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Tag: Black Lives Matter

From “Relevance” to “Reckoning” or, Channeling Black Lives Matter on TV – Part Two
Brandy Monk-Payton / Fordham University

March 14, 2022 Brandy Monk-Payton / Fordham University 3 comments

In the second part of her series focusing on Black Lives Matter television, Brandy Monk-Payton interrogates the reboot of The Wonder Years as a site for nostalgia and sentimentalism as constitutive of Black subjectivity.

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From “Relevance” to “Reckoning” or, Channeling Black Lives Matter on TV — Part One
Brandy Monk-Payton / Fordham University

October 18, 2021 Brandy Monk-Payton / Fordham University One comment

Brandy Monk-Payton explores the shift from racial relevance to an active reckoning with race through the lens of Black Lives Matter television.

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In Solidarity(?): A Critique of the K-pop Industry’s Support for Black Lives Matter
Dayna Chatman / University of Oregon

October 27, 2020 Dayna Chatman / University of Oregon 3 comments

Dayna Chatman discusses Black American fans’ experiences of the racially insensitive behavior in K-pop, with suggestions for what solidarity might look like in the genre’s industry and fan communities.

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Witness Me: How Tiktok Users Broke With the Sociopathic American Gaze in the Wake of George Floyd’s Murder
Alex Hack / University of Southern California

September 27, 2020 Alex Hack / University of Southern California 6 comments

Considering generational trauma along with TikTok’s algorithm, Alex Hack discusses the many TikToks that were widely circulated in response to the murder of George Floyd and how they, in many ways, managed to break past the logic of Americana.

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“It’s ARMY versus the U.S. Army”: K-Pop Fans, Activism, and #BlackLivesMatter
Laura Springman / University of Texas at Austin

August 3, 2020 Laura Springman / University of Texas at Austin Leave a comment

Laura Springman explores the recent example of K-pop fan involvement in the Black Lives Matter movement on Twitter as a continuation of a tradition of K-pop fan activism.

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Ben & Jerry’s, Black Lives Matter, and the Politics of Public Statements
Lily Kunda / University of Texas at Austin

July 6, 2020 Lily Kunda / University of Texas at Austin One comment

Lily Kunda examines the recent trend of public statements denouncing racism. She questions what role corporations have in dismantling white supremacy.

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From Colormuteness to Interracial Dialogue (A Love Letter to My MF Students)
Susan Courtney / University of South Carolina

April 24, 2017 Susan Courtney / University of South Carolina 2 comments

Susan Courtney reflects on teaching race and media studies to undergraduates, inspired in part by her fall 2015 course, “Mediating Ferguson, USA: 1915-2015.”

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A Pedagogical Experiment in the Era of Black Lives Matter
Susan Courtney / University of South Carolina

February 26, 2017 Susan Courtney / University of South Carolina 2 comments

Susan Courtney reflects on teaching race and media studies to undergraduates, inspired in part by her fall 2015 course, “Mediating Ferguson, USA: 1915-2015.”

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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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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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