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WARNING: General discussion of sexual content. Whitney Cummings' robot (contains sexual content):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPPkK9zexvY Read Masahiro Mori's original essay The Uncanny Valley here. https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/the-uncanny-valley

The film doesn't really have a "plot" to spoil, but if you want to go in blind we suggest waiting until you see the film to listen. This episode does briefly talk generally about the sexual content in CATS but does not do so in an explicit manor. For more check out our blog at www.readingitwrong.com THIS WEEK'S SOURCES: Jason Derulo responds to ‘Cats’ criticism: “Reviewers, what the hell do they know?” https://www.nme.com/news/film/jason-derulo-cats-criticism-reviewers-what-do-they-know-2590298 The Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus. 1942. http://www.mrsboecking.com/uploads/2/1/6/3/21635912/themythofsisyphus.pdf 

Canon Fire!!: Tell us your favorite Christmas movie! TODAY'S SOURCES: Hallmark controversy: https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/12/16/business/bc-hallmark-ad-controversy.html One Million Moms and Good Luck Charlie: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/one-million-moms-good-luck-charlie_n_4717515 For more on Hallmark: https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/12/14/16752012/hallmark-christmas-movies-explained https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallmark_Channel And ABC Family: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Freeform_(TV_channel)  MORE NOTES:  This week's episode mentions sex, but contains nothing explicit. 

In this episode: Julia really likes characters who wear light blue. ANNOUNCEMENT: Christmas Special next week!! Julia and Corey talk Hallmark Channel Christmas movies. SOURCES: THOMSON, HELEN. UNTHINKABLE: an Extraordinary Journey through the Worlds Strangest Brains. Place of publication not identified: JOHN MURRAY Publishers LT, 2019. “Infant Vision: Birth to 24 Months of Age.” American Optometric Association. Accessed December 20, 2019.  https://www.aoa.org/patients-and-public/good-vision-throughout-life/childrens-vision/infant-vision-birth-to-24-months-of-age. Here is a video that will show you a virtual simulation (supposedly) of baby's first year of vision!https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/apr/11/vision-thing-how-babies-colour-in-the-world There's evidence our ancestors didn't see the color blue?!?! https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-didn-t-see-the-colour-blue-until-modern-times-evidence-science FOR MORE CONTENT check out www.readingitwrong.com for blogs, articles, and more!   Follow us on:    Facebook www.facebook.com/readingitwrong/Instagram www.instagram.com/readingitwrong/Twitter twitter.com/readingitwrong

Welcome to a very special episode! This week we introduce a new concept to the show where we nix the source material and talk about a theory Julia developed about seeing ourselves in characters who are wholly unlike us.  FOR MORE CONTENT check out www.readingitwrong.com for blogs, articles, and more! Follow us on:  Facebook www.facebook.com/readingitwrong/ Instagram www.instagram.com/readingitwrong/ Twitter twitter.com/readingitwrong

SPOILERS: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, (ending of) Gilmore Girls, Gravity Falls and probably Codename: Kids Next Door (just to be safe.) SPECIAL NOTE: A "peer reviewed essay" is an essay analyzing the principles and arguments outlined a previous publication(s), responding directly to them rather than composing their own "argument", though they may present an argument in their response. (Used for any academic journal: science, psychology, history, philosophy, etc.) This week's sources: Daryl J. Bem "SELF-PERCEPTION: AN ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATION OF COGNITIVEDISSONANCE PHENOMENA" https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8be9/7a78b92c9c87e6fcf652ea62bdcec8b3f84e.pdf?_ga=2.182967014.1391152664.1575602246-1697813254.1575602246 Lucas the Spider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQP1MxxJt8I (for all your cute spider needs) We couldn't find the exact theory Corey talks about in the episode, but we concluded that it was most likely a form of exposure therapy. If you know what it is, let us know!! https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/exposure-therapy FOR MORE CONTENT check out www.readingitwrong.com for blogs, articles, and more!   Follow us on:    Facebook www.facebook.com/readingitwrong/Instagram www.instagram.com/readingitwrong/Twitter twitter.com/readingitwrong

Is your favorite character A MURDERER? Are they morally reprehensible?? Julia and Corey cannot stop bursting into song in this week’s episode about rooting for characters who we really, by all accounts, should not be rooting for.   THIS WEEK’S SOURCES:   Barker, Holly M. "Unsettling SpongeBob and the Legacies of Violence on Bikini Bottom." The Contemporary Pacific, vol. 31 no. 2, 2019, p. 345-379.   Salter, Anastasia. “#RelationshipGoals? Suicide Squad and Fandom’s Love of ‘Problematic’ Men.” College of Arts and Humanities, University of Central Florida. 2019.   FOR MORE CONTENT check out www.readingitwrong.com for blogs, articles, and more!   Follow us on:    Facebook www.facebook.com/readingitwrong/ Instagram www.instagram.com/readingitwrong/ Twitter twitter.com/readingitwrong  

This week we talk about fanfiction! We delve into the different ways it teaches us writing skills, allows us to enjoy fandoms in a different way, or just provides some excellent lurker content.    THIS WEEK’S SOURCES:   Jamison, Anne. “Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World.” SmartPOP,   Gilesbie, Tara. “My Immortal.” https://myimmortalrehost.webs.com/   “Legolas by laura.” https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10796401/1/Legolas-by-laura   FOR MORE CONTENT check out www.readingitwrong.com for blogs, articles, and more!   Follow us on:   Facebook www.facebook.com/readingitwrong/ Instagram www.instagram.com/readingitwrong/ Twitter twitter.com/readingitwrong 

