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Women's Experimental Autobiography from Counterculture Comics to Transmedia Storytelling: Staging Encounters Across Time, Space, and Medium
Women's Experimental Autobiography from Counterculture Comics to Transmedia Storytelling: Staging Encounters Across Time, Space, and Medium Dissertation Presented in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of Ohio State University Alexandra Mary Jenkins, M.A. Graduate Program in English The Ohio State University 2014 Dissertation Committee: Jared Gardner, Advisor Sean O’Sullivan Robyn Warhol Copyright by Alexandra Mary Jenkins 2014 Abstract Feminist activism in the United States and Europe during the 1960s and 1970s harnessed radical social thought and used innovative expressive forms in order to disrupt the “grand perspective” espoused by men in every field (Adorno 206). Feminist student activists often put their own female bodies on display to disrupt the disembodied “objective” thinking that still seemed to dominate the academy. The philosopher Theodor Adorno responded to one such action, the “bared breasts incident,” carried out by his radical students in Germany in 1969, in an essay, “Marginalia to Theory and Praxis.” In that essay, he defends himself against the students’ claim that he proved his lack of relevance to contemporary students when he failed to respond to the spectacle of their liberated bodies. He acknowledged that the protest movements seemed to offer thoughtful people a way “out of their self-isolation,” but ultimately, to replace philosophy with bodily spectacle would mean to miss the “infinitely progressive aspect of the separation of theory and praxis” (259, 266). Lisa Yun Lee argues that this separation continues to animate contemporary feminist debates, and that it is worth returning to Adorno’s reasoning, if we wish to understand women’s particular modes of theoretical ii insight in conversation with “grand perspectives” on cultural theory in the twenty-first century. -
Television Sharknados and Twitter Storms
Television Sharknados and Twitter Storms: Cult Film Fan Practices in the Age of Social Media Branding Stephen William Hay A thesis submitted to Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the regulations for the degree of Master of Arts in Media Studies Victoria University of Wellington 2016 Abstract This thesis examines the Syfy channel’s broadcast of the television movie Sharknado and the large number of tweets that were sent about it. Sharknado’s audience engaged in cult film viewing practices that can be understood using paracinema theory. Paracinema engagement with cult films has traditionally taken place in midnight screenings in independent movie theatres and private homes. Syfy’s audience was able to engage in paracinematic activity that included making jokes about Sharknado’s low quality of production and interacting with others who were doing the same through the affordances of Twitter. In an age where branding has become increasingly important, Syfy clearly benefited from all the fan activity around its programming. Critical branding theory argues that the value generated by a business’s brand comes from the labour of consumers. Brand management is mostly about encouraging and managing consumer labour. The online shift of fan practices has created new opportunities for brand managers to subsume the activities of consumers. Cult film audience practices often have an emphasis on creatively and collectively engaging in rituals and activities around a text. These are the precise qualities that brands require from their consumers. Sharknado was produced and marketed by Syfy to invoke the cult film subculture as part of Syfy’s branding strategy. -
INTRODUCTION 1 Ryptic Vault Is a Company That Focuses on Creating Games to Be Played on the Ctable with Others
INTRODUCTION 1 ryptic Vault is a company that focuses on creating games to be played on the Ctable with others. To achieve this, I had to run through a process that is ever expanding. First, we had to research the market and history of tabletop gaming to see what is trending and what our potential competition are doing. Along the way, questions as well as assumptions and answers to some of those questions were covered and Cryptic Vault began to establish self-identity. This includes goals, stance on the market, logos, and the games that will be produced. This process books showcases this process and helps unravels the secrets that lie ahead for Cryptic Vault’s future. Purpose & Goals Benefits The purpose in making this board The benefits to this project are to game revolves around building a offer a non-digital, more social connection and sharing the experience. engaging game that people can I hope other people have fun with this enjoy with one another. People who game and want to play with others. As playing tabletop games can add a person who enjoys tabletop games, this to their next play session along sometimes it is nice to have fun with with people who may be new to friends without the need of technology playing these types of games. since that has become prevalent in our daily lives. Research Resources First initial way to conduct research The most obvious resources that is to interview friends of mine who are needed is a computer with the engage in tabletop gaming and ask Adobe Suite and a text editor for them what they like to see in a game. -
