sex in Bros (2022)
Lauren Herold / Kenyon College and Nicole Erin Morse / Florida Atlantic University

"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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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
https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/08/gazing-upwards/

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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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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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