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• In Media Res
  Re: #SquadGoals and the Limits of Black Cool

  Hi Lauren, I really

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  Christine Capetola The University of Texas at Austin

  Saturday, January 30, 2016 — 3:34 pm

  Hi Lauren, I really appreciate how you frame your post in terms of exploring how blackness has become what you call a "source of cool." Connecting Jidenna to Taylor Swift so as to illustrate the flexibility of blackness as an aesthetic is really ...
• In Media Res
  Re: One of the GRRRLS: Lizzo and the Feminist Potential of Musical Collaboration

  Alyx, I’m so excited to see

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  Christine Capetola The University of Texas at Austin

  Tuesday, January 26, 2016 — 8:21 pm

  Alyx, I'm so excited to see you writing about Lizzo here! You point out a lot of important tensions in Lizzo's performance of "Ain't I": how to create something that everyone can join (I almost wrote "buy into") in a way ...
• In Media Res
  Re: With Friends Like These: Female Intimacies and Animosities in HBO's Girls

  Thanks for sharing this,

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  Christine Capetola The University of Texas at Austin

  Thursday, January 28, 2016 — 2:44 am

  Thanks for sharing this, Katherine. It's hard to believe it's the same show as it was during its first season given the clip that you shared here. I honestly haven't watched a lot of Girls so pardon my not knowing a ton about how the plot o ...
• In Media Res
  Re: ‘There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women’: Taylor Swift and Celebrity Feminist Friendship

  Thanks for this, Alison! I

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  Christine Capetola The University of Texas at Austin

  Thursday, January 28, 2016 — 11:03 pm

  Thanks for this, Alison! I especially like how you talk about affect to explain your idea of heterosexual girlfriendships. What do viewers do with the invitation to join in what Lauren calls an image of collectivity? In her post, Alyx talked about how one ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Synthesized Sounds and Fusion Friendships in Grimes and Janelle Monaé's "Venus Fly"

  Thank you, Lauren! I am also

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  Christine Capetola The University of Texas at Austin

  Tuesday, January 26, 2016 — 3:26 pm

  Thank you, Lauren! I am also still processing "White Privilege II." Your mention of Janelle Monaé's physical presence makes me think of how Francesca Royster discusses eccentrism through examples such as Grace Jones and Meshell Ndegeocello ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Synthesized Sounds and Fusion Friendships in Grimes and Janelle Monaé's "Venus Fly"

  Thanks so much, Katherine! I

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  Christine Capetola The University of Texas at Austin

  Tuesday, January 26, 2016 — 3:43 pm

  Thanks so much, Katherine! I also have noticed how female artists of various kinds—especially pop stars and singer/songwriters—have all-male backing bands. Conversely, I believe Janet Jackson recruited all women dancers for her current tour (but I don ...