In this week’s episode, Corey’s back to being confused! We’re talking about shipping (the act of supporting two characters being involved in a romantic relationship) and how our real life feels determine our fan feels. We’re talking again about how our personal experiences and biases affect the characters we attach to – but this time in a romantic context! Referencing Esther Perel’s talk from Summit LA18 about personal dynamics governing relationships, we will explore how this determines the ships we sink with!  THIS WEEK’S SOURCE: Perel, Esther. “Famed Relationship Therapist Esther Perel Gives Advice on Intimacy, Careers, and Self-Improvement.” Summit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFwWvr1YUjA Esther Perel is also the author of the books The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity and Mating in Captivity.  FOR MORE CONTENT check out www.readingitwrong.com for blogs, articles, and more! Follow us on: Facebook www.facebook.com/readingitwrong/ Instagram www.instagram.com/readingitwrong/ Twitter twitter.com/readingitwrong

Corey takes the wheel in this spooky Halloween special. This week our duo tackle their scariest topic yet…pseudoscience! This week, we talk about how astrology goes deeper than your average horoscope, and how it acts as a lens to view and categorize the world around us. We discuss whether astrology acts as a methodology, a philosophy, or a bunch of woo-woo, and how that contextualizes the way we interact with media and art. THIS WEEK’S SOURCES:  “Astrology isn’t science, but your horoscope is more real than you think” by Quartz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH2UWiUbpjE  Rosenberg, Virginia. “Astrology As a Tool For Social Change” TEDx Talks. FOR MORE CONTENT check out www.readingitwrong.com for blogs, articles, and more! Follow us on: Facebook www.facebook.com/readingitwrong/ Instagram www.instagram.com/readingitwrong/ Twitter twitter.com/readingitwrong

In this episode of Reading it Wrong, Corey repeatedly misunderstands the concept of parasocial death while Julia uncovers her ability to magically predict when her favorite characters are going to die. A week before Halloween, nothing is scarier than realizing you only liked a show for one character…and now they’re deader than the author. Extra note: Someone needs to tell Julia that you don’t “watch” podcasts. To skip spoilers move to: 44:33 THIS PODCAST IS NOT YET SPONSORED. WARNING Includes major spoilers for: Once Upon a Time, The Man in the High Castle, and Charmed (1998-2006) Spoilers also for: Crazy-Ex Girlfriend, The Good Place, and Gilmore Girls. THIS WEEK'S SOURCES: Cohen, Jonathan. "Parasocial break-up from favorite television characters: The role of attachment styles and relationship intensity." Journal of Social and Personal relationships 21, no. 2 (2004): 187-202. citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/downlo…=rep1&type=pdf www.attachedthebook.com/wordpress/com…-quiz/?step=1 FOR MORE CONTENT check out www.readingitwrong.com for blogs, articles, and more! Follow us on: Facebook www.facebook.com/readingitwrong/ Instagram www.instagram.com/readingitwrong/ Twitter twitter.com/readingitwrong

In this episode of "Reading it Wrong" Julia gets really excited over cartoons and some of the marketing strategies that went into building a new kind of childhood. This week's episode features the book "Kids Rule!: Nickelodeon and Consumer Citizenship" by Sarah Banet-Wiser Banet-Weiser, Sarah. Kids rule!: Nickelodeon and consumer citizenship. Duke University Press, 2007. This content is protected under fair-use, section 107 of the Copyright Act (1976), for the purposes of criticism, commentary, reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. FOR MORE CONTENT check out www.readingitwrong.com for blogs, articles, and more! Follow us on: Facebook www.facebook.com/readingitwrong/ Instagram www.instagram.com/readingitwrong/ Twitter twitter.com/readingitwrong

In this episode of Reading it Wrong, Julia and Corey tackle Roland Barthes' "The Death of the Author." No authors were actually harmed in the recording of this episode. Only Corey's brain. READ THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR FREE HERE: sites.tufts.edu/english292b/files…of-the-Author.pdf Barthes, Roland. "The death of the author." Contributions in Philosophy 83 (2001): 3-8. WATCH LINDSAY ELLIS' VIDEO ON "THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR" HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGn9x4-Y_7A THE SELECTIVE ATTENTION EXPERIMENT: Video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo Website: www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/ FOR MORE CONTENT check out www.readingitwrong.com for blogs, articles, and more! Follow us on: Facebook www.facebook.com/readingitwrong/ Instagram www.instagram.com/readingitwrong/ Twitter twitter.com/readingitwrong

GET TO KNOW US! In this introductory episode of Reading it Wrong you can get to know your hosts. Or! You can skip ahead to the next episode to start exploring! As hard as we try to be objective, when it comes to stories we always inevitably get something wrong. Do you write out of character? Have a shipping preference that didn’t work out? Did you rewrite the ending of your favorite show because the choices made were just so far away from what you were expecting? Reading it Wrong jovially embraces our perceptions and discusses how we use our biases to create new worlds for ourselves and our communities. Julia and Corey bring their critical and theoretical expertise to the realms of fandom in a fresh new way in this hour-long weekly show. Don’t miss a chance to join in on the conversation! This content is protected under fair-use, section 107 of the Copyright Act (1976), for the purposes of criticism, commentary, reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. FOR MORE CONTENT check out www.readingitwrong.com for blogs, articles, and more! Follow us on: Facebook www.facebook.com/readingitwrong/ Instagram www.instagram.com/readingitwrong/ Twitter twitter.com/readingitwrong