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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 18 comments

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 2 comments

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 8 comments

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 4 comments

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 2 comments

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 One 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 2 comments

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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Over*Flow: “It’s Not Steroids, It’s Testosterone!”: Deconstructing Gender and Sex in Bros (2022)
Lauren Herold / Kenyon College and Nicole Erin Morse / Florida Atlantic University

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

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20 Sep

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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16 Aug

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
https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/08/gazing-upwards/

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2 May

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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7 Apr

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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