Post by Lívia Regina Batista-Pritchard

Qué rico es ser latino. This week, Bad Bunny is doing his DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS tour around Europe. This week also, I’m very proud to announce that Organization journal published the Media & Artefacts Review that I wrote about his Super Bowl Half Time Show. In this review, I read the performance through the lens of bell hooks’ conceptualisation of love to argue that Bad Bunny mobilised self-love, communal joy, and political truth-telling as interrelated practices that enable connection within and between communities, turning love into a form of political resistance against oppression. This is particularly relevant as we face intensifying polarisation and racialised violence against immigrants across the world. The formal acknowledgements didn't make it into the final publication, but I cannot miss the chance to thank Professor Penelope Muzanenhamo (PhD) here! I am incredibly grateful for her dedicated review and editorial support, which really helped me in shaping this final version. The review is published with open access and you can read it here: https://lnkd.in/eDqyMTRn