This week’s In Media Res theme is Reality TV and Otherness (September 26-30). Here's the line-up: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/ Monday September 26, 2011 – Racquel Gates (College of Staten Island) presents: You Can’t Turn a Ho into a Housewife: Basketball Wives and the Politics of Wifedom Tuesday September 27, 2011 – Jeremy Sarachan (St. John Fisher College) presents: A Question of Taste: Cultural Identity on Chopped Wednesday September 28, 2011 – Charity Fox (University of Baltimore) presents: One Man Army: Ultimate Warfighters and Interchangeable Tough Guys Thursday September 29, 2011 – Roger Almendarez (Northwestern University) presents: Situating Snookie: The Jersey Shore’s Framing of an Ethnic Enclave Friday September 30, 2011 – Shawna Kidman (University of Southern California) presents: Fitting In on The Glee Project Theme week organized by Katherine Zakos (Georgia State University). To receive links for each day’s posts and see our latest calls for curators, please be sure “like” our newly launched Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mediacommons.inmediares You can also follow us on Twitter at @MC_IMR For more information, please contact In Media Res at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or email the Coordinating Editor, Alisa Perren, at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Best, The In Media Res Team ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]