The journal is proud to announce the publication of issue 26.03! This
month's articles:


>> Kathleen Loock, "'The Most Wonderful Time of the Year': Christmas
Classics Old and New"
<http://www.flowjournal.org/2019/11/christmas-classics-old-and-new/>

Kathleen Loock compares definitive Christmas classics *It's a Wonderful
Life* and *Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel* to contemporary holiday movie
releases from Netflix, exploring how the streaming service is using the
niche genre to create Christmas movies for a global audience.


>>> Cáel M. Keegan, "In Praise of the Bad Transgender Object: *Rocky Horror*
" <http://www.flowjournal.org/2019/11/in-praise-of-the-bad/>

*The Rocky Horror Picture Show* has been the object of ongoing cultural
fascination and criticism for its portrayal of transgender stereotypes.
Cáel M. Keegan questions whether this “bad object” is redeemable in an
exploration of the standards of representation in the transgender media
archive.


>>> Sarah T. Roberts, "Section 230 as American Tech's 'Soft Power' Secret
Weapon" <http://www.flowjournal.org/2019/11/section-230-soft-power/>
Analyzing recent Congressional testimony of social media and internet
content firms, Sarah T. Roberts reveals the expanding "soft power" reach of
Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act of 1996.

>>> Brian Fauteux, "Advocating on Behalf of Independent Musicians:
Copyright Reform and Corporate Consolidation"
<http://www.flowjournal.org/2019/11/advocating-for-musicians/>
Brian Fauteux takes readers through his experience participating in
Canada's copyright review process, particularly highlighting how the
current state of the market grants large companies a great deal of control
over artists.

>>> Helen Morgan-Parmett, "Gender, Place, and Nostalgia in The Marvelous
Mrs. Maisel"
<http://www.flowjournal.org/2019/11/gender-place-nostalgia-in-maisel/>
Analyzing The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Helen Morgan-Parmett discusses the
intersections of gender and urban crisis in nostalgic discourses
surrounding New York's past, present, and future.

>>> Deborah L. Jaramillo, "Finding the 'TV' in TV News"
<http://www.flowjournal.org/2019/11/finding-tv-in-tv-news/>
Deborah L. Jaramillo contemplates television studies' limited analysis of
TV news and issues an important call for the re-examination of such texts
as a genre.

>>> Finley Freibert, "A Public Records Request Rabbit Hole in the Study of
Nontheatrical Distribution"
<http://www.flowjournal.org/2019/11/rabbit-hole-of-nontheatrical-distribution/>
Finley Freibert reveals the challenges of accessing public records and
telling the history of gay, nontheatrical film distributor, John Samuel
Bridges, in 1960s San Francisco.

>>> Travis Warren Cooper, "Terrence Malick's Architecture of the Domestic"
<http://www.flowjournal.org/2019/11/malicks-architecture/>
Through a close reading of Malick's Tree of Life, Travis Warren Cooper
offers up a comparative analysis of architectural style found in Hollywood
films.


*Flow* <http://flowjournal.org> is a critical forum on television and media
culture published by the Department of Radio-Television-Film
<https://rtf.utexas.edu> at the University of Texas at Austin. *Flow*'s
mission is to provide a space where scholars and the public can discuss
media histories, media studies, and the changing landscape of contemporary
media.

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