Comments on: A Glee Vid in Memory of Alex Doty

By: Louisa Stein

Louisa Stein — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:13:43 +0000

Thanks so much, Stacy. That’s lovely to hear! I’m very glad to share this video with others who were as moved by his work as I was.

By: Louisa Stein

Louisa Stein — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:56:00 +0000

I love this way of putting it:

what it means to be a fan of an academic and what loss means for the fan.

I hadn’t thought of this connection so explicitly; this makes me think about how we invest in academic ideas and in scholars as well as in media texts, and how connected the two can be. It’s yet another layer on the “what’s my investment?” question.

Thanks so much for commenting, Caetlin! I’m really glad you enjoyed the vid.

By: Stacy Wolf

Stacy Wolf — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:53:40 +0000

Thank you so much for this moving and clever piece and thanks to Mary Kearney for posting it. I was also profoundly inspired and shaped by Alex’s work and benefited from his astute editing of my own fan-scholarship. This piece captures the pleasure and intelligence of his work. Thank you!

By: Caetlin Benson-Allott

Caetlin Benson-Allott — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:47:33 +0000

Louisa, that is an incredible piece– really moving, and it also made me think a lot about what it means to be a fan of an academic and what loss means for the fan. Thank you so much for sharing this with us!

By: Louisa Stein

Louisa Stein — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:19:58 +0000

Brenda–Thank you! That means a lot to me. Alex’s work and words were a tremendous influence on me, and so many others.

By: Brenda Weber

Brenda Weber — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:01:22 +0000

Thanks for this! Alex was both a dear friend and a much-loved colleague, and I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that he would have been greatly moved to know that his passion for films, for free expression, for queer excess, and for devine divas (and devos) could be so perfectly encapsulated in video form.

By: Louisa Stein

Louisa Stein — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:02:30 +0000

Thank you, Alexis! This was a key part of the reason that I did share this here. I wanted to honor Doty for helping me to even envision that I could, and should, bring something like this–something that marries emotion and analysis–into an academic space. I find myself hopeful that it’s a merger we’ll see more and more of.

By: Alexis Lothian

Alexis Lothian — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:34:21 +0000

Louisa, I am so happy to see you posting this here. I’ve often said that vidding is a process much like scholarship, but where it differs is that it’s so overtly, so unavoidably about emotion. In making this vid and bringing it into the academic space of Antenna, you’re reminding us that our feelings are never so far from our intellectual work either. Like you, I always so admired Doty (though I never met him) for insisting on that. Thanks for carrying the torch. 🙂