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Author: Erin Meyers/ Oakland University

The “Ordinary” Celebrity and Postfeminist Media Culture
Erin Meyers / Oakland University

March 24, 2014 Erin Meyers/ Oakland University 11 comments

Through the focus on the private lifestyles of stars as their claim to fame, tabloids frame “ordinariness” itself as an idealized yet impossible position for all women.

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Tabloids, Reality Television and the “Ordinary” Celebrity
Erin Meyers / Oakland University

February 11, 2014 Erin Meyers/ Oakland University 6 comments

This article explores reality television celebrity, and the way in which the tabloid magazine and other extra-textual sources have become important to the text of the reality shows from which these stars emerge.

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The “Reality” of Contemporary Stardom
Erin Meyers / Oakland University

November 18, 2013 Erin Meyers/ Oakland University 3 comments

Focusing on the stars of docu-soap style programs, this article considers the reality participant’s entrance into celebrity culture.

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"Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde
Kelly Coyne / Northwestern University

Fan Demographics on Archive of Our Own
Lauren Rouse & Mel Stanfill / University of Central Florida

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22 Mar

New in Over*Flow: @kellymcoyne examines cultural anxiety and ambivalence around the "dumb blonde" stereotype in "Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde. Check it out! https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/03/cultural-history-dumb-blonde/

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Monday, Flow day!! Volume 29.05 is now live on the website. ! Head on over to http://flowjournal.org to read the first installment of work by @bimmbles , @trilliz, @kingisafink, @influencerlabor, and @westemilye!

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New in Over*Flow: @rouselaurenc and @melstanfill present the results of a survey of users of popular fan fiction hosting site http://archiveofourown.org, providing updated statistics on fan fiction readers and writers. https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/02/fan-demographics-on-ao3/

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