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• In Media Res
  Re: Cröonchy Stars: The "Swedish Chef" as Role Model

  Bring Us the Börk?

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  Eric LeMay Ohio University

  Tuesday, June 25, 2013 — 5:33 pm

  Thanks for this engaging post, Andrew. I love the idea that, in the Swedish Chef, we see the distilled and parodied essence of today's testy and testicular chefs. I wish they were as fun as Henson's puppet. In light of Signe's, Megan's ...
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  Re: A Chopped State of Mind

  From Chopped to Googled

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  Eric LeMay Ohio University

  Thursday, June 27, 2013 — 5:40 pm

  "Improvise," rooted in the Latin for "not provided, not prepared for." I also love the idea that the show is modeling for us a useable skill, demonstrating the possibilities of cooking off the cuff. This vision of the mystery box, a ch ...
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  Re: Chef Mystique (or, Why Do I Wonder What Gordon Is Thinking Even When He's Happy to Tell Me?)

  Longing

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  Eric LeMay Ohio University

  Friday, June 28, 2013 — 11:59 pm

  Thank you for these comments. I think you both voice smart suspicions about Ramsay, the flip side of which might be something like longing. That is, we—or at least I—find myself longing for chefs whose celebrity rises out of a concern not for themselves ( ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Celebrity chefs: Do we need them?

  My Camera Is Not Me (But, Sadly, Maybe It Is)

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  Eric LeMay Ohio University

  Wednesday, June 26, 2013 — 3:32 pm

  Thank you for this post, Signe, and the great questions you raise. Your point about the validity of Oliver's authority as a celebrity reformer is important, especially in light of what you rightly describe as "a climate of uncertainty about how/ ...
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  Re: Nigella Lawson: Food/Lifestyle Porn

  Go On, Indulge

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  Eric LeMay Ohio University

  Monday, June 24, 2013 — 3:00 pm

  Thanks, Kathleen, for starting us off with this great post. You set the right note for our discussion when you (and your student) point out that not only do we not expect our celebrity chefs to be experts, we don't even expect them to cook. Mixing a ...
• In Media Res
  Re: “I’m so angry that I made a sign”: Selfhood and Media Reflexivity in Occupy Protest Signs

  Talking Back

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  Eric LeMay Ohio University

  Thursday, May 3, 2012 — 2:12 pm

  Thanks for this post, Lyndsey.  You make a keen insight when you note that the signs for the Occupy movements became a means through which protesters could signal their very human presence, both through their content and their I-made-this-at-my-kitchen-ta ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Am I Ugly?: Female Beauty, Digital Media, and the True Me

  Sorting Out Honesty

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  Eric LeMay Ohio University

  Monday, April 30, 2012 — 2:40 pm

  Thanks for this interesting post, Dara.  You're certainly right that these clips make for a fascinating and disturbing phenomenon. Like Zara, I’m struck by the role that the medium plays in this “identity negotiation.”  Not only do these girls ask fo ...
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  Re: An Autobiography of an Autobiographic Medium

  Roll Over, Augustine

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  Eric LeMay Ohio University

  Friday, May 4, 2012 — 1:37 pm

  Thanks for this post, Daniel.  You take us further into the nasty implications of regarding corporations as people and show us the surprising results that can come from applying traditionally human-centered modes of interpretation to these inhuman people, ...
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  Re: Pictures of Self-Portraits: Eva and Franco Mattes' Avatar Portraits

  Thank you for your insights

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  Eric LeMay Ohio University

  Tuesday, May 1, 2012 — 2:12 pm

  Thank you for your insights about this work and its implications, Zara.  I wholly agree with you that the pull of the Mattes’ portraits-of-self-portraits directs our attention from whoever created these avatars to the digitized medium itself.  I’d say it ...
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  Re: On Writing After the Death of Print

  Framing, Reframing, Frame-Breaking

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  Eric LeMay Ohio University

  Tuesday, February 7, 2012 — 3:43 pm

  Thanks for this post, John.  I share your sigh over the prolonged, end-of-the-book, hand-wringing, especially now that we’re decades in to exploring its techno-future.  For me, the turning point came on recognizing that all digital work is, in essence, a ...

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