Dr Thomas Baudinette
@tbaudinette.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Global Cultures at Macquarie University; East-SE Asia (Kpop, BL, idols), esp. queer media; opinions my own
Sadly not open access, but I'll be able to send PDFs of the issue to interested people in the new year
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
East Asian Journal of Popular Culture | Intellect
The East Asian Journal of Popular Culture is the leading academic peer-reviewed journal for scholars, teachers and students from around the world interested in the popular culture of East Asia. In rec...
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December 26, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Sadly not open access, but I'll be able to send PDFs of the issue to interested people in the new year
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
Time Magazine :)
November 27, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Time Magazine :)
Excited to announce I will be heading to Chicago next year for #SCMS2025, for a roundtable with Katie Morrisey, Lori Morimoto, Areum Jeong, and Latina Vidolova on "Adapting Media Studies Pedagogy for Today's Global Media Ecosystem." Yes, I'll be talking about BL (as usual)!
@scmstudies.bsky.social
@scmstudies.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Apparently the original webtoon has a whole queer romantic sub-narrative that the drama cut (with a lot of webtoon fans complaining that the heteronormative ending undercuts the feminist themes of the drama)
m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/articl...
m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/articl...
'Jeongnyeon' finale sparks criticism for departing from original webtoon
The conclusion of the tvN drama 'Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born,' which aired its final episode on Sunday, sparked significant backlash among fans of the original webtoon.
m.koreatimes.co.kr
November 24, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Apparently the original webtoon has a whole queer romantic sub-narrative that the drama cut (with a lot of webtoon fans complaining that the heteronormative ending undercuts the feminist themes of the drama)
m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/articl...
m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/articl...
As Murakami's newest novel hits bookshelves in English translation, I am reminded why I purged him from my Japanese literature class. Anyways, here's an excellent review of why his new novel isn't worth the read:
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...
Haruki Murakami’s New Novel Doesn’t Feel All That New
“The City and Its Uncertain Walls” features all the author’s signature elements — and his singular voice — in a story he has told before.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2024 at 5:50 AM
As Murakami's newest novel hits bookshelves in English translation, I am reminded why I purged him from my Japanese literature class. Anyways, here's an excellent review of why his new novel isn't worth the read:
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...
My particular contribution emerges from my ethnographic investigation of Korean and Japanese media fandom in the Philippines, exploring how fantasies of Koreanness and Japaneseness are shaping the expression of romance in Philippine contemporary pop culture
November 24, 2024 at 12:38 AM
My particular contribution emerges from my ethnographic investigation of Korean and Japanese media fandom in the Philippines, exploring how fantasies of Koreanness and Japaneseness are shaping the expression of romance in Philippine contemporary pop culture
November 20, 2024 at 5:21 AM