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  Re: Synthesized Sounds and Fusion Friendships in Grimes and Janelle Monaé's "Venus Fly"

  I don’t have much to add to

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  Alison Winch University of East Anglia, UK

  Wednesday, January 27, 2016 — 8:56 am

  exciting! I’m fascinated by the connections that you’re making between female friendship, cross-racial ...
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  Nadya Suleman: Drag Mom and/or Social Menace

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  Ronald Becker Miami University

  March 11, 2009

  5 comments

  Note Although so much has already been said about Nadya Suleman in the popular press (and I’m sure ... clear, I’m not troubled by her “irresponsible” decision to implant 6 embryos at a time when she was ... (I’m not saying that that wasn’t irresponsible, just that I’m not all that troubled by it.) I suppose ...
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  Re: Reality TV in a War Zone

  This clip was very

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  Monday, April 30, 2007 — 3:21 am

  This clip was very interesting. Im glad that the Iraqi people took an idea from Home Makeover here ...
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  Re: What Happens When We Watch What Happens Live?, or The Aftershow as Critical Mediation

  Fantastic post!

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  Jacquelyn Arcy Saint Xavier University

  Wednesday, April 27, 2016 — 2:14 pm

  sheen of Bravo’s reality TV series, are part of the pleasure of watching Watch What Happens Live. I’m ...
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  Re: From Cold War Alcoholism to Post-9/11 Patriotism: The Repurposing of David Bowie's '"Heroes'"

  Hi Zack This is such a great

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  Leanne Weston University of Warwick

  Tuesday, May 3, 2016 — 2:17 pm

  Hi Zack This is such a great choice. I’m so glad someone decided to post about David Bowie. ...
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  Righteous Anger and the Fear of a Black Planet in Taxi Driver

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  Greg Oguss University of Southern California

  March 20, 2008

  9 comments

  a commentary on the “Black is Beautiful” era, which dates back to James Brown’s 1968 hit “Say It Loud (I’m ... Black and I’m Proud),” a song that became the soundtrack to the following decade, featuring ...
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  “I’m Here Because I’m Bored”: Getting at the Nature of Ludic Computation

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  Judd Ruggill University of Arizona

  October 30, 2007

  1 comment

  “I’m Here Because I’m Bored”: Getting at the Nature of Ludic Computation computers gaming history ...
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  "Not Ready to Make Nice": Indigenous Music Video and Lessons of History

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  Michelle Raheja University of California, Riverside

  May 05, 2009

  8 comments

  using the Dixie Chicks’ lyrics as a prompt:  “Forgive, sounds good.  Forget, I’m not sure I could.  They ... say time heals everything, but I’m still waiting.”  The video transforms the lyrics from an ...
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  Re: “She Might Like to be a Veterinarian”: Parents, Parent Companies, and the Princess Movement

  This is a great clip,

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  Derek Johnson University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 2:25 am

  I’m picturing isn’t the passive feminine ideal feared by this clip’s lone detractor, but unruly women, ... commercial television. I’m just imagining crazy scenarios (and I don’t mean to speak ill of any adult ...
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  Dharma Orientation Film

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  Roberta Pearson University of Nottingham (UK)

  October 28, 2007

  1 comment

  cool enough that I’m editing a book on