The History of Star Trek
The History of Star Trek The original Star Trek was the brainchild of Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991), a US TV producer and scriptwriter. His idea was to make a TV series that combined the futuristic possibilities of science fiction with the drama and excitement of TV westerns (his original title for the series was ‘Wagon Train to the Stars’). Star Trek was first aired on American TV in 1966, and ran for three series. Each episode was a self-contained adventure/mystery, but they were all linked together by the premise of a gigantic spaceship, crewed by a diverse range of people, travelling about the galaxy on a five-year mission ‘to explore new life and new civilisations, to boldly go where no man has gone before’. Although not especially successful it attracted a loyal fan-base, partly male fans that liked the technological and special effects elements of the show. But the show also attracted a large number of female fans, many of whom were drawn to the complex interaction and dynamic between the three main characters, the charismatic but impetuous Captain Kirk (William Shatner), the crotchety old doctor McCoy (DeForest Kelley) and the coldly logical Vulcan science officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy). After the show was cancelled in 1969 the fans conducted a lengthy and ultimately successful campaign to resurrect the franchise. Roddenberry enjoyed success with several motion pictures, including Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); action-thriller Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982); Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) and the more comic Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986). -
First Class Mail Starfleet
FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID Burnsville, NC Permit No. 12 FIRST CLASS MAIL STARFLEET The International Star Trek Fan Association STARFLEET is the fan organization with something for everyone. Members are united the world over in their appreciation of Star Trek - the greatest human adventure. Dozens of chapters spread across the world link members into local fandom and the central organization. Annual membership in STARFLEET begins with a package containing a membership card, memo pad, and a listing of chapters throughout he world, including the one nearest you! The membership handbook will introduce you to STARFLEET’s unique infrastructure that offers two membership options. One allows you to be an associate member with no obligation other than receiving membership materials and newsletters. The other option provides a more futuristic atmosphere for the fan intrigued by the fleet structure of Star Trek’s universe. After receiving the membership package a new member will have the opportunity to sign aboard the starship (chapter) of their choice, hold a fictional rank and position and take part in that chapter’s Star Trek related activities and community service projects. Another element of STARFLEET is the annual subscription to the Communique, our bi-monthly newsletter that members receive. The Communique contains current information on STARFLEET operations and chapter activities. There are reviews of STARFLEET activities, lists of upcoming conventions, news and information on Star Trek media and articles on the space program and related areas. When joining or renewing, please send the full page application with your check or money order (U. S. -
Never Surrender
AirSpace Season 3, Episode 12: Never Surrender Emily: We spent the first like 10 minutes of Galaxy Quest watching the movie being like, "Oh my God, that's the guy from the... That's that guy." Nick: Which one? Emily: The guy who plays Guy. Nick: Oh yeah, yeah. Guy, the guy named Guy. Matt: Sam Rockwell. Nick: Sam Rockwell. Matt: Yeah. Sam Rockwell has been in a ton of stuff. Emily: Sure. Apparently he's in a ton of stuff. Nick: Oh. And they actually based Guy's character on a real person who worked on Star Trek and played multiple roles and never had a name. And that actor's name is Guy. Emily: Stop. Is he really? Nick: 100 percent. Intro music in and under Nick: Page 1 of 8 Welcome to the final episode of AirSpace, season three from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. I'm Nick. Matt: I'm Matt. Emily: And I'm Emily. Matt: We started our episodes in 2020 with a series of movie minis and we're ending it kind of the same way, diving into one of the weirdest, funniest and most endearing fan films of all time, Galaxy Quest. Nick: The movie came out on December 25th, 1999, and was one of the first widely popular movies that spotlighted science fiction fans as heroes, unlike the documentary Trekkies, which had come out a few years earlier and had sort of derided Star Trek fans as weird and abnormal. Galaxy Quest is much more of a love note to that same fan base. -
Real Space Chat for Star Trek Crew 7 January 2013
