Cuteness – Flow

The Cuteness of Tunneling Media
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez / University of Texas at Dallas

October 30, 2017 Juan Llamas-Rodriguez / University of Texas at Dallas 2 comments

Juan Llamas-Rodriguez considers how the use of cuteness to market VPN privacy and security services illustrates the ideological negotiations with which these user-friendly services must engage.

Robots in Popular Culture: Labor Precarity and Machine Cute
Anthony P. McIntyre / University College Dublin

February 27, 2017 Anthony P. McIntyre / University College Dublin 3 comments

Anthony P. McIntyre reflects on cultural representations of robots as cute in recent films and media, relating such constructions to contemporary capitalist labor dynamics and threats.

Ownership Anxiety, Race and Ambivalent Cuteness in The Secret Life of Pets
Anthony P. McIntyre / University College Dublin

November 21, 2016 Anthony P. McIntyre / University College Dublin 2 comments

Anthony P. McIntyre explores the affective and power dynamics of cuteness in an uncertain political climate.

The Cuteness of Tunneling Media Juan Llamas-Rodriguez / University of Texas at Dallas

Robots in Popular Culture: Labor Precarity and Machine Cute Anthony P. McIntyre / University College Dublin

Ownership Anxiety, Race and Ambivalent Cuteness in The Secret Life of Pets Anthony P. McIntyre / University College Dublin

The Cuteness of Tunneling Media
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez / University of Texas at Dallas

Robots in Popular Culture: Labor Precarity and Machine Cute
Anthony P. McIntyre / University College Dublin

Ownership Anxiety, Race and Ambivalent Cuteness in The Secret Life of Pets
Anthony P. McIntyre / University College Dublin