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This Issue on Flow (08 July 2005)

July 8, 2005 Matthew Thomas Payne / FLOW Staff One comment

by: Matthew Payne / FLOW Staff
Welcome to Issue 8.

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Race Fictions: Crash, Do the Right Thing and La Haine

July 8, 2005 John Downing / Southern Illinios University 5 comments

by: John Downing / Southern Illinios University
The portrayal of modern race relations in Paul Haggis’ Crash is compared to Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing and Matthieu Kassovitz’s La Haine.

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Academic Scandals and the Broadcast Media

July 8, 2005 Rhonda Hammer and Douglas Kellner / UCLA 2 comments

by: Rhonda Hammer and Douglas Kellner / UCLA
Publish and Perish … the politics of academic scandals.

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Reentry

July 8, 2005 Mimi White / Northwestern University 5 comments

by: Mimi White / Northwestern University
Mimi White explores the differences and similarities between television as an everyday practice in the U.S. and in Finland upon returning from abroad.

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Report from Ringside: The Contender Live Finale

July 8, 2005 Mary Beth Haralovich / University of Arizona 2 comments

by: Mary Beth Haralovich / University of Arizona
A report back from the live Contender finale, which turns out to be a familial arena as much as a fighting one.

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A Slice of American Life

July 8, 2005 Megan Mullen / University of Wisconsin-Parkside 2 comments

by: Megan Mullen / University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Megan Mullen unwraps the ideological twist underneath the nostalgic programming strategies and family oriented programs delivered by AmericanLife TV.

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What is Commercialism?

July 8, 2005 Thomas Streeter / University of Vermont 5 comments

by: Thomas Streeter / University of Vermont
What is exactly wrong with for-profit television industries? Thomas Streeter refocuses the conversation over the dangers of commercialism.

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Little Green Men

July 8, 2005 Christopher Anderson / Indiana University 2 comments

by: Christopher Anderson / Indiana University
The troubling ironies of GE’s “ecoimagination” campaign.

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Postfeminism Lost and Found: Tracking the “Runaway Bride”

July 8, 2005 Diane Negra / University College Dublin 2 comments

by: Diane Negra / University of East Anglia
Diane Negra discusses the media coverage of the “runaway bride.”

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New in Over*Flow: @renherold and @cinefeminism examine the deconstruction of cis gay masculinity in the 2022 semi-satirical gay rom-com Bros, reassessing its "bad object" status. Read more here: https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/09/over-flow-gender-sex-bros/

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NOPE is about the eye of the camera, but also Black defiance of it. Read Sophia Abbey's brief but excellent piece at @FlowTV, "Gazing Upwards: Spectacle, Surveillance, and Resistance in Nope." #OpenAccess
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Happy Tuesday, and happy Volume 29.07 release day! The final issue of Flow in the spring features work from @baker_r_r, @Naledgesince82, @caitmckinney, @MichaelSocolow, and Michele White! Read the full issue here: http://flowjournal.org

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TGIF!! Celebrate by reading vol. 29.06-up on the site now. Thx to @jenholt13 @rebeccasholt @kevindriscoll and @TrueIcaRash for their contributions!!

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