Casey Kelly

White nationalist fairytales: The Little Mermaid and neo-segregation in the Breitbart town square This essay analyzes the white nationalist backlash to the casting of Black actress Halle Bailey as Ariel in the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. We argue that far-right antagonisms over ra...

Want to know why white nationalists are melting down over Disney live action remakes. Here you go:

Wait, who told you I can stop!?

New book dropping in May with University of Alabama press

Gaming Democracy How play and gaming culture have mainstreamed far right ideology through social media platforms.From #Gamergate to the ongoing Big Lie, the far right has gon...

For those interested in how Silicon Valley billionaires broke our brains and democracy along with it, this book is essential reading

Every major event for over the past decade has immediately been sucked into conspiracy narrative generation machine, meaning we already have a huge divide in terms of how we can even talk about it. But not this. We all seemed to get it. No false flag. Just a fuck you.

Is Common’s beard on Silo even real??

The far right has taken over
podcasting using the same model that helped them dominate talk radio in 1990s. They have their own media ecosystem that gets around pesky barriers like institutional authority, expertise, and civic norms and conventions.

Emboldened 'manosphere' accelerates threats and demeaning language toward women after US election An emboldened fringe of right-wing “manosphere” influencers has seized on Donald Trump’s presidential win to justify and amplify misogynistic derision and threats online.

Emboldened ‘manosphere’ accelerates threats and demeaning language toward women after US election apnews.com/article/trum...

A Trump fragrance ad, sandwiched between ads for getting out of a time share scam (which is also, likely, a scam) and ED meds, during a football game, is peak late capitalism at its finest. What a time to be alive.

Hang in there Kai, I know the market is brutal and a lot of folks feel the same way. Any department would be lucky to have you, keep at it

Reading about how the counterculture, the military-industrial complex, and free market entrepreneurialism converged to give us Silicon Valley's far-right politics and it gives me a new appreciation of what the Dead Kennedys were warning about in California Über Alles

What a terrible loss, Golumbia’s work is absolutely brilliant. The book is a masterpiece for sure

Cyberlibertarianism An urgent reckoning with digital technology’s fundamentally right-wing legal and economic underpinnings In a timely challenge to the potent political role ...

Excellent background for those interested in the political ideology of Musk, Thiel, and other tech bros

For those like Gaetz who cozy up to Trump hoping it will help their careers, remember the warning of JFK: “Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside”

Calls for Journal Editors Current and Future Calls for NCA Journal Editors

If you are interested in applying to edit one of the linked National Communication Association journals, reach out to me with questions!

www.natcom.org/publications...

#NCA2024

The new surgeon general nominee: the Dr. from the Cannonball Run movies

Thanks Phaedra, I will reach out, very interested in the special issue. A student of mine wrote his dissertation on the rhetoric of eco fascism and its very much a part of the book I’m working on

For NCA folks, please join Amy Young, John Lynch, Leslie Hahner and myself for our panel "Regarding Conspiracy Rhetoric." I will be presenting on "broscience" and far-right fitness influencers, or what eggs and soy have to do with nationalism and globalism. Friday, 1pm Marriott Floor 2 Galerie 6.

Somedays this is how writing feels

Dark MAGA: The Latest Cycle in the Far-Right Aesthetics Laundromat What is 'Dark MAGA', and how can the media avoid falling into the trap of amplifying far-right aesthetics?

When Musk joined the campaign, he announced that he was "dark MAGA." He was not being cheeky or ironic; instead he was referencing a subculture of neo-Nazis/neo-monarchists who employ retro-fascist and occult imagery of death (reminiscent of Freidkorps art). This is who has the ear of the President.