Media Literate

Episode 22: Bridgerton - About More Than Just C*m?

Attention ladies and gentleman of the ton, Media Literate is back for the new social season with romance scholar and absolute legend Jackie Johnson, who joins Kim and Laura for a chat about the racial politics of Bridgerton (2020-). What does it mean to be "race-blind?" And how do the implications of a story change when adapting a book to film with actors of color?

 

Some cool sources for further inquiry:

Aymar Jean Christian, Open TV: Innovation beyond Hollywood and the Rise of Web Television: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.18574/9781479814909/html

Jayashree Kamblé, Making Meaning in Popular Romance Fiction: An Epistemology: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=mUBvBAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=jayashree+kamble&ots=8QxOGBUBwZ&sig=seFvWyylkW95zs233pJygEVo1bI#v=onepage&q&f=false

Sarah Brouillette, “Romance Work”: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/722834/pdf?casa_token=LzDajTFXir0AAAAA:gCEFVrR_sw73KQdcZFQGUzDnDh-QanC9pXXqdEP705hjnHoZq36X0skrqgDGEzhplOV0pw1D7Q

Episode 21: A Media Literate Christmas Special

It's finally mildly chilly in Los Angeles, so grab a cup of cocoa (or something stronger) and get cozy. Kim and Laura are talking about their favorite Christmas movies in an extended Canon Fodder segment that in classic Canon Fodder tradition mostly doesn't mention any of the actual Christmas movie canon.

Snack Episode 10: Understanding Chicanx Cinema

This week's snack episode is led by Daniela Velazco, who teaches us the roots and importance of Chicanx cinema. Learn how these Mexican-American filmmakers started, what motivated the stories they tell, and why their films especially relevant in our modern, transnational context.

Episode 20: Turning White Men into Fertilizer

Kim and Laura return to their ongoing conversation on futurity with Sebastian, who talks with them about Indigenous time and conceptions of the future.

Some cool links for further inquiry:

Incident at Restigouche: https://www.nfb.ca/film/incident_at_restigouche/ The Cave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHZsdgfo11w&t=3s

File Under Miscellaneous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SEyAs-FSHQ&t=360s

The 6th World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f4Jm0y_iLk

Lindsey Catherine Cornum, “The Creation Story is a Spaceship: Indigenous Futurism and Decolonial Deep Space”: http://www.vozavoz.ca/feature/lindsay-catherine-cornum

Grace L. Dillon (ed.), Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction: https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/walking-the-clouds

N.K. Jemisin, “How Long ’Til Black Future Month?”: https://nkjemisin.com/2013/09/how-long-til-black-future-month/

Mark Rifkin, Beyond Settler Time: Temporal Sovereignty and Indigenous Self-Determination: https://www.dukeupress.edu/beyond-settler-time

Leslie Marmon Silko, “Long time ago”: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx3b2xmZWttaHN8Z3g6NTg2MTk3YWU0NmUwYjVjNQ

Kali Simmons, “Reorientations; or, An Indigenous Feminist Reflection on the Anthropocene”: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/717132/pdf?casa_token=9A_HWUnJtvAAAAAA:LWQmXYA0-HhA-gTz5MuF8UqIt6sNVlYwOoxDWPiNgXlV4Jg3PRoee8PZQgkUE0Oupc5k9Xwf5g

Zoe Todd, “Indigenizing the Anthropocene”: https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/3118244/7-Todd,-Zoe,-Indigenizing-the-Anthropocene.pdf

Interview with Jeff Barnaby: https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/jeff-barnaby-is-worried-white-people-wont-get-blood-quantum.html

Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medialiteratepodcast/

Music credit: Fawn Wood

Snack Episode 9: Fourth Cinema and Beyond

Returning guest, Sebastian, comes to explain everything important about Fourth Cinema and its roots in media history...in 4 minutes. Learn about numbered cinema and what comes next in this week's Snack Episode.

Episode 19: Star Power

Ann returns once again, this time for a chat with Kim and Laura about the power of celebrity in the United States and China and its role in projecting national influence around the world. Plus, Kim and Laura share some of their most embarrassing celebrity hangups.

 

Some cool links for further info:

Ann McCarthy, "Reality Television: A Neoliberal Theater of Suffering": https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anna-Mccarthy-2/publication/249880817_Reality_Television_A_Neoliberal_Theater_of_Suffering/links/556c098108aeccd7773a228c/Reality-Television-A-Neoliberal-Theater-of-Suffering.pdf

Sarah Banet-Weiser, Authentic(TM): https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.18574/9780814739372/html

 

Episode 18: What Americans Are Missing About ‘Squid Game‘

Kim and Laura are joined by Ph.D. student Maddie Hawk for a chat about the history of Korean media up to and including Squid Game. Why is it so big right now, and what do we miss about it when we don't have the proper context?

Snack Episode 8: The Horror of Abjection (In 4 Minutes)

Just in time for the Spooky Holidays, our newest Short-Form Snack Episode invites back Charlotte Scurlock to teach us the history and use of the horror genre term: abjection. 

Some cool links for further inquiry:

Julia Kristeva, Powers of Horror: http://digitalmedia.arts.ufl.edu/~jack/home/images/archive/6/60/20160825003818%21Kristevapowersofhorrorabjection.pdf

 

Barbara Creed, The Monstrous-Feminine: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780429236143/monstrous-feminine-barbara-creed

Episode 17: Turning Beef into Beyond Burgers

Get ready for a very wholesome airing of grievances. Laura and Kim bring on a brand-new team member, MFA student Julia Elizabeth Evans, to settle the centuries-old (probably) rivalry between film studies and film production. Is the author really dead, as this podcast has been saying for months now? Let's see what an author thinks.

 

Some cool links for further inquiry:

Roland Barthes, The Death of the Author: https://sites.tufts.edu/english292b/files/2012/01/Barthes-The-Death-of-the-Author.pdf

 

T.J. Demos, Beyond the World's End: Arts of Living at the Crossing: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=UnH0DwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT5&dq=tj+demos+beyond+the+end+of+the+world&ots=zRTBDwZOdi&sig=dK3itlCSaYLVCxnpWKRCjQ2MeXM#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

Laura Mulvey, "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema": http://johnniewilcox.com/courses/20051/postmodernism/files/articles/20050131mulvey.pdf

 

Marc Siegel, "The Intimate Spaces of Wong Kar-wai": https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Bmihe5fRwV4C&oi=fnd&pg=PP13&dq=marc+siegel+at+full+speed&ots=bHHyrZl2iS&sig=5ephdhHON1bSsh-VxfQoAdxoN2U#v=onepage&q=marc%20siegel%20at%20full%20speed&f=false

 

The IATSE strike: https://iatse.net/by-a-nearly-unanimous-margin-iatse-members-in-tv-and-film-production-vote-to-authorize-a-nationwide-strike/

 

https://www.juliaelizabethevans.com/

Snack Episode 7: What is the IATSE Strike?

In this early-release Snack Episode, Julia Elizabeth Evans discusses the recent IATSE strike rippling through the media production world, and explains why it matters for you and the shows you care about. 

 

Want to learn more about the updated agreement between Producers and Film Crew Members?
"Hollywood Strike Averted As IATSE & AMPTP Reach Deal On New Film & TV" Contracthttps://deadline.com/2021/10/hollywood-strike-averted-iatse-amptp-reach-agreement-on-new-film-tv-contract-1234850563/