Dear Screen-L Subscribers, Warning: shameless self-promotion ahead! I’m delighted to announce the publication of *Provoc*auteurs* and Provocations: Screening Sex in 21st Century* *Media* from Indiana University Press. Publisher's description below. In *Provoc*auteurs* and Provocations*, award-winning author Maria San Filippo looks at the provocative in films, television series, web series and videos, entertainment industry publicity materials, and social media discourses and explores its potential to create alternative, even radical ways of screening sex. Throughout this edgy volume, San Filippo reassesses troubling texts and divisive figures, examining controversial strategies—from "real sex" scenes to scandalous marketing campaigns to full-frontal nudity—to reveal the critical role that sexual provocation plays as an authorial signature and promotional strategy within the contemporary media landscape. *Download a PDF of the Prologue and through May 2021 receive a 30% discount on author’s IUP titles using promo code SANFILIPPO * https://iupress.org/9780253052124/provociauteurs-iand-provocations/ *Watch the trailer* https://youtu.be/Q4s4H99ay44 *Praise for the book: * *Provoc*auteurs* and Provocations* delivers incredibly nuanced and deeply contextualized readings of a wide range of sexually provocative media texts. Reflecting the best work being done at the intersection of film/media studies and feminist/LGBTQ scholarship, it will be invaluable for helping us think through the ethical implications of screen media's current engagement with the pleasures and politics of sex. ~Ron Becker, Gay TV and Straight America One of the book's most notable contributions to the field is its emphasis on the portrayal of sexuality in films by women artists, many of whom have been discussed in this arena but not in this kind of depth and with this level of insight. ~Michele Schreiber, Indie Reframed and American Postfeminist Cinema This is one of the best and the most engrossing book I've read in my field in quite some time. ~Carol Siegel, Sex Radical Cinema, Goth's Dark Empire, and New Millennial Sexstyles *About the author: * Maria San Filippo is Associate Professor in the Department of Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College, and Editor of *New Review of Film and Television Studies*. She is author of the Lambda Literary Award–winning book *The B Word: Bisexuality in Contemporary Film and Television* (Indiana University Press, 2013) and editor of the collection *After 'Happily Ever After': Romantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic Age* (Wayne State University Press, 2021). Indiana University Press | Film, Media, Gender Studies | February 2021 | 442pp | 9780253052124 | PB | $40.00* E-book available *Price subject to change. Maria San Filippo Associate Professor • Visual & Media Arts, Emerson College <https://www.emerson.edu/faculty-staff-directory/maria-san-filippo> Editor • *New Review of Film and Television Studies* <https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfts20/current> *After ‘Happily Ever After’: Romantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic Age* <https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/after-happily-ever-after> • May 2021 <https://twitter.com/emersongradlife>[image: https://twitter.com/cinemariasf] <https://twitter.com/cinemariasf> [image: https://twitter.com/cinemariasf] <https://twitter.com/cinemariasf> <https://www.instagram.com/nrftsjournal/> [image: Academia.edu] <https://emerson.academia.edu/MariaSanFilippo> *Use code SANFILIPPO for 30% off through May* *Trailer <https://youtu.be/Q4s4H99ay44>* ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite https://screensite.org/