This chapter explores the cultural history around Agnès Varda’s English-language film Lions Love (… and Lies) (1969). Partially an auto-fiction inspired by Varda’s own troubled experience with the Hollywood film industry, the film follows New York filmmaker Shirley Clarke as she stays in Los Angeles to negotiate a studio contract. I propose a read…[Read more]

Miquela (@lilmiquela) is an avatar Instagrammer programmed as a 19-year-old Brown Brazilian-American female influencer and musician. She has garnered a significant amount of popularity, controversies, and hatred as an “it” influencer. A popular transmedia storytelling project like Miquela can provide additional insights toward how social media ima…[Read more]

An analysis of the early work of Downtown Community Television (DCTV).