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Come to My Cottage: Queer Pleasures and Female Fandom in the Silent Hollywood Era
Jun 30 2026
Author Diana Anselmo on how women’s queer pleasures in fandom are part of a century-long history of women using mass media to explore same-sex desire, gender nonconformity, and homoerotic fantasy.
"Feminist Media Histories" Celebrates Pride Month
Jun 22 2026
"Feminist Media Histories" has removed the paywall from a selection of articles for Pride Month.
Explore UC Press Film & Media Studies Journals at #SCMS26
Mar 25 2026
Enjoy limited-time free content from film and media studies journals during #SCMS26.
Hollywood's Last Golden Age
Mar 24 2026
A brief look at Hollywood's last "Golden Age" with acclaimed author Thomas Schatz.
The Future of Work in Hollywood
Mar 24 2026
Authors Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller present excerpts from their new book about preparing for work in evolving landscape of Hollywood.
Ragtime Romance and its Afterlives
Mar 23 2026
Author Allyson Nadia Field on rediscovering film and the first cinematic depiction of Black romance.
"Frankenstein," "Wuthering Heights," and the Oscars: Revisiting the Novels behind Today’s Film Adaptations
Mar 10 2026
As new film adaptations bring Mary Shelley and Emily Brontë back into the spotlight, explore scholarship that examines the unsettling power of these nineteenth-century novels.
Trans Cinema Doesn’t Just Improve Visibility—It Imagines Better Worlds
Mar 10 2026
Author Laura Horak on the power and possibility of trans-made cinema today.
Timothée Chalamet May Not Care about Opera or Ballet . . . but UC Press Does
Mar 10 2026
Recent scholarship from UC Press journals shows why opera and ballet still matter.
The Bride! A Celebration of the Monstrous Feminine
Mar 09 2026
With the release of Maggie Gyllenhaal's "The Bride!" in theaters, author Surekha Davies celebrates the "monstrous feminine."