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Jessica Doyle

Jessica Doyle

Ninety One Series Part 11: Conclusion

Of the fear of death, the judgment of history, and the power of idol pop.

Nov 24, 2020

Ninety One Series Part 11: Conclusion

Nov 24, 2020

Jessica Doyle

Ninety One Series Part 10: Ninety One as Nazarbayevean Realists

How an idol-pop group in a country with no freedom of speech might still have something to say.

Nov 20, 2020

Ninety One Series Part 10: Ninety One as Nazarbayevean Realists

Nov 20, 2020

Jessica Doyle

Ninety One Series Part 9: Ninety One Went to Xinjiang

Twice.

Nov 17, 2020

Ninety One Series Part 9: Ninety One Went to Xinjiang

Nov 17, 2020

Jessica Doyle

Ninety One Series Part 8: Starlust, the Sasaeng, and the Servant

Why fans disrespect their idols.

Nov 13, 2020

Ninety One Series Part 8: Starlust, the Sasaeng, and the Servant

Nov 13, 2020

Jessica Doyle

Ninety One Series Part 7: Theodor Adorno vs. the Poptimists vs. Zhanar Dugalova

Considering the argument that idol pop, by keeping your attention, makes you (and the world) worse.

Nov 10, 2020

Ninety One Series Part 7: Theodor Adorno vs. the Poptimists vs. Zhanar Dugalova

Nov 10, 2020

Jessica Doyle

Ninety One Series Part 6: But Maybe Our Faves Are Awful

There’s no evidence any member of Ninety One has ever abused anyone. But that’s far from true for idol pop as a whole.

Nov 6, 2020

Ninety One Series Part 6: But Maybe Our Faves Are Awful

Nov 6, 2020

Jessica Doyle

Ninety One Series Part 5: The Loyalties of Little Fresh Meat

Why the members of Ninety One got punched, threw punches back, and kept putting on eyeliner anyway.

Nov 3, 2020

Ninety One Series Part 5: The Loyalties of Little Fresh Meat

Nov 3, 2020

Jessica Doyle

Ninety One Series Part 4: Bring Them the Head of Kenesary Khan

Of Ninety One’s nationalism, and idol pop worldwide in the service of soft power.

Oct 30, 2020

Ninety One Series Part 4: Bring Them the Head of Kenesary Khan

Oct 30, 2020

Jessica Doyle

Ninety One Series Part 3: Idol Pop and the Languages of Love

How idol pop overcame pop music’s traditional dependence on English, and how we can tell Ninety One has something to say by the language…

Oct 27, 2020

Ninety One Series Part 3: Idol Pop and the Languages of Love

Oct 27, 2020

Jessica Doyle

Ninety One Series Part 2: The Art of Adorkable

How Ninety One continues idol pop’s decades-long, multinational history of goofing off for fun and profit.

Oct 27, 2020

Ninety One Series Part 2: The Art of Adorkable

Oct 27, 2020

Jessica Doyle

Jessica Doyle

Writer; urban planning researcher and teacher; pop music critic; mother and household manager. http://www.jessicadoyle.space

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