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Complaint as Diversity Work in Sports Media
Courtney M. Cox / University of Southern California

April 27, 2019 Courtney M. Cox / University of Southern California Leave a comment

Drawing from her own experiences working for ESPN and applying Sara Ahmed’s concept of “complaint as diversity work,” Courtney M. Cox interrogates the lack of diversity in sports media and offers a multi-pronged approach to improving inclusivity in a notoriously white male industry.

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A Lego Theory of Academia & Fandom
Jenny Keegan / Louisiana State University Press

April 27, 2019 Jenny Keegan / Louisiana State University Press Leave a comment

Jenny Keegan summarizes the way academia and fandom can both be theorized as Lego sets: ready for communities to build up and together.

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Stream Heat: Netflix, Broadway Theatre, and Industrial Convergence
Peter C. Kunze / Eckerd College

April 27, 2019 Peter C. Kunze / Eckerd College One comment

Peter C. Kunze examines Netflix’s budding interest in Broadway theatre, which continues film and television’s longstanding investment in theatrical entertainment.

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Beyond Journal Articles: Navigating the NTRO (Non-Traditional Research Outcome)
Siobhán McHugh / University of Wollongong, Australia

April 27, 2019 Siobhán McHugh / University of Wollongong, Australia 2 comments

Siobhán McHugh discusses how the podcasting boom is triggering exciting new interdisciplinary collaborations that harness the under-appreciated power of audio as a research platform.

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Lucifer’s Women and Doctor Dracula: Conjuring a Cult-Cult Canon, Pt. 3
Phil Oppenheim / Oppanopticom / EPIX / Brown Sugar SVOD

April 27, 2019 Phil Oppenheim / Oppanopticom / EPIX / Brown Sugar, SVOD 2 comments

Phil Oppenheim concludes his exploration of the cult-cult canon with Doctor Dracula, an exploitative film with Hollywood connections that was assembled in a cut-and-paste fashion from the 1974 release of Lucifer’s Women.

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No More Room for You: Reading Between the Lines of Netflix’s Claims of Inclusivity
Jacinta Yanders / The Ohio State University

April 27, 2019 Jacinta Yanders / The Ohio State University Leave a comment

Jacinta Yanders questions Netflix’s decision to cancel One Day at a Time amidst their own visible campaigns for inclusivity and representation on-screen.

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Stefania Marghitu explores the intersections between gender, genre, and authorship via Rose Matafeo's Starstruck. @DearStefania

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Cara Dickason examines how corporations sell Smart TVs as domestic surveillance technologies through gendered formulas. @CaraDickason

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Isabel Molina-Guzmán discusses how Bridgerton's escapist narrative produces a nostalgia that simultaneously erases histories of racial conflict, generates pleasure in non-white audiences, and maintains white subjectivity. @LaProfaMolina

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