10.05 
A Look Back at Michael Jackson
Konrad Ng / University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
An examination of Michael Jackson’s impact on the considerations of racial diversity, compared with Kip Fulbeck’s contemporary project, “Part Asian, 100% Hapa.”
Museum TV and Hollywood Films: How the Smithsonian Became Big Media’s “Pile of Loot”
Miranda J. Brady / Carleton University
The success of “Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian” casts new light on a federal investigation of the museum’s secret contracts with big media outlets, and reveals a potentially troubling conflict of interest.
Lady Gaga, Balls-Out: Recuperating Queer Performativity
Alexander Cho / FLOW Staff
Pop icon Lady Gaga can be read as queer for her purposeful, embodied, performative critique of the artifice of celebrity.