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“The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”: Christmas Classics Old and New
Kathleen Loock / University of Flensburg

November 28, 2019 Kathleen Loock / University of Flensburg 2 comments

Kathleen Loock compares definitive Christmas classics It’s a Wonderful Life and Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel to contemporary holiday movie releases from Netflix, exploring how the streaming service is using the niche to create Christmas movies for a global audience.

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In Praise of the Bad Transgender Object: Rocky Horror
Cáel m. Keegan / Grand Valley State University

November 28, 2019 Cáel M. Keegan / Grand Valley State University 12 comments

The Rocky Horror Picture Show has been the object of ongoing cultural fascination and criticism for its portrayal of transgender stereotypes. Cáel M. Keegan questions whether this “bad object” is redeemable in this exploration of the standards of representation in the transgender media archive.

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Section 230 as American Tech’s “Soft Power” Secret Weapon
Sarah T. Roberts / University of California, Los Angeles

November 28, 2019 Sarah T. Roberts / University of California, Los Angeles 3 comments

Analyzing recent Congressional testimony of social media and internet content firms, Sarah T. Roberts reveals the expanding “soft power” reach of Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act of 1996.

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Advocating on Behalf of Independent Musicians: Copyright Reform and Corporate Consolidation
Brian Fauteux / University of Alberta

November 28, 2019 Brian Fauteux / University of Alberta 4 comments

Brian Fauteux takes readers through his experience participating in Canada’s copyright review process. The author particularly highlights how the current state of the market allows for large companies to have a great deal of control over artists.

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Gender, Place, and Nostalgia in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Helen Morgan-Parmett / University of Vermont

November 28, 2019 Helen Morgan-Parmett / University of Vermont One comment

Analyzing The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Helen Morgan-Parmett discusses the intersections of gender and urban crisis in nostalgic discourses surrounding New York’s past, present, and future.

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Finding the ‘TV’ in TV News
Deborah L. Jaramillo / Boston University

November 28, 2019 Deborah L. Jaramillo / Boston University 2 comments

Deborah L. Jaramillo contemplates television studies’ limited analysis of TV news and the importance of examining such texts as a genre.

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A Public Records Request Rabbit Hole in the Study of Nontheatrical Distribution
Finley Freibert / Independent Scholar

November 28, 2019 Finley Freibert / Independent Scholar One comment

Finley Freibert reveals the challenges of accessing public records and telling the history of gay, nontheatrical film distributor, John Samuel Bridges, in 1960s San Francisco.

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Terrence Malick’s Architecture of the Domestic
Travis Warren Cooper / Butler University

November 28, 2019 Travis Warren Cooper / Butler University Leave a comment

Through a close reading of Malick’s Tree of Life, Travis Warren Cooper offers up a comparative analysis of architectural style found in Hollywood films.

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OVER*FLOW: Millennial Angst and the Bad Mother from the News to Netflix
Miranda Brady / Carleton University

November 21, 2019 Miranda J. Brady / Carleton University 3 comments

Miranda Brady explores the Good Mother/Bad Mother binary in the Loughlin/Huffman college admissions scandal and Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series The Politician.

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

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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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