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Category: 16.06

Being Guy Fieri: The “chef-dude” and the geography of a bro kitchen
Irina Mihalache / American University of Paris

September 11, 2012 Irina D Mihalache American University of Paris 2 comments

Irina Mihalache explores Guy Fieri’s kitchen and demonstrates how the geography of the space and the objects in the kitchen transform a space for cooking into a space for play where even men with tattoos, 1960s red convertibles and electric guitars can feel at ease.

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The Medical Gaze, Your Health and You
Black Hawk Hancock / DePaul University

September 10, 2012 Black Hawk Hancock / DePaul University One comment

Black Hawk Hancock draws attention to the ways that direct-to-consumer advertisements (DCTA) work as mirrors to induce us to think about ourselves as bodies, as selves, as patients, and as consumers.

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How We Talk About Media Refusal, Part 2: Asceticism
Laura Portwood-Stacer / New York University

September 10, 2012 Laura Portwood Stacer New York University 6 comments

Digital diets, fasts, cleanses, and the politics of asceticism.

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Pigmalion: Animality and Failure in Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
Andrew Scahill/George Mason University

September 10, 2012 Andrew Scahill / George Mason University 9 comments

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and the “white trash spectacle”

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Over*Flow: “Effort is Overrated: The Dissonance of AI Integrations with the 2024 Olympics”
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In "The Noise Hits All at Once: A Trans History of the Votrax SC-01 Voice Synthesis Chip" Whit Pow asks what happens when an electronic sound becomes legible as a voice?

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Examining South Korea’s rapid economic ascent, Gil-Soo Han reveals how “nouveau-riche nationalism” collides with migrant realities. Centering on the Naju forklift abuse case, he exposes how economic pride and social hierarchy intersect

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Golden M. Owens reinterprets Rosey the Robot as a futuristic Mammy figure, linking domestic servitude, robot etymologies, and animation history to show how racialized labor logics persist beneath the surface of family entertainment.

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Anna Lovatt traces how artists from Mimi Smith to Letícia Parente used television and video to redraw the boundaries between art, media, and everyday life. The column reveals how the “screen age” has transformed drawing

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