Tag: misogyny

• The Pop Culture Lens Discusses Videodrome

  

  In the twenty-ninth episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast, Christopher Olson (Seems Obvious to Me) and myself welcome the Halloween season and friend of the podcast Salvatore DiSalvatore to discuss the body horror film from David Cronenberg, Videodrome (1983). In this episode, the conversation considers how prescient and thus still relevant this thirty-three year-old […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  October 17, 2016

  Film Studies, Internet Studies

  abjection, body horror, Carolyn Marvin, censorship, David Cronenberg, desensitization, hyperreality, Marshall McLuhan, misandry, misogyny, Neil Postman, new media, over-stimulation, Robert Putnam, sensationalism, Sherry Turkle, simulacrum, The Medium is the Message, Tom Standage, Videodrome

• Fan Privilege and Fractured Fandom

  

  Lately, almost every day reveals another story that could be related to a phenomenon I have been discussing on this blog: fractured fandom. Just within the past week, we have had stories about Men’s Rights Activists being misogynists in video gaming communities (here and here), a consideration of how the generation gap is causing problems […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  September 4, 2014

  Communication Studies, Fandom

  agency, Anthony Giddens, Black Peter, communication, Community, Fandom, fans, Ferguson, fractured fandom, legitimacy, Michael Brown, misogyny, normalcy, online communities, privilege, sexism, social literacy, structuration theory, Thanksgiving, traditions, white privilege

• Problems with Perceptions in Fandom

  

  Part of the process of understanding the phenomenon of fractured fandom is to gather stories that thematically reveal its nature, such as my ongoing analysis of how My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fans reacted to the feature film Equestria Girls and its soon-to-be sequel Rainbow Rocks.  The more stories we can gather, then the more […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  May 14, 2014

  Audience/Reception Studies, Critical/Cultural Studies, Fandom, Gender Studies

  attitudes, beliefs, C2E2, cognitive dissonance, cosplay, cultural psychology, fake geek girl, Fandom, fans, feelings, geekdom, geeks, gender appropriateness, imposter syndrome, interpretations, Men, misogynistic extremism, misogyny, misperceptions, nerds, perceptions, Psychology, Sense-making, sexism, sexist, sexualization, social psychology, women

• What Women Don’t Want — LadyBits on Medium

  What Women Don’t Want — LadyBits on Medium — Medium. So here we have another wonderful breakdown of a breakdown in the progress of bringing women across gendered lines.  This summer — and maybe even this year thus far — has been one in which we really start to address the realities of what has […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  September 13, 2013

  Digital Games, Fandom, Gender Studies, Internet Studies

  fake geek girls, fractured fandom, gender inequality, gender swapping, male dominance, man caves, misogyny