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”
Pop Culture Lens on A Christmas Carol
In the fortieth episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast, Christopher Olson and I present a special episode for the 2017 holiday season by discussing the morality…… Read more “Pop Culture Lens on A Christmas Carol”
Twitter Dialogues
I just learned that Storify is going away in May 2018, and I had been using the platform to store tweets for my Fractured Fandom project, such…… Read more “Twitter Dialogues”
The Pop Culture Lens on Mental Health
For this special episode of The Pop Culture Lens, Christopher J. Olson (Seems Obvious to Me) and I address a question: are representations of mental health issues in…… Read more “The Pop Culture Lens on Mental Health”
