In the forty-second episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast, Christopher Olson and I discuss the on-screen dancing duo Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. In this episode,…… Read more “Backwards and in High Heels”
Pop Culture Lens Returns with Arnold!
To start the new season, in the forty-first episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast, Christopher Olson and CarrieLynn Reinhard are joined by unofficial third co-host Joe…… Read more “Pop Culture Lens Returns with Arnold!”
CfC for Book on Mental Illness in Entertainment Media
Call for Chapters for Book Proposal The editors are seeking chapter proposals for a collection of essays that examine positive, healthy, and accurate portrayals of mental illness…… Read more “CfC for Book on Mental Illness in Entertainment Media”
Colonies
In the 22nd century, the Earth’s surface has become unstable due to climate change and overpopulation. More and more people spend their lives in the tunnels cut…… Read more “Colonies”
Call for Chapter Proposals: Eating Fandom
Call for Chapter Proposals for Anthology Title: Eating Fandom: Intersections between Fans and Food Culture Editors: CarrieLynn D. Reinhard (Dominican University), Bertha Chin (Swinburne University of Technology,…… Read more “Call for Chapter Proposals: Eating Fandom”
New Publication for Professional Wrestling Studies
Thanks to the Popular Culture Studies Journal, we now have a publication of professional wrestling studies! Via Special Edition for PCSJ on Pro Wrestling
Seeking MPCA/ACA Proposals
Interested in professional wrestling studies? Join this burgeoning community at MPCA/ACA in the fall! via CFP MPCA 2018 Wrestling Studies
Fractured Fandom and Power Flows
In the past decades, academic scholarship has celebrated fans and their fandoms, and even public discourse has seen a turnaround from ostracizing fans to embracing them. While…… Read more “Fractured Fandom and Power Flows”
Interacting with AAW Heels
More on my continuing autoethnography with the AAW promotion in Chicago with this story focusing on Interacting with AAW Heels
Analyzing Trump’s 2018 SOTU
Back in 2013, I analyzed President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address after the contentious 2012 election campaign. I copied the transcript for his address and…… Read more “Analyzing Trump’s 2018 SOTU”
