The editors of the Popular Culture Studies Journal are happy to announce the release of Vol. 7 No. 1 that features editorials on “why popular culture matters,” seven original…… Read more “Why Popular Culture Matters (PCSJ 7/1)”
Happy 25th Anniversary, Friends!
Welcome back to a new season! For the fifty-first episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast, Christopher Olson and I are joined by our colleague and pop…… Read more “Happy 25th Anniversary, Friends!”
(The makings of) A Psychoanalytical Critique of Capitalism
This essay comes from probably 2002 when I was living in Los Angeles and working at an agency — and coming to realize that I had an…… Read more “(The makings of) A Psychoanalytical Critique of Capitalism”
Gender Schematic Men and the Somatotypes They Perceive: Influences on attraction and recall
The following is the first original empirical research project that I completed for my psychology research class at UW-Madison as an undergrad. I took the class at…… Read more “Gender Schematic Men and the Somatotypes They Perceive: Influences on attraction and recall”
On Representing Our Subjects/Participants/Informants/People
One final old reflection to share, that appears more questions than answers, but, as with the previous one, shows me wrestling with how do to research in…… Read more “On Representing Our Subjects/Participants/Informants/People”
Pop Culture Pilgrimage
Last year, as part of our trip to Prague and Vienna, Chris and I visited movie shooting locations for some of our favorite films and started the…… Read more “Pop Culture Pilgrimage”
On Becoming Inter-Multi-Disciplinary
Here is another great example of looking back to your older writings to find out where your foundation, your very scholarly identity, emerged, and how it has…… Read more “On Becoming Inter-Multi-Disciplinary”
Betty Boop and Hentai Studies
This episode on Betty Boop is our final episode of the season, and one of my favorites because I get to talk about hentai, one of my…… Read more “Betty Boop and Hentai Studies”
On Studying the Other
Sometimes it is very useful to go back, find those old writings, and revisit them to see the trajectory of your thoughts, and how much they have…… Read more “On Studying the Other”
Discussing Weird Al’s Staying Power
In a first, the forty-ninth episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast finds friend of the podcast Noelle Lynn Blood joining Christopher Olson and I to discuss…… Read more “Discussing Weird Al’s Staying Power”
Call for PWSA’s Inaugural Symposium
Originally posted on Professional Wrestling Studies Association:
The President of the PWSA invites submissions for the association’s inaugural PWSA Symposium: WrestlePosium I. This virtual symposium will happen…
