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Visual Pleasures in Magic Mike’s Cinema
Nicole Erin Morse / Florida Atlantic University

December 7, 2021 Nicole Erin Morse / Florida Atlantic University 2 comments

Nicole Erin Morse challenges the common understanding of Magic Mike (2012) and Magic Mike XXL (2015) as films that construct a female gaze by examining how the films establish a male homosocial gaze.

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Logged in to You: Negotiating Algorithmic Address in Streaming Women’s Television
Cara Dickason / Northwestern University

December 7, 2021 Cara Dickason / Northwestern University 3 comments

Cara Dickason explores the relationship between women’s television and streaming services through the Netflix series, You.

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Portrait of an Art House during a Pandemic, Part One
Sarah E. S. Sinwell / University of Utah

December 7, 2021 Sarah E. S. Sinwell / University of Utah 3 comments

Sarah E. S. Sinwell gives an account of how one art house cinema, the Salt Lake Film Society, managed through the pandemic.

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Genres Fall Apart—Affective Combustion in the Belly of the Beast
Maggie Hennefeld / University of Minnesota

December 7, 2021 Maggie Hennefeld / University of Minnesota 4 comments

Maggie Hennefeld explores how, as global crises proliferate, the boundaries of the comedy genre begin to break down while their content takes on increasing valence.

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On Authorship, Auteur Apologism, and #MeToo in Film & Media Studies
Stefania Marghitu / Loyola University new orleans

December 7, 2021 Stefania Marghitu / Loyola University New Orleans 2 comments

Stefania Marghitu reflects on auteur apologism after #MeToo and outlines productive ways for media studies scholars and teachers to refocus conversations about authorship on marginalized artists and creators.

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“Just ’Bout That Action, Boss”: The Televisual Politics of Marshawn Lynch
Samantha N. Sheppard / Cornell University

December 7, 2021 Samantha N. Sheppard / Cornell University One comment

Samantha N. Sheppard examines the televisual politics of Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch’s defiant press conference performances and unruly and enigmatic star persona.

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Dramas of grief: television and mourning
Helen Wheatley / University of Warwick

December 7, 2021 Helen Wheatley / University of Warwick 4 comments

Helen Wheatley explores the trend of families in television dramas who grapple with the processes of grief and mourning.

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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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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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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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