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Tag Archives: pop culture
Release Party: Slapstick Modernism
in film, literary studies
Tagged Beats, experimental film, Modernism, pop culture, punk, silent film
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We live in an age when Iggy Pop adorns groovy travel bags and makes the scene at Cannes to support a Jim Jarmusch documentary about his iconic band the Stooges. Punk conquered the world long ago, thankfully, and if it failed to transform … Continue reading
Funk the Erotic up for Lambda Award
in African American Studies, authors, awards, black studies, gay/lesbian, gender studies, media studies, music, sexuality studies
Tagged Funk the Erotic, L.H. Stallings, Lambda, pop culture, popular culture
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Funk the Erotic: Transaesthetics and Black Sexual Cultures by L. H. Stallings is a finalist in the 28th Annual Lambda Literary Awards in the LGBT Studies category. The Lambda Literary Awards celebrate achievement in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender writing. … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday
in american history, biography, music
Tagged country music, George Hamilton IV, Patsy Cline, pop culture, Sweet Dreams, Warren R. Hofstra, women in music
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George Hamilton IV departed the world two years ago today. Unrelated to the actor and tanning phenomenon of the same name, IV, as he was sometimes called, ambled out of North Carolina in his college years to become a teen … Continue reading
Recognizing National Cupcake Day
in feminist studies, women's history
Tagged cupcakes, Elana Levine, feminism, pop culture
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Though the cupcake craze of recent years has abated somewhat, random organizations still want to give us excuses to eat these delicious items. We thank them. Yet the true date of National Cupcake Day remains in flux, with different declarations noting different days … Continue reading
Survey Says!: It’s a un-livin’ thing
in folklore, media studies, publishing
Tagged AAUP, horror, Njeri Guthrie, philosophy, pop culture, Publishing, Survey Says!, undead, walking dead, zombies
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In the temperate zone of North America, June is busting out all over. The tree near the railroad tracks spreads its verdant canopy over lunchtime picnickers. Staff gardener Margo tirelessly plows and prunes and plants in the tiny garden plot … Continue reading
Orson Welles Week: Bully for you, chilly for me
in film
Tagged 1915, James Naremore, Magic World of Orson Welles, Orson Welles, pop culture
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Orson Welles spent his declining years as a pop culture man of all seasons. Hounded by the IRS, desperate to fund the numerous films on his artistic agenda, the director took on all manner of opportunities open to those with a … Continue reading