Sometimes the source material gives you one-liner gems that are just too good to be true. I was so inspired by Ann Romney’s speech this week during the RNC that I decided she’d make a great Feminist Lesbian Separatist. What can I say? The Republican rhetoric is just ripe for remixing.
It’s a delayed blog post today thanks to Daniel Tosh who, after being heckled by a female audience member, suggested it would be funny if she were gang raped. The media has been all over this story and my feminist media monitoring colleagues have written some great pieces, drawing parallels between rape jokes and a culture where rape is acceptable… Read more →
Can I buy these in bulk and just start running amuck on the subway? Created for the Manhattan bound L platform at the Lorimer stop, it’s the best possible addition to the intergenerational eyesore of the summer, “That’s My Boy” featuring Adam Sadler and Andy Samberg. Here’s more of only my favorites by Jilly Ballistic: Technology. Street Art. Sarcasm. What could be… Read more →
The following essay, posted here in its entirety, was originally published in the Spring 2012 issue of Transformative Works and Cultures. Here I argue that remix is a queer act and caution that, as the entertainment industry begins to add queer characters to mainstream texts, the available subtext that remix works depend on is threatened. The curated video selection is available here. Appropriation… Read more →
In only 6 days, these remixed images made by Hillary fans have gone viral, getting coverage in the NYTimes and from Chelsea Clinton herself. The meme started last week at a DC gay bar by communication specialists Adam Smith and Stacy Lambe. A week later, Hill met with them and thanked them profusely for boosting her image with young voters free of charge and then quickly… Read more →
I think remix is a queer act. Because it requires a rejection of the dominant and acceptable notions of copyright and challenges the author/reader and owner/user binaries on which copyright is based. The following are some of the best queer video remixes on the web. Now, I define “best” as representative of the queer remix community; this is not an exhaustive list. I… Read more →
In the remixed narrative, QueerMen: Don Loves Roger, the two patriarchs weigh the costs of coming out of the closet and decide they can afford it. The goal was to tell a story about two men who once preserved concepts of manhood and masculinity but then found relief and happiness in each other, becoming a threat to the very same patriarchal system on which their… Read more →
If you’ve ever tried to find a clip from a TV show or movie to make a point, illustrate an example or just laugh when you’re down, you know locating excerpts from specific shows online is hard as hell. Several organizations (and lobbyists?) have objected to the exemptions that allow creators to rip DVDs for fair use purposes (classrooms, remixing, documentary… Read more →
I was invited to the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard to review and workshop their newest report on youth and digital media. I’m excited to release their findings here. I’m excited not because I like kids or think they are our future. No, I’m excited because we finally have some cold, hard stats on who’s creating content…. Read more →
I’ve never seen a super cut like this. Compiled solely from TV references made within existing TV shows, this remix follows the trail of pop-culture evidence, revealing that all shows inevitably lead back to SNL. Source materials include: Saturday Night Live 30 Rock Community South Park Hannah Montana Law and Order Beavis and Butthead Full House The Simpsons Scrubs Gilmore… Read more →
