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The persistence of the soul: the afterlife in postsecular television
Helen Wheatley / University of Warwick

May 16, 2022 Helen Wheatley / University of Warwick Leave a comment

Helen Wheatley discusses the recent proliferation of afterlife-themed television shows and how creators navigate multiple conceptions of “post-death experience.”

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Cinema’s First Nasty Women (Or, How to Record a Celebrity Video Intro)
Maggie Hennefeld / University of Minnesota

May 16, 2022 Maggie Hennefeld / University of Minnesota Leave a comment

Maggie Hennefeld discusses efforts to curate 99 silent films spotlighting early film feminism, and discusses the challenges of navigating the early feminist film archive.

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“Name One Male Director”: Gender, Genre, and Authorship in Rose Matafeo’s Starstruck
Stefania Marghitu / Loyola University New Orleans

May 16, 2022 Stefania Marghitu / Loyola University New Orleans Leave a comment

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

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Selling Smart TV Surveillance
CARA DICKASON / NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

May 16, 2022 Cara Dickason / Northwestern University One comment

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

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Were You Looking at the Woman in the Red Dress? The Male Gaze in The Matrix
Nicole Erin Morse / Florida Atlantic University

May 16, 2022 Nicole Erin Morse / Florida Atlantic University Leave a comment

Nicole Erin Morse examines how The Matrix (1999) interrupts and deconstructs the male gaze.

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Portrait of an Art house during a pandemic, part 2
Sarah E. S. Sinwell / university of utah

May 16, 2022 Sarah E. S. Sinwell / University of Utah Leave a comment

Sarah E.S. Sinwell details how one art house cinema continues to adapt to the pandemic while serving its local community.

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Bridgerton’s Romance with Racial Nostalgia
Isabel Molina-Guzmán / University of illinois

May 16, 2022 Isabel Molina-Guzmán / University of Illinois Leave a comment

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

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From Squid Game pop-ups to Netflix House installations, Hyun-Jung Stephany Noh traces how dystopian K-dramas become immersive, branded experiences. Her essay shows how Netflix turns speculative fiction into a global marketing spectacle
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Helen Piper examines the show The Assembly and compares the UK & Australian versions. In doing so, she reveals how format and post-production choices shape risk, reciprocity, and the politics of inclusion.

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Guillermina Zabala Suárez asks: Can digital media become a device to create awareness of health issues in out communities?

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In a new essay, @LaurelPRogers examines the role of the fanboy auteur in HBO's backstage comedy "The Franchise," which satirizes Hollywood's superhero industrial complex. Read: https://www.flowjournal.org/2025/07/fanboy-auteur-hbo-franchise/

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