Entertainment Weekly recently published an article by Derek Lawrence that made the somewhat shocking claim that "movies are more likely to star an actor named Chris than women over 60." Well, that seemed like exactly the kind of thing we should investigate on this shows. So we looked into it a little deeper and. Well, yeah, that's obviously not really true. And in fact, it's not even what the study the article is citing actually says. So boo, to click bait! However, we did think that conceptually what he study was doing (and what EW was going for) shows some promise, or is at least worth talking about. So on this week's episode Maybe (who found the article) is joined by Hannah and Mav to talk about whether or not...
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Update: Just Recorded Episode One
Wayne and Mav just recorded the first episode of the podcast on Origin Stories. Not quite sure when we’re going to post it yet, but we wanted everyone to know that we are certainly working on it. Thank you to everyone who commented on the first blog and gave us ideas to address in the…
Call For Comments: Superhero Origins (and ours!)
From Mav: One of my most favorite things to do as an academic is presenting at conferences. Part of this is just because being an academic means presenting your research. That’s a big part of the job. But for me, conferences are the most fun because it means linking up with other people with similar…
Call for Comments: Do you remember nostalgia?
April 5, 2018
From Mav: This weekend I got a chance to see the film Ready Player One. As I said when I wrote my review of it (if you don’t read my movie reviews on my personal blog site, you absolutely should) I had not actually read the book before, though I’ve been meaning to and i’m sure I’ll get…