Rihanna’s Unapologetic Shadow Feminism, part 2

As always, this is pretty raw, first-draft stage material. I welcome your feedback 🙂 Thanks to everyone who has read and given feedback on part 1 of this series! The continued outcry and worry about Rihanna and her album clearly…

Rihanna’s Unapologetic “Shadow” Feminism, pt. 1

“…mistaking anti-social surrealism for social realism” (Kodwo Eshun, More Brilliant Than The Sun). People keep accusing Rihanna of this, that, and the other, when really she’s doing us such a favor that the least we could do is maybe buy…

Thoughts on SPEP 2012 Part 2

Thoughts on SPEP 2012 Part 2 This post is about the comments and discussion about my paper “I’ve Lost Control: Negative Affect, Feminism, and Race.” You can find links to the paper and the media I discuss in it here….

My SPEP 2012 Paper

My SPEP 2012 Paper

Today at 4 I’m giving a talk at SPEP. It’s titled “I’ve Lost Control: Negative Affect, Feminism, and Race.” Kathryn Gines from PSU has some great questions and commentary, too. Here‘s a link to a copy of the paper. Here…

From “No Future” to “Delete Yourself (You Have No Chance To Win)”: Hearing the difference between classical and neo- liberalism

This is all rather rough, and because I’m thinking of reworking this to submit here, I really appreciate any constructive feedback you may have. The Sex Pistol’s “God Save the Queen,” with its refrain, “no future,” has been central to…