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CUT TO [beginning] #13 2019

Welcome to our second "flipped" print...

Beginnings and endings appear to be definitive moments in time. They are simple bookmarks that make sense of where we are and reassure us of what is to commence and subsequently conclude. Cultural moments, historical shifts and political uprisings are often given shape by the linearity of a beginning and an end because it helps to structure meaning and our understanding of events. Film and television narratives may appear to support this sensibility but, if you look a little closer, there is very little that is definitive about a beginning and an ending.

Each ending is, of course, another beginning - the start of something new - while each new moment cannot sever itself from the past it is emerging from. As for the comfort of linearity, time is multi-directional, always happening, always experienced and understood through a multiplicity of layered moments bouncing back and forth and in every direction. The loops of science fiction, the flawed recollections of narrators, the ubiquity of starting in media res, the editing of history, the compression of time and space are there to tell ourselves stories. They may all start and they may all finish but their beginnings and endings are not so straightforward. Instead, we are always in transition where beginnings and endings are invoked to help us to keep uncovering and questioning where we are and what it means. 

Contents

CUT TO [beginning] #13

• Seeing is believing: the opening minutes of THE PRESTIGE by Brennan Backs
• Liberal commentary: documenting hidden racism in GET OUT by Aarif Chumber-Ali
• "Lads do football": challenging gender stereotypes, accepting change by Cait Dearlove
• Planting the seed: class structures in children's animation by Conrad Welch
• She's here but is she queer?: bisexuality in THOR: RAGNAROK by Liam Calvert
• Marvel's so white? X-MEN's racial discrimination class by Jasmine Kelley
• The rise of the BLACK PANTHER: impacting racial image by Tom Williams

ARTICLES PUBLISHED ONLINE SEPTEMBER 2019

SEEING IS BELIEVING
THE OPENING MINUTES OF THE PRESTIGE
LONG READ by BRENNAN BACKS

LIBERAL COMMENTARY
DOCUMENTING HIDDEN RACISM IN GET OUT
LONG READ by AARIF CHUMBER-ALI

"LADS DO FOOTBALL"
CHALLENGING GENDER STEREOTYPES, ACCEPTING CHANGE
LONG READ by CAIT DEARLOVE

PLANTING THE SEED
CLASS STRUCTURES IN CHILDREN'S ANIMATION
LONG READ by CONRAD WELCH

SHE'S HERE BUT IS SHE QUEER?
BISEXUALITY IN THOR: RAGNAROK
LONG READ by LIAM CALVERT

MARVEL'S SO WHITE
X-MEN'S RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CLASS
LONG READ by JASMINE KELLEY

THE RISE OF THE BLACK PANTHER
IMPACTING RACIAL IMAGE
LONG READ by TOM WILLIAMS

[beginning] and [end] are currently published in print only and will be available online at a later date. Pick up your free copy from Solent University and around Southampton or email mail@diegesismagazine.com