Pop Junctions
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Pop Junctions is a blog that provides reflections on entertainment, pop culture, activism, media literacy, fandom, and more! Formerly known as Confessions of an Aca-Fan by Henry Jenkins.
Website: https://henryjenkins.org/
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Pop Junctions
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· Nov 30
Pop Junctions
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· Feb 28
OSCARS WATCH 2025 – The Substance: Youth, Body, Women, Success (Part One) — Pop Junctions
This piece is part of a series of critical responses to the films nominated for Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards. In this in-conversation piece, Do Own (Donna) Kim, Utsav Gandhi, and Gabrielle ...
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Pop Junctions
@popjunctions.bsky.social
· Feb 28
OSCARS WATCH 2025 – Anora — Pop Junctions
This piece is part of a series of critical responses to the films nominated for Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards. With this video essay, Green and Red perform a poetic analysis of both the styl...
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Pop Junctions
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· Feb 28
OSCARS WATCH 2025 – A Complete Unknown: A Conversation With Jonathan Taplin — Pop Junctions
This post is part of a series of critical responses to the films nominated for Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards. The following is an edited extract of a recording made recently for the producti...
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Pop Junctions
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· Feb 27
OSCARS WATCH 2025 – Political Fears and Fantasies in Edward Berger’s Conclave — Pop Junctions
This post is part of a series of critical responses to the films nominated for Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards. The political thriller is a genre that most effectively exists in close proximit...
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Pop Junctions
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· Feb 25
OSCARS WATCH 2025 – I’m Still Here: A Harrowing Retelling and Warning — Pop Junctions
This piece is part of a series of critical responses to the films nominated for Best Picture at the 97th Academy Awards. Fouquet weaves connections between nominees I'm Still Here , A Complete Unkno...
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Pop Junctions
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· Feb 22
NEPF Promotes a Bridge Between Fanfiction Academic Studies and Fandom in Brazil — Pop Junctions
In Brazil, NEPF is the only academic space dedicated to fanfic research, and, because of this, it has become extremely important for many graduate students and researchers around Brazil. So, readers o...
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Pop Junctions
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· Dec 27
“Popular” Dolls: A Discussion of the Wicked Movie Dolls in the Context of Wizard of Oz Merchandizing Culture — Pop Junctions
In this final installment of the themed series on toys, Henry Jenkins and Lauren Sowa discuss how the many Wicked branded toys and dolls fit into the larger culture of dolls and collecting...
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Pop Junctions
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· Dec 22
Marvel on the Shelf: The Art and Play of Action Figure Display — Pop Junctions
There are many ways that adults enact the practice of action figure collecting: they might be driven by completionism or nostalgia; motivated by a hunt for rarities; alter the design through customiza...
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Pop Junctions
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· Dec 20
Telling Your Toy Story: Fans’ Storytelling Practice in Shanghai Disneyland — Pop Junctions
It was 4AM in Shanghai, and a group of people in colorful clothing suddenly appeared. They were headed for a magical place: Shanghai Disneyland. They were up so early to wait in line for hours in orde...
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Pop Junctions
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· Dec 10
Barbie in Pakistan: The Toy, the Movie, and the Cultural Ambiguities — Pop Junctions
In Pakistan, Barbie the movie transcended its form as mere cinematic spectacle and metamorphosed into a tool through which the complex, unspoken, and ambiguous scales of morality can be an...
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