Posts Tagged ‘ labor ’

She Works Hard for the Money/Man/Shoes/Herself/Her Sisters…

October 27, 2015
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She Works Hard for the Money/Man/Shoes/Herself/Her Sisters…

In the fourth and final installment of a limited series on Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn: Feminized Popular Culture in the Early Twenty-First Century, contributor Elizabeth Nathanson outlines the anthology's "Labors" section and argues that mediated depictions of femininity are always working hard in public and private spheres while striving for creativity, community, and sisterhood.
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Feminized Popular Culture in the Early 21st Century

October 6, 2015
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Feminized Popular Culture in the Early 21st Century

In the first installment of a four-part series on the new anthology Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn, editor Elana Levine outlines some of the motivations for this collection as well as its guiding theoretical and thematic frameworks.
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Bullshit Jobs in the Creative Industries

April 23, 2015
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Bullshit Jobs in the Creative Industries

Jack Newsinger reflects on the idea of bullshit jobs in the creative industries and what this might mean for pedagogy.
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Contingent Labor and the Possibility of Creative Coalitions

November 7, 2013
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Contingent Labor and the Possibility of Creative Coalitions

Adrienne Shaw explores how academics, fans, and industry professionals are all laborers of love and how a coalitional attitude could benefit all parties in our quest to engage with our beloved media objects.
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Officially Defeated: On the Broader Significance of the NFL Referee Lockout

September 28, 2012
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Officially Defeated: On the Broader Significance of the NFL Referee Lockout

The referee lockout has been resolved, but we would do well do consider its broader implications before we allow it to recede into the past.
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Feminist Media Studies: (In)visible Labor

July 1, 2012
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Feminist Media Studies: (In)visible Labor

Studying representation was my way into media studies. But laborers aren't working from a script and we can't always visualize the lived realities of their work.
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What Are You Missing? January 1-14

January 15, 2012
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What Are You Missing? January 1-14

Your #1 source for Lions Gate news returns with ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Locked In on ESPN

December 7, 2011
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Locked In on ESPN

As the lights rose on a recent late night edition of ESPN’s SportsCenter, anchors Stuart Scott and Scott van Pelt grinned disingenuously, like desperate salesmen sampling crumb cake before demanding we sign for all eight units. ESPN had just wrapped coverage of an utterly forgettable college basketball game that saw No. 5 North Carolina...
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Ethical Gaming

June 4, 2010
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Ethical Gaming

As avid mediavores and media scholars, how should we consider our consumption of media products in light of the labor and environmental conditions of production?
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The Tester

January 31, 2010
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The Tester

Sony's new reality TV program on the PlayStation Network continues to raise questions about audience/player (mis)perceptions of labor and production in the games industry.
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