We write about the things we love: the texts that aren't normally on the syllabus of an Anglophone Studies degree. The fanfiction. The memes. Aaaall the memes! :) The films. The graphic novels. The songs that get stuck in your head and won't leave. All of it.
We agree that it's never "just entertainment". It's so much more!
We are interested in what popular culture does, how a superhero franchise connects us to ancient mythology, how a reality TV format travels the world and changes along the way, how one's favourite musician becomes a site of political argument, how a meme can express a feeling in a single image.
We want to understand the industries that produce these things and the audiences who remake them.
We are learning to look beyond the screen and between the lines, we read closely and think critically.
May the odds be ever in your favour!