Captain's log: real space chat for Star Trek crew 7 January 2013 "If you get into trouble with Nanites while you're in orbit, I know a guy who can help you contain them. He has experience," said Wil Wheaton, one of the stars of the successor series: "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Wheaton was alluding to an episode in which microscopic robots escape from an experiment conducted by his character Wesley Crusher and cause havoc on the starship Enterprise. Hadfield, again showing off his knowledge of Star Trek storylines, quipped: "Wesley, we've talked about you being on the bridge. I believe you're needed in Engineering." US actor William Shatner, who starred as Captain Kirk in "Star Trek: Enterprise", is pictured on October 19, 2012. Wrapping up the online chat was a message from Fact and fiction blurred this week when a real-life American astronaut Buzz Aldrin lamenting that astronaut boldly went where no man has gone before Twitter had not existed decades ago when he and and conversed from orbit via Twitter with the crew from Neil Armstrong became the first humans to walk on the television show. the moon. Hadfield rocketed into space in December. Fact and fiction blurred this week when a real-life He is the first Canadian to command the astronaut boldly went where no man has gone International Space Station, which orbits the Earth before and conversed from orbit via Twitter with from a distance of 350 kilometers (217 miles), the crew of television's "Star Trek: Enterprise." circling the planet every 90 minutes at a speed of 28,000 kilometers per hour. -
Mt Void 2050
MT VOID 01/18/19 -- Vol. 37, No. 29, Whole Number 2050 file:///Users/markleeper/mtvoid/VOID0118.htm MT VOID 01/18/19 -- Vol. 37, No. 29, Whole Number 2050 @@@@@ @ @ @@@@@ @ @ @@@@@@@ @ @ @@@@@ @@@@@ @@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@@@@ @@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@@@@ @ @ @ @ @@@@@ @@@@@ @@@ Mt. Holz Science Fiction Society 01/18/19 -- Vol. 37, No. 29, Whole Number 2050 Table of Contents The Theory and Origins of Piquant Food (Part 2) (comments by Mark R. Leeper) MARY POPPINS RETURNS (film review by Jim Susky) THE CONSUMING FIRE by John Scalzi (audiobook review by Joe Karpierz) Around the World in 80 Minutes? (letter of comment by Daniel T. Cox) This Week's Reading ("The Foundation Trilogy" and AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS) (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper) Quote of the Week Co-Editor: Mark Leeper, [email protected] Co-Editor: Evelyn Leeper, [email protected] Back issues at http://leepers.us/mtvoid/back_issues.htm All material is copyrighted by author unless otherwise noted. All comments sent or posted will be assumed authorized for inclusion unless otherwise noted. To subscribe, send mail to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected] The Theory and Origins of Piquant Food (Part 2) (comments by Mark R. Leeper): Last week I was talking about how I like (some, I'm not crazy) really spicy food. But in any case, what started me thinking is that I started looking at a jar of peppers in my refrigerator and I concluded that in a world of perversity there is no such thing as a reliable defense. Huh? Well, you see, way back somewhere there was a family of peppers with a problem. -
LEFTIES, the FAMOUS and the INFAMOUS
LEFTIES, the FAMOUS and the INFAMOUS U.S. PRESIDENTS RECORDING ARTISTS James Garfield, 20th President Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) Herbert Hoover, 31st President Phil Collins (Genesis) Harry S. Truman, 33rd President Don and Phil Everly (The Everly Gerald Ford, 38th President Brothers - 100% of the group!) George H.W. Bush, 41st President Jimi Hendrix Bill Clinton, 42nd President Paul McCartney (the Beatles; Wings) Barack Obama, 44th President Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel) Tiny Tim Some notes about the Presidents: Rudy Valee (1) Ronald Reagan was rumored to have VISUAL ARTISTS been born left-handed but was forced to switch early in his life. However, no Don Adams (Actor) documentation, photos, or witnesses Dan Aykroyd (Actor) have come forth to verify. So he is Eddie Albert (Actor) disqualified from this elite list. Tim Allen (Actor) June Allyson (2) Grover Cleveland was elected to Harry Anderson (Actor) two non-consecutive terms and is Amitabh Bachchan (Indian actor) counted twice. Herschel Bernardi Robert Blake (Actor) (3) The totals, then, is out of 43 US Matthew Broderick (Actor) Presidents, 7 have been left-handed. Bruce Boxleitner This is about twice the national Carol Burnett (Actress) percentage. Does the data suggest George Burns (Comedian) that if you are left-handed, you have Ruth Buzzi (Comedienne) slightly better chance of becoming a Drew Carey (Actor) US president? Probably not, but it is Keith Carradine (Actor) fun to speculate. Khaled Chahrour (Egyptian actor) Charlie Chaplin (Actor) George Gobel (Comedian) Chuck Conners (Actor) Hans Conreid James Cromwell Tom Cruise (Actor) Quinn Cummings Daniel Davis Steve McQueen (Actor) Bruce Davison Howie Mandel (Comedian) Matt Dillon (Actor) Marcel Marceau (Mime) Marty Engles (Comedian) Harpo Marx (Actor) Olivia de Havilland Marsha Mason Robert DeNiro (Actor) Mary Stuart Masterson Michael Dorn Anne Meara (Comedian) Fran Drescher (Comedian) Sasha Mitchell Richard Dreyfuss (Actor) Marilyn Monroe (Actress) W.C. -
Bill Nye the Science Guy Takes You Deep Inside the Fascinating and Entertaining World of Science!
