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RushTok season is back and I was a social media professor at the University of Alabama for seven years.

@drjess21

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Southern Beauty: Race, Ritual, and Memory in the Modern South

https://www.amazon.com/Southern-Beauty-Ritual-Memory-Modern/dp/0820357732 ↗

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The video leverages the creator's authority as a former professor to provide a 'forbidden' or 'insider' perspective on a popular cultural trend, making the promotion of academic books feel like a natural extension of the analysis.

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A former professor at the University of Alabama provides a sociological analysis of the 'BamaRushTok' phenomenon, arguing that it is driven by students from outside the South performing Southern stereotypes for clout. She supports her argument by recommending two specific academic books on Southern culture and politics.

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RushTok, specifically BamaRushTok, has been a fascinating media and sociological phenomenon since it really got started in 2021. But as I’ve always said, the interest says more about the US than it does about Alabama. I’ve thought these things for many years, but here they are now that I know longer work for the University of Alabama I will never discuss specific students or influencers, even if they have since graduated. Please do not ask or bring that to my comments section. All thoughts are my own and do not represent any organizations I am affiliated with.