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Tropes and Pop Culture: How Archetypes Shape Taste and Identity
It’s giving Main Character Energy
Mar 20
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Diana Franco
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Why Your Pop Culture Taste Isn't Random: It's a Map of Your Identity
What we like changes with who we are
Mar 13
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Diana Franco
A Matter of Taste: Personal Identity, Aesthetics in Pop Culture, Affects of Streaming, and Guilty Pleasures
March is for mixing it up!
Mar 1
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Diana Franco
1
February 2026
Author Matt Browning Talks Books, Business, and His Love for Gilmore Girls
An exclusive interview with a pop culture references expert!
Feb 28
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Diana Franco
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The Social Power of Play: How We Communicate Through Games
Play is a dialogue between players and audiences
Feb 26
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Diana Franco
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Global Watch Party: How Collective Viewing Makes the Olympics Meaningful
Creating community around the Games
Feb 23
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Diana Franco
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From the Big Game to The Traitors: Why Structure Makes Play Meaningful
Rules of any game make it worth playing
Feb 5
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Diana Franco
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The Power of Play: The Olympic Games, Why Rules Matter, and Collaborative Experiences
Let the games begin!
Feb 1
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Diana Franco
1
January 2026
The Power of Place: TV Worlds That Feel Alive
How geography and setting drive storyworlds
Jan 28
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Diana Franco
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Found Family and Traditional Family: What TV Shows Teach Us About Society
Fiction as a model for the real world
Jan 19
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Diana Franco
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Clueless and Curious: Identity and Society in Stories Set in High School
How pop culture teaches us to break unwritten rules
Jan 12
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Diana Franco
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Building Societies: Geographical Locations, Family Dynamics, and Laws in Storyworlds
Hard hats required!
Jan 1
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Remarkist Editors
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