Stage show performances at the USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo are sure to dazzle and inspire attendees! Listed below are some of our past performer highlights over the years at the Expo! NOTE: These are past performances. The 2018 Stage Performances have not been announced. Bill Nye the Science Guy Takes You Deep Inside the Fascinating and Entertaining World of Science! Bill Nye - scientist, engineer, comedian, author, and inventor - is a man with a mission: to help foster a scientifically literate society, and to help people everywhere understand and appreciate the science that makes our world work. But making science both understandable and entertaining is something Bill has been doing much of his life, starting with his studying under the great Carl Sagan in college and later working as a stand-up comedian. Curious ABout Space? With Emily Lakdawalla and Bill Nye the Science Guy! Is there life out there? Are we alone? How did we get here? Why are Venus and Mars so different from Earth? Could we suffer the fate of the dinosaurs? What are the questions that motivate space exploration, and what are we doing to answer them? Emily Lakdawalla will take you on a tour of Earth's active missions to the planets, and show you stunning photos that they have sent back in order to answer our questions about our place in the universe. Sleight- of-Hand: Explore the Science of Illusion by Apollo Robbins His act is so smooth and benign that Forbes magazine calls him the "artful manipulator of awareness." Adding to the reputation of this maestro of the sleight-of-hand is the fact he once picked the pockets of the Secret Service while he entertained a former President! Known as “The Gentleman Thief” he handles his participants in a non-intrusive way, without embarrassing them, often giving his audience a behind-the-scenes view. -
2013 PROGRAMMING GUIDE Celebrating the 20Th Anniversary of Babylon 5
2013 PROGRAMMING GUIDE Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Babylon 5 Art by Joe Corroney (Table 2237) and Hi Fi (Table 2235). Babylon 5 is copyright Warner Bros. 2 PHOENIX COMICON 2013 • PROGRAMMING GUIDE • PHOENIXCOMICON.COM PHOENIX COMICON 2013 • PROGRAMMING GUIDE • PHOENIXCOMICON.COM 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Hyatt Regency Map .....................................................6 Renaissance Map ...........................................................7 Exhibitor Hall Map .................................................. 8–9 Programming Rooms ........................................... 10–11 Phoenix Comicon Convention Policies .............12 Exhibitor & Artist Alley Locations .............14-15 Welcome to Phoenix Comicon, Guest Locations...........................................................16 Guest Bios .............................................................. 18–22 the signature pop-culture event of Programming Schedule ................................. 24–35 the southwest! Gaming Schedule ..............................................36–42 If you are new to us, or have never been to a “comicon” before, we welcome you. Programming Descriptions.........................44–70 This weekend is the culmination of efforts by over seven hundred volunteers over the past twelve months all with a singular vision of putting on the most fun convention you’ll attend. Festivities kick off Thursday afternoon and continue throughout the weekend. Spend the day checking out the exhibitor hall, meeting actors and writers, buying that hard to -
Cleveland Utilities Says It'll Delay Internet Action
T U E S D A Y 161st YEAR • NO. 237 FEBRUARY 2, 2016 ClEVElANd, tN 16 PAGES • 50¢ Cleveland Utilities says Board vote expanding it’ll delay Internet action CU Project Round-Up By LARRY C. BOWERS At the conclusion of Vineyard’s presen- its giving to several other nonprofits, a tation, the staff commented, “Delaying By LARRY C. BOWERS Banner Staff Writer Banner Staff Writer move the utility feels reflects the needs of the decision to enter the telecommunica- Bradley County residents. A PowerPoint presentation by Walt tions business does not have an apparent Cleveland Board of Public Utilities mem- Webb and United Way CEO Matt Vineyard of Cleveland Utilities’ IT downside, that we or our consultants can bers approved a motion Monday evening Ryerson have collaborated to expand the Department Monday detoured the need determine.” for Cleveland Utilities President and CEO charity list. for action by the Cleveland Board of Utility administrators also said, Ken Webb to sign a contract with United The majority of the funds (80 percent) Public Utilities on the ongoing issue of “Without knowing the outcome of the cur- Way of Bradley County expanding the util- will still go to The Caring Place and its fiber optics and broadband. rent broadband legislation, we would not ity’s charitable giving program called Neighbors in Need division, but the other An updated feasibility study by Uptown want to make any final recommendations Project Round-Up. 20 percent will be dispersed to Bradley Services led CU staff to determine it until we are able to evaluate all options In the past, all funds of the project went Cleveland Community Service Agency, should take a wait-and-see stance, until that may or may not be available to us in to The Caring Place.