Greetings, We want to let you know that the new issue of Flow: A Critical Forum on Television and Media Culture is available at http://flowtv.org. Please stop by and feel free to leave comments. This issue features columns from: Charles R. Acland, Aymar Jean Christian, Lisa Coulthard, Esteban Del Rio, Lucas Hilderbrand, Amanda Klein, and Murray Pomerance This issue's columns in brief: "You Haven't Seen Avatar Yet" by Charles R. Acland http://flowtv.org/2011/02/you-havent-seen-avatar/ The DVD set for the film Avatar invites viewers to "extend the journey," exemplary of the elasticity of the film's boundaries. "The Problem of YouTube" by Aymar Jean Christian http://flowtv.org/2011/02/the-problem-of-youtube/ Aymar Jean Christian dissects what's wrong with everyone's favorite video channel. "Drunk History and Displaced Vocality" by Lisa Coulthard http://flowtv.org/2011/02/drunk-history-and-displaced-vocality/ An examination of displaced voices in Drunk History. "Problems, Potential, and Place in Portlandia" by Esteban Del Rio http://flowtv.org/2011/02/portlandia/ Can the enviro-slacker audience of IFC's Portlandia laugh at themselves? "It's Okay to Watch a Show Called Cougar Town" by Lucas Hilderbrand http://flowtv.org/2011/02/its-okay-to-watcha-show-called-cougar-town/ Lucas Hilderbrand celebrates the pleasures of the ABC sitcom Cougar Town and assures us, "It's okay to watch." "Black Swan, Cinematic Excess and the Full Body Experience" by Amanda Klein http://flowtv.org/2011/02/black-swan/ In this piece, Amanda Klein explores how Black Swan employs the conventions of art cinema in order to engage the mind, and uses the conventions of horror, melodrama, and pornography to engage the body. "'Who Lives?': Notes on a Cinematic Moment" by Murray Pomerance http://flowtv.org/2011/02/who-lives/ In the true, unfolding experience of watching cinema, in our actual presence with the image, our sense of being struck depends on our relation to telltale moments. Interested in supporting Flow? Click HERE http://flowtv.org/about/support/ FlowTV is now on Twitter! Follow Flow's Twitter page at: http://twitter.com/flowtv FlowTV is also on Facebook! Get updates on your news feed by becoming a fan: www.facebook.com/FlowTV We look forward to your visit and encourage your comments. Best wishes, Flow Editorial Staff ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html