‘We never go out of style, never go out of style’: On Taylor Swift and Repetition
February 19, 2016
At the recent Grammy Awards for 2016, Taylor Swift not only picked up the Best Music Video award for her hit ‘Bad Blood’ (featuring Kendrick Lamar), her album 1989 was also awarded the Album of the Year as well as the Best Pop Vocal Album. Whilst Swift had previously won the Album of the Year …
Algorithmic Flows: Binge-watching and the Televisual
January 8, 2016
Binge-watching, the practice of watching multiple (if not every) episode of a television series in one go, is seemingly becoming the de facto way to watch episodic content. ‘Binge-watch’ was declared the 2015 word of the year by Collins dictionaries, a sign that the concept has, thanks to the proliferation of online viewing services like …
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2: Katniss and the Ideal Rebel
November 18, 2015
Ibitsam Ahmed from our School of Politics and International Relations reflects on Katniss Everdeen and her role as the ideal rebel. In The Hunger Games quadrilogy, Katniss Everdeen embodies the persona of the Mockingjay, the symbolic Girl on Fire at the heart of the revolution against the oppressive Capitol. Starting off as the unlikely and …
