Over*Flow
Over*Flow: “One Train!”: Race, Gender and Class in Snowpiercer
Riziki Millanzi / University of Sussex
Riziki Millanzi assesses the Snowpiercer television series depiction of intersectional politics, arguing the show ignores the nuances and varied experiences of marginalized peoples to oppression.
Protected: Media Made Easy: Platforms and the Rise of Media-as-a-Service
Emily West / University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Read moreProtected: Imma with her im/material boxes
Zizi Li / University of California, Los Angeles
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Read moreProtected: The Weight of Personal Agency in Netflix’s Maid
Jess King / DePaul University
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Read moreProtected: Is Everyone Where They Should Be? Safety, Surveillance, and Diverse Students
Elizabeth Ellcessor / University of Virginia
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Read moreProtected: What the Facebook Papers Taught Us About Affect and Design
Alexander Cho / University of California, Santa Barbara
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Read moreProtected: What the Indie Sleaze Revival Can Learn From Indie Camp
Morgan Bimm / St. Francis Xavier University
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Read moreWanting a Latina Sophie: Bridgerton and the Desire for Problematic Representation
NIna Linhales Barker / University of Texas at Austin
Nina Linhales Barker discusses the complications of Latina fans wanting to see themselves represented in Netflix’s Bridgerton.
Read moreThe Branded Video Essay: How Streaming Services Use Media Criticism as Promotion
Tara Coughlin / University of Texas at Austin
Tara Coughlin examines the usefulness of the creative labor of video essayists to streaming services such as Amazon Prime and Netflix.
Read moreMy Hair Journey and the Black Women That Made It Possible
Sidney Garner / University of Texas at Austin
Sidney Garner reminisces on her hair care journey as a Black woman through Dr. Aria Halliday’s concept of Black women cultural producers in her recently published book “Buy Black.”
Read moreStill Watching Netflix and the Cross-Platform Ecosystem of Streaming Media
Katie Hoovestol / University of Texas at Austin
Katie Hoovestol examines Netflix’s branded YouTube account Still Watching Netflix as an extension of Netflix’s cross-platform ecosystem.
Read moreSpeculative Affect: Streaming Television’s Solution to Late-Stage Capitalism
Peter Arne Johnson / University of Texas At Austin
Peter Arne Johnson theorizes how pure play streaming services like Netflix have discursively deployed audience affect and speculation to inflate their market valuations.
Read more“I Am So Thankful for My Time at Peloton”: Self-Branding on LinkedIn
Emily McTiernan / University of Texas at Austin
Emily McTiernan discusses how laid-off Peloton workers used LinkedIn to self-brand and gain employment.
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