
“Life in Plastic, It’s Fantastic”: Barbie, Gendered Expectations, and the Female-Driven Blockbuster
Courtney Brannon Donoghue / University of North Texas
Courtney Brannon Donoghue explores Barbie’s successful release amidst Hollywood’s short-sighted tendency towards plastic representation.
Read moreDistributing Streaming Content to India’s “Neomobile” Audiences
Rahul Mukherjee / University of Pennsylvania
Rahul Mukherjee analyzes India’s VoD growth, focusing on localization, distribution practices, telecom bundling, local CDNs, and audience data dynamics in streaming.
Read moreAir and the Managerial Sports Film
Branden Buehler / Seton Hall University
Branden Buehler discusses Air, the latest entry to the managerial sports film subgenre.
Read moreBuilding Cages Around the Imaginary
Brianna Dym / The Roux Institute at Northeastern University
Brianna Dym argues that the world of computer science and design need more diverse participation in order to shatter the unconscious biases that put “cages around our imagination.”
Read moreI’m a Barbie Girl: Becoming the Barbie Spectator On and Offline
Margaret Rossman / Bellarmine University
Dr. Margaret Rossman examines feminist discourse surrounding Barbie (2023) and discusses the role of digital media in constructing a feminine viewing experience.
Read moreAccident: The True Dangers of Stunt Work on Set
Lauren Steimer / University of South Carolina
Lauren Steimer elaborates on the dangers of on-set stunt work.
Read moreProtected: Over*Flow: “Birth is Violent”: Television’s Response to Post-Roe Reproductive Politics
Reut Odinak / Boston University
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Read moreNetflix Poland — Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Sylwia Szostak / SWPS University
Sylwia Szostak explores the politics of Netflix for Poland’s Screenwriters.
Read moreFIFA’s Fraught Recognition of the Women’s World Cup as Marketable Media Event
Charlotte Howell / Boston University
Charlotte Howell explores the struggles between FIFA and other stakeholders over valuing the 2023 Women’s World Cup in terms of investment and access.
Read moreCommunity Radio: Getting the Sonics Right
Josephine Coleman / Brunel University London
Dr. Josephine Coleman elaborates on how EDI efforts help community radio stations grow and become more equitable.
Read moreMaggie Rossman: In Memoriam
The Flow editorial team was enormously saddened to learn of Maggie Rossman’s passing. Maggie was a brilliant scholar and a bright light. She wrote a Flow article that was initially slated for publication in Volume 30, Issue 1. We will be publishing her final Flow article in a future issue. But, for now, we send our deepest condolences and heartfelt sympathies […]
Read moreOver*Flow: “It’s Not Steroids, It’s Testosterone!”: Deconstructing Gender and Sex in Bros (2022)
Lauren Herold / Kenyon College and Nicole Erin Morse / Florida Atlantic University
Herold and Morse reassess the “bad object” status of the 2022 semi-satirical gay rom-com Bros and discuss its deconstruction of cis gay masculinity.
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