by Roy Lee Anyone who takes a first look at Boo Junfeng’s Keluar Baris (2007) would immediately assume that this Singaporean short film is merely about a boy’s anxiety over his pending National Service enlistment. However, anyone who has read and absorbed the work of the prominent queer theorist Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick would probably have … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Porn Studies in North American and Europe (for now)
by Brian Bergen-Aurand Earlier this week a friend let me know that the first volume of Porn Studies (a new journal from Routledge Open Access) had made its debut. This is an exciting moment for porn scholars, among whom I count myself in my never-ending quest to reconsider the relations among film, ethics, and embodiment. … Continue reading
April Fools’ Day Traditions Nothing But Hoaxes
By Brian Bergen-Aurand We at Foreign Influence take everything seriously. That is why we are sad to report new findings from the Journal of Foreign, Strange, and Exilic Studies suggesting April Fools’ Day Traditions are nothing but hoaxes perpetrated on the innocent and naive. According to the study, “You Fell for It: Why April 1 … Continue reading
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