A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Tim Highfield explores BeReal through the platform and users’ relationship to temporal authenticity.
Read moreWhat exactly should we be anxious about when it comes to BeReal? Wisnewski-Parks’ claim is that we need to pay attention to what BeReal reveals about attitudes towards authenticity, identity, and agency, particularly as they relate to the vital social process of profile-building.
Read moreDan Vena and Sarah Woodstock argue that Netflix’s removal of Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story from its LGBTQ TV category discards “unacceptable” queer history and protects the homonormativity of Netflix’s LGBTQ library.
Read moreDr. Jabari Evans discusses misogynoir and Black women’s erotic and cultural capital in Hip-Hop culture through Issa Rae’s Rap Sh!t
Read moreDr. Mia Fischer takes a closer look at the rightwing media’s rhetoric of fear-mongering regarding anti-trans legislation.
Read moreDr. Germaine Halegoua explores how life has been changed by digital imaginaries and infrastructures.
Read moreDr. Cait McKinney explores e-mail as a window into the web’s early potential as a queer space for sexual expression.
Read moreDr. Michele White examines the metaphors and iconography of hands on digital devices along the axes of race, gender and accessibility.
Read moreBecky Holt examines mainstream rhetoric surrounding online pornography and calls for a more nuanced understanding of the industry.
Read moreKevin Driscoll explores the internet that might-have-been through the history of Juno’s ad-supported email service.
Read moreHorror scholar Andy Owens explores the genre’s complex relationship to gender, and delves into two recent films that are tackling toxic masculinity head-on.
Read moreJennifer Holt traces back concerns regarding privacy violations and digital civil liberties to the beginnings of computerized databases in the 1960s.
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