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Liberation and Learning from the 60s in One Night in Miami
Christina N. Baker / University of California, Merced

June 8, 2021 Christina N. Baker / University of California, Merced Leave a comment

Christina N. Baker applies Audre Lorde’s musing on collective liberation to the film One Night in Miami to pose there is power in unity.

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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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Rebooting Whiteness, Complicating Latinidad: The Struggles of Latinx TV Remakes
Crystal Camargo / Northwestern University

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Using Charmed and One Day at a Time as case studies, Crystal Camargo examines the ways in which representation in Latinx reboots is complicated and constructed by their white “original” texts.

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Family Brands: From the Nelsons to the Kardashians
Cynthia Meyers / College of Mount Saint Vincent

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Cynthia Meyers theorizes the “family brand,” discussing examples from The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet to Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

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By Any Platforms Necessary: The Makeshift Infrastructures of Bogota’s Public School Communities During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Andres Lombana-Bermudez / Universidad Javeriana

June 4, 2021 Andres Lombana-Bermudez / Universidad Javeriana 7 comments

Andres Lombana-Bermudez reflects on how Colombian public school systems utilized Information Communication Technologies (ICT) throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Love in the Time of Coronavirus
Lauren Rouse and Mel Stanfill / University of Central Florida

June 4, 2021 Lauren Rouse and Mel Stanfill / University of Central Florida 3 comments

Lauren Rouse and Mel Stanfill examine COVID-19 fan fiction on the Archive of Our Own to see whose experiences of the virus are present—and absent—in these stories.

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On the (In)Visibility of Female Gamers
Amanda C. Cote / University Of Oregon

June 4, 2021 Amanda C. Cote / University of Oregon One comment

Amanda C. Cote challenges the idea that women in gaming is a new trend, exploring how a continual surprise at women’s presence in gaming communities undermines their historical contributions in the field.

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From Network Syndicator to Adult Disney: A Brief History Of Hulu
Eleanor Patterson / Auburn University

June 3, 2021 Eleanor Patterson / Auburn University 2 comments

Eleanor Patterson analyzes Hulu’s initial aim of adapting broadcast distribution logics into streaming distribution and the service’s contemporary shift to an “Adult Disney” service.

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"Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde
Kelly Coyne / Northwestern University

Fan Demographics on Archive of Our Own
Lauren Rouse & Mel Stanfill / University of Central Florida

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New in Over*Flow: @kellymcoyne examines cultural anxiety and ambivalence around the "dumb blonde" stereotype in "Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde. Check it out! https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/03/cultural-history-dumb-blonde/

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Monday, Flow day!! Volume 29.05 is now live on the website. ! Head on over to http://flowjournal.org to read the first installment of work by @bimmbles , @trilliz, @kingisafink, @influencerlabor, and @westemilye!

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New in Over*Flow: @rouselaurenc and @melstanfill present the results of a survey of users of popular fan fiction hosting site http://archiveofourown.org, providing updated statistics on fan fiction readers and writers. https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/02/fan-demographics-on-ao3/

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