Tim, I'm so glad you are writing for this week so I can ask you a question I've been wondering about for two semesters. I am interested in the idea that proximity continue to matter, so my question may be relevant. When discussing the Papa John& ...
Hey Annie, I'm trying to read across the posts for the week, so do you think Swift's co-authorship role with this album (as noted by Myles yesterday) has perhaps contributed to the focus on her romantic life over her writing talent? Or perhaps i ...
I think it is virtually impossible to call a show a "bad show." By what terms do we assess television such that we can deem one valuable or not? I'm an anti-"quality" discourse gal, but I am equally anxious by direct rejection of ...
Dana, Thanks for this fascinating post. I'm wondering about the historicization of this phenomena you describe. Is this a unique moment--enabled or advanced in a new way by digital technologies that blur the lines between identities, between the virt ...
Rachel, Thanks for the post. I honestly had never considered the possibility of Glee porn parody, though your point that the porn does not advance Glee's genuine commitment to diversity is fascinating. Broadly, is there much diversity in porn, or doe ...
I absolutely love this video, and I'm really interested in how your work creating it has shaped your writing. What role does the video play in your book chapter--is it something you describe as a methodology? Or was the video more like pre-writing--s ...
I hate to be all, "my generation was better," but I am struck by the difference between Buffy and "The Vampire Diaries." While the former showed Buffy struggling after her mother died, having to deal with house payments and other bills ...
I am so happy to be introduced to this series. Thanks for the post. How often is "teen TV" about teens but not necessarily directed at teens? Drawing from Louisa's comment, do you think someone experiencing puberty might find this show comf ...
I'm so glad you bring up the book's luxury porn aspect. A number of posts this week have commented on the sexual fantasy of mutual and body shattering orgasms, but considering the complete and utter fetishization of objects alongside the more p ...
I'm really intrigued by the stakes for aca-fandom of "Fifty Shades of Grey." I should note that I write "aca-fandom" less to describe the questions through which an academic approaches the text and more as a simple explanatory sta ...
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audience overlap
new ways to create scholarship
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