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The Limits of the Cellular Imaginary: iPhone and the Snuff Film

January 26, 2007 Eric Freedman / Florida Atlantic University 4 comments

by: Eric Freedman / Florida Atlantic University
Though Saddam Hussein and Steve Jobs were on public display for quite different purposes, and on quite different stages, they were inevitably bound together by certain cultural logics of new media.

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Commercial Media, Media Reform, and an Arlington Church Basement

January 26, 2007 Tim Gibson / George Mason University 4 comments

by: Tim Gibson / George Mason University
The popular critique of media commercialism has deep cultural roots, and you don’t have to be fire-breathing Marxist to be disgusted with the moral consequences.

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Not So Ugly: Local Production, Global Franchise, Discursive Femininities, and the Ugly Betty Phenomenon

January 26, 2007 Kim Akass and Janet McCabe and Kim Akass / Manchester Metropolitan University 3 comments

by: Kim Akass and Janet McCabe
Examining the various incarnations of Columbia’s telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea and the ways in which various countries across the world have adopted and translated the show.

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Primetime’s Incompetent Liberalism

January 26, 2007 Shawn Shimpach / University of Massachusetts-Amherst 4 comments

by: Shawn Shimpach / University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Primetime’s liberalism is both the problem and solution to its perceived red state/blue state divide.

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Temporary Guantanomous Zones: Reality Camps and Crucibles

January 26, 2007 Jack Z. Bratich / Rutgers University 2 comments

by: Jack Z. Bratich / Rutgers University
Rather than passively view the proliferation of camps in contemporary reality TV, we can ask how this spatial figure is more than a tool of domination.

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Silencing the Buzz: Reconciling Individual and Collective Tastes in Awards Season

January 26, 2007 Bo Baker / FLOW Staff One comment

by: Bo Baker / FLOW Staff
How do awards affect collective and personal taste?

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Angelina Jolie, Madonna, Oprah and African children: On Media Fairy Tales, Personal Blessings and the Ongoing Curses of Africa

January 26, 2007 Olivier Tchouaffe / FLOW Staff 8 comments

by: Olivier Tchouaffe / FLOW Staff
The Western pop-cultural obsession with celebrity adoptions from the African continent begs the question: what do these high-power celebrity adoptions really do for African children?

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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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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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