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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.

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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.

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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.

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