June 2011 – Flow

Playing the Straight Field: Pre-Watershed UK TV and Gay Intimacy
Faye Davies / Birmingham City University

June 23, 2011 Faye Davies 10 comments

Are depictions of homo-normativity on UK TV too close to hetero-normativity for the comfort of a mainstream audience?

For Your Consideration: Impending Emmy Nominations and the Case For â€œQualityâ€ Dramas Not on Cable
Brittany Shelton / FLOW Co-Marketing Editor

June 23, 2011 Brittany Shelton 5 comments

A consideration of the tenuous zone between critical acclaim, Emmy recognition, and ratings for “quality” TV.

**Universalized Pathology: How Pretty Little Liars De-contextualizes Bad Behavior for Profit**
Camille DeBose / DePaul University

June 23, 2011 Camille DeBose DePaul University 11 comments

A look at the portrayal of teenage sexuality and objectification on Pretty Little Liars.

Bootleg Archives: Notes on BitTorrent Communities and Issues of Access
Iain Robert Smith / Roehampton University

June 23, 2011 Iain Robert Smith 10 comments

The BitTorrent communities function as bootleg archives with myriad rare and inaccessible films and reshape our understanding of underexplored areas of world cinema history.

Undercompensated Labor in Life in a Day
William J. Moner / FLOW Staff

June 9, 2011 William Moner 2 comments

Life in a Day relies on the labor of the “crowd” to achieve its groundbreaking achievement, but fails to provide fair compensation to the members of the crowd willing to share the products of their creative labor.