This week’s In Media Res theme focus is The Feelings Business: The Real Housewives Franchise (May 12 - May 17, 2013). Here's the line-up: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/ Monday, May 13, 2013 - Rachel Silverman (Embry Riddle University) presents: Welcome to The Clubhouse Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - Jacquelyn Arcy (University of Minnesota) presents: Real Housework: Branding Emotional Labor in The Real Housewives of New York City Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - Kimberly Springer (School of Information, University of Michigan) presents: The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s African Adventure Thursday, May 16, 2013 - David R. Coon (University of Washington Tacoma) presents: Weathering a Recession with The Real Housewives Friday, May 17, 2013 - Chelsea Bullock (University of Oregon) presents: The Labor of Intimacy in the Affective Marketplace of The Real Housewives of Atlanta Theme week organized by Jing Zhang (Georgia State University). To receive links for each day’s posts and stay up to date on 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]