Steph Brown

@stephbrown.bsky.social

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Assistant Prof of Com and Media Studies @ Washington College | current Delawarean | I do work on gender, space, media, and belonging and also comedy studies | she/her

The statue of Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent and Indiana Daily Student alum Ernie Pyle holds a copy of The Purdue Exponent's IDS Special Edition. Photo Courtesy Of Charlie Stapleton/The Exponent
Screenshot of Sara Whitmer’s facebook post that says: I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town. Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming. Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance.
Screenshot of a google trend search for “flapjacks” showing a huge spike on the night of September 26th
Portrait oriented Collage made of magazines, mostly in blues and oranges. At the center is a feather quill that ends at a script sentence reading “Stories about us.” In smaller print to the left of the quill says “Life and Letters” and in bigger print to the right reads “GHOST WRITER” split in half length wise.
Screenshot from the final scene of the movie The Truman Show. Two security guards sitting next to each other with the caption “What else is on?”
Event Description: The Critical Media Pedagogies SIG invites you to a 90-minute discussion and reflection celebrating the 30th anniversary of bell hooks’ seminal work of critical pedagogical theory Teaching to Transgress. Together, we’ll ask: what insights can we incorporate from hooks’s 1994 text into our teaching practice as 2025 film and media studies educators? A collection of essays covering a wide range of topics from hooks’ own schooling experiences to building solidarity in university spaces, Teaching to Transgress remains necessary reading for university educators. The book’s combination of personal narrative and critical theory models the ways in which we might approach our own teaching and highlights the importance of drawing from our educational experiences to become more equitable, compassionate teachers. Those who register for the event will be sent a link to our Zoom meeting and the text to read in advance of our guided discussion. This is a low stakes book club meeting; even if you read just a bit of the work or run out of time to read, you’re welcome to join and learn from our discussion.
collage art of a blue stream running through trees with a sunset sky
A screenshot from the movie Zoolander. Zoolander played by Ben Stiller is leaning over a small model of a school. The text over the screenshot says “How are we supposed to teach students how to read if they can’t even fit inside the building?”
Screen grab from opening of Netflix Film Hot Frosty. A sleepy woman sitting up in bed with graphic wallpaper on her bedroom wall in the background.
Handsome tuxedo cat with adorable white paws and a white chin sleeping on a blue fuzzy perch in a sunbeam
political cartoon by Michael Ramirez from November 11, 2024. Picture of a campaign worker saying to another “how is it even possible to lose to Trump?“ Behind them are slogans including “big government“ “ vote woke“ and” “defund the police“
Poster for the film Boondock Saints
Movie poster for the film Shortcomings
a stack of four cerulean-ish blue books on a beige carpet. the books are: Getting the Joke, Women Comedians in the Digital Age, The Authenticity Industries, and Stand-up Comedy in Contemporary Feminisms
dried flowers in the center of a blue ceramic bowl against a checkered floor
cookie sheet with a variety of purple and yellow flower petals
close up of a Green pepper plant with five baby peppers growing from the branches in a window.
Post for SCMS Critical Pedagogies SIG meet-up. A new space aimed at creating an ongoing space to get support, share ideas, and discuss issues related to teaching. Inaugural meeting Friday, September 8th at 3 PM eastern time.
painting in progress of a blue phone on brown background
yellow lab smiling at the camera being pet
Tuxedo cat lying on top of a table looking back longingly at baked oatmeal being eaten by his human
Tuxedo cat sitting on a pizza box with a guilty look on his face