Hollis Griffin
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Narcissism, Academic Style
Interesting post, Kristen. It, along with the responses here raises some interesting questions for an academic criticism of media, technology, and "celebrity." Even YouTube videos have a poetics-- it makes perfect sense that the Vampire Diaries ... -
Can't decorate with a Kindle
Great post, Elizabeth, and a provocative set of questions in the thread. I think that questions of value are central here-- as in what's the "value" of the printed form? How does this value change across platforms? I think it helps to th ... -
A wonderful back and forth...
As a publishing exile to academia, I wish some form of this very discussion would be de rigeur among academics, who consume books in massive numbers... Esp. media academics, who often think about these very issues in other contexts. I love-- love, love, ... -
Internet Killed the Literary Star
Thanks for your comments, Ted! I think that in particular modes of commercial publishing-- series & genre fiction, how-to/guides-- the author was dead a while ago insofar as branding efforts often subsumed the individuals who were writing the books. ... -
Love this movie!
I thought that I was the only person who actually saw this movie? And was unashamed to admit really really liking it?? This is a great post, Kaelin. I agree that the film engages queer culture's "politics of generation"-- the ways in whic ... -
J-O-B, E-A-T...
Great clip and such a good way to round out the week-- The competing frames of labor vs. citizenship kind of underscore the fact that we're talking about these things by building on examples culled from a commercial media system. What I think is so ... -
affect & citizenship
Great post. I like that you underscore the issue of affect here, that the vid positions queer desire as something different from the current permutations of sexual difference, mobility, and political subjectivity enabled by liberal citizenship. It seems ... -
good stuff
Interesting take on this, Ron, esp. that you take up the ambivalences endemic to drag, queer pleasures, and thoughts on kids. Suleman signifies as Lee Edelman's reproductive futurism taken to a macabre level-- so excessive that it underscores just h ... -
instability, et al.
See, now, when I sing along with Ne-Yo, I don't sound *nearly* that good. But that's a different story. This is really provocative, Karen. I particularly like your point "We are so worried about securing “citizenship” for queer subjects ... -
great comments!
Thanks for all of these, they're all apt and thoughtful, thank you -- I agree, the clip (and having looked at hours and hours of this kind of programming, the gay-themed travel shows as a whole) blur the foundations enabling the host's participa ...