Conference Schedule

POP PRAXIS: SOCIAL JUSTICE & THE MEDIA
FRIDAY, APRIL 8TH, 2011
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI (TANGEMAN UNIVERSITY CENTER)


8:30am-9:20am: Welcome & registration. Come to room 400B for some coffee and bagels!

9:30am-10:20am: Session 1

TUC 403:

“Black Stereotypes and Resisting White Hegemony in Good Times” Wonda Baugh

“The Power in the Silence: The Lack of Soundtrack in Queer as Folk as a Means to Convey Social

and Political Activism” Elisabeth Woronzoff

TUC 417A:

“Postfeminist Math Barbie: Danica McKellar’s Provocative Education Advocacy”

Sarah Mitchell

“30 Rock and Feminism in Flux” Lee Serbin

TUC 417B:

“Making It or Breaking Down: Eating Disorders and Body Image in a Teen Gymnastics

Drama” Rachel Nickens

“Queering the Aesthetics of Sex/uality and Body in Queer-Feminist Erotica” B. Carbonara

TUC 417C:

“True love and happiness: Sexuality and romance on The Bachelorette” Krysten Stein

& Nancy Jennings

“Queer Sex in a Straight City: Gender, Bisexuality, and Heteronormativity in Sex and the City”

Jayme Hughes

10:30am-11:20am: Session 2

TUC 403:

“‘Now You Can Run and Tell Dat’: Antoine Dodson and Creating Visibility around New

Masculinity in the Black Community” Brandon Manning

“Outsider Within: Homosexuality and the Black Church” India Pierce

TUC 417A:

“Freak of Culture: A Feminist Analysis of Lady Gaga’s Postmodern Disability Drag”

Krystal Cleary

“Using Foucault to Deconstruct Ableism in Film” Mark O’Hara

TUC 417B:

“Subversive Sexualities in Fandom: Dialogue Between Fan and Text” Natalie Kirk

“Women Creating Desire for Themselves: Slash Fanfiction, Boys’ Love Manga, and Expanding

the Possibilities of Pornography” Caroline Hyatt

TUC 417C:

Workshop: “Hot Hoops: from ‘String Cheese’ to Wii Fit” Katie Dreyer

11:30am-12:20pm: Keynote speech in room 400B

Andi Zeisler is the co-founder and editorial/creative director of Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop

Culture.

12:30pm-1:20pm: Lunch on your own. Please see “Welcome” section of your conference

packet for a list of conveniently located eateries!

1:30pm-2:20pm: Session 3

TUC 417A:

“Disco Stick: Lady Gaga and the Phallus” Anna Huelefeld

“No Homo: An Analysis of the Anti-Queer Bias in Pop Music” Christopher Campbell

TUC 417B:

“Queering Primetime: Portrayals of Gay Men and Lesbians in Popular Network

Television” John Freml

“All Is Not Glee-ful: How Glee’s Representation of Marginalized Groups Has Informed the Public

Imagination and Perpetuated Harmful Stereotypes” Katie Lambing and Rachel Berman

TUC 417C:

 “Consuming Buffy: Embracing the Darkness and Female Empowerment in the Buffyverse” Jamie

Pond

2:30pm-3:20pm: Session 4

TUC 403:

 “Batman and the Cultural Construction of Masculinity Ideals” Ryan Back

“Skinny Jeans, Studded Belts, and Long Bangs: Alternatives to Hegemonic Masculinities Or Just

The Same Song to a New Tune?” Rachel Deel

TUC 417A:

 “‘I Just Can’t Be With You Like This’: Lady Gaga’s ‘Alejandro,’ Queer Futurity, and the Horizons of the Lifeworld” Brock Webb

“The Gaga Manifesto: Gender, Sexuality and Cyborg Mythmaking” Christina Black

TUC 417B:

“Are We Still Down?: Femininity and Womanhood Explored through the Lyrics of

Tupac Shakur” Donnae Wahl

“‘All of the Men Are Dead’: Performative Gender and the Gaze in Y: The Last Man and Ōoku:

The Inner Chambers” SF McGinley

TUC 417C:

Video: The Image of Women in Film Noir (2002), 22 min.  Followed by presentation, “The Picture Gets the Final Word: Conflicting Narratives of Image, Word, and Philosophy in the Depictions of Women in Film Noir “ H. Michael Sanders and Matt Bennett

3:30pm-4:20pm: Session 5

TUC 403:

“Disney Live-Action Films as Cheesy Clichés of Consumerism” Dr. Eric Jenkins

“An Intersectional Analysis of Dora the Explorer” Sierra Moore

TUC 417A:

“Guns: Problem in Society or Society as the Problem?” Tyler DeLaet

“Bill’s Boogeymen: A look at media theory and ideology in The O’Reilly Factor” Stephanie Talbot

TUC 417B:

“Race Illusionists: Pop Culture Minstrels of the Modern Day” Key Beck

"Lost in Otherness: Toward a Feminist Viewership Practice" Angela Zippin

TUC 417C:

Workshop: “Student Development as Feminist Activists” Kim Fulbright and student activists

4:30pm-???: Please join your conference organizers for a networking and socializing happy

hour at UC’s Catskeller Campus Pub!

Support public broadcast, support social justice

Just this morning, as I was driving my usual half-hour to UC's campus, I had the pleasure of listening to an NPR broadcast about the history of women's constitutional rights in the United States. In addition to being intrigued and informed by this topic, I was also reminded of just how important it is that we support avenues for public discourse about human rights.

Because of the reliable and thoughtful flow of information that is regularly produced by NPR and other public broadcast outlets, our democracy would suffer without it! Please take a moment to visit 170millionamericans.org to see what you can do to prevent cuts in the federal funding of public broadcasting!

Also, don't forget to submit your proposals to Pop Praxis by February 28th!

Pop Praxis: Social Justice & the Media seeks paper, presentation and workshop submissions for a conference to be held on Friday, April 8^th, 2011 at the University of Cincinnati. Pop culture—television, movies, music, etc.—represents a central site of inquiry for scholars and activists who work toward social justice. This conference provides a space for dialogue about the intersections of pop culture, theory and practice.  We will explore the roles we all can play in the production and thoughtful consumption of culture.

We look forward to reading your proposal regarding pop culture as it relates to feminism, race, disability or queer theory, class, consumption, and all forms of political activism or cultural production.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

Analysis of scripted television (e.g., LOST, Sex & the City, Mad Men)

Analysis of reality television (e.g., The Real L Word, Jersey Shore, anything on Vh1)

The culture and/or activism of social networking (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, myspace, YouTube)

Lady Gaga (e.g., her music, videos, performance, fashion, politics, persona)

Ableism & representations of disability in pop culture (e.g., Weeds, Million Dollar Baby, crip-hop)

Political porn? (e.g., feminist, queer, etc.)

Gender and sexuality in music videos (e.g., Ke$ha, Justin Bieber, Beyoncé)

Indie publishing and production (e.g., zines, blogs, documentaries, podcasts)

Cinema (e.g., The Kids Are All Right, Avatar, Precious, The Blind Side)

Race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, religion, nature, etc. in pop culture

This event will be free and open to the public. Info about accommodations will follow.

Proposal format:

We will accept proposals from undergraduates, graduates and faculty. Presentations will run 15-20 minutes each and can include papers, films or workshops oriented toward practice (activism, media production, performance). Your proposal should be sent as a Word document and include: title, 300-word abstract, description of A/V needs, your contact info, and a bio of no more than 100 words including your university affiliation. Send your submissions and/or questions to poppraxis@gmail.com no later than February 28^th, 2011.