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Finance, Decadence, and Me You Madness
Andrew deWaard / University of California, San DiegoAndrew deWaard discusses how Louise Linton reflects the issues surrounding capitalism both on and off-screen.
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And You Love The Game: Stream-Pop as a Never-Ending Scavenger Hunt
Eric Harvey / Grand Valley State UniversityEric Harvey discusses how contemporary music stardom pulls fans and commentators into a rabbit hole of never-ending engagement.
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The Higher the Hair, The Closer to God: On Queen Charlotte’s Wigs
Jacqueline Johnson / University of PittsburghJacqueline Johnson examines the deeper significance of the wigs in Netflix’s Queen Charlotte.
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Extreme Weather as Everyday Genre in Subway Flood Videos
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez / University of PennsylvaniaJuan Llamas-Rodriguez explores how subway flood videos transform extreme weather from spectacle into genre. As infrastructure crumbles under climate-induced disasters, viewers shift between individual frustration and collective crisis awareness. These videos blend intimate, smartphone-captured perspectives with a wider, omniscient view of urban vulnerability, bridging personal experience with public crisis. In doing so, they force audiences to confront their roles in a destabilising climate.
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Over*Flow: Martha Stewart’s Star Persona and the 21st-Century Influencer
Emma Ginsberg / Georgetown University
Emma Ginsberg details the development of Martha Stewart’s enduring star image and contemporary influencer persona, which centers around whiteness, privilege, and affluence.