The Critical Lede

This week we have a very interesting interview with Annamarie Jagose, author of Orgasmology. We talk queer theory, political agency, and of course - orgasms. It's a bit NSFW, so...wear headphones.

This week we turn towards the new issue of Qualitative Inquiry. Check out our discussion of the ethics of teaching qualitative interviewing in Hoskins and White's "Relational Inquiries and the Research Interview: Mentoring Future Researchers."

In this episode we talk through Ragan Fox's article "You are Not Allowed to Talk about Production": Narratization on (and off) the Set of CBS's Big Brother". There is lots of interesting stuff here, from production details to Fox's analysis of the tropes of gay representation.

In this episode we talk with Mimi Thi Nguyen, author of The Gift of Freedom about the relationship between refugees, empire, and postcoloniality.

This episode centers on Sara Warner's book, Acts of Gaiety: LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure. We discuss queer neoliberalism, Valerie Solanas, performance zaps, and much more. It's an interesting discussion for anyway invested in queer theory or performance studies. Let us know what you think!

Ben and Des work through "Lady: Still a Feminist Four Letter Word?" in the most recent Women & Language. This is a new journal for us, so we were excited to talk through such an interesting and provocative piece. We'd love to hear your feedback.

In this episode we talk through Joshua Gunn's provocative analysis of Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ. Gunn's QJS article, Maranatha utilizes genre criticism to examine how the violence within The Passion can be seen as pornographic. It's a piece that will get you talking, thinking, and reflecting on the use of rhetoric.

This week we are talking with Jeanine Mingé and Amber Zimmerman about their book Concrete and Dust: Mapping the Sexual Terrains of Los Angeles. We talk through issues of authethnography, voice, and the innovative ways the authors worked with found objects. Check out their site and our interview!

 

P.S.- Sorry for the late posting. I've been battling a stomach bug (gross!) and have felt rotten. Hopefully I'm back now.

This episode take us to Qualitative Inquiry where we discuss Mazzei and Jackson's "Complicating Voice in a Refusal to 'Let Participants Speak for Themselves.'" In this conversation we talk through the politics of voice and context. Take a listen!

In this interview, we chat with Mary and Kenneth Gergen, co-authors of "Playing with Purpose: Adventures in Performative Social Science." The Gergens discuss their long history working with performative methods and the ways that they have tried to incorporate innovative performative methods into their own work.