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Workers of the World BeReal!: BeReal and The Performance of Labor
Emily Lynell Edwards / St. Francis College

February 10, 2023 Emily Lynell Edwards / St. Francis College One comment

Emily Lynell Edwards explores how office or knowledge work is performed on BeReal. Edwards cautiously explores the consciousness-raising potentials of these performances of work within the platform to illustrate how BeReal reflects broader shifts in contemporary labor politics.

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Bundling Merch into the Comfort Economy
Alyx Vesey / University of Alabama

June 8, 2021 Alyx Vesey / University of Alabama Leave a comment

Alyx Vesey analyzes how artistic entrepreneurship in the music industry through the use of merchandise has changed in the wake of COVID-19 concert cancellations, as well as how this merchandise forms part of “a consumerist response to societal collapse.”

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Remediating Liveness
Alyx Vesey / University of Alabama

April 5, 2021 Alyx Vesey / University of Alabama Leave a comment

Drawing on examples such as NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert and Instagram’s Verzuz battles, Alyx Vesey explores how musicians have utilized online platforms as alternatives to live concerts in the age of COVID-19.

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Channel Surfing for Television Music
Alyx Vesey / University of Alabama

December 5, 2020 Alyx Vesey / University of Alabama 2 comments

Alyx Vesey considers how musicians have made use of television as a medium for promotional appearances, music videos, and award shows in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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OVER*Flow: What’s in a Frame? Paratexts, Performance, and Joaquin Phoenix in Joker
Justin Rawlins / University of tulsa

October 29, 2019 Justin Rawlins / University of Tulsa One comment

Justin Rawlins examines how Joker paratexts shaped the discourse around actor Joaquin Phoenix’s performance and popular understandings of “Method” acting.

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Interrogating Female Selfhood, Styled Identity Performance, and Visuality in Gossip Girl
Meg Hansen / Dartmouth College

January 23, 2017 Meg Hansen / Dartmouth College One comment

Meg Hansen describes the “styled identity” and its articulation in Gossip Girl (2007-2012), demonstrating the dialogic between aesthetics and female identities, self-presentation and selfhood, in the specular economies of postmodern media and culture.

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Over*Flow: “It’s Not Steroids, It’s Testosterone!”: Deconstructing Gender and Sex in Bros (2022)
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"Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde
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@rahul_mukh explores the infrastructures and services underpinning the shift to mobile streaming in India. Discover more here: https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/11/streaming-indias-neomobile-audiences/

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In the final column of Flow 30.2, Lauren Steimer discusses the unacknowledged dangers of on-set stunt work. Read more here: https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/11/accident-the-true-dangers-of-stunt-work/

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Maggie Rossman's look at audience reception of the film Barbie demonstrates that even simplistic feminist discourse can lead to complicated affective responses. Read the article here: https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/11/becoming-the-barbie-spectator/

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This year (and all years), Flow is thankful for the hard work of our columnists, who share their exciting scholarship with us, and our @UTRTF grad student volunteers, without whom our issues would never be published. Thanks to all who support Flow! Read the latest issue here:

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This issue has everything — OTT infrastructure, sports management, stunt labor, speculative design, and Barbie! Check out the fantastic articles by @Courtney_BD, @rahul_mukh, Branden Buehler, Brianna Dym, Margaret Rossman, and Lauren Steimer here: http://flowjournal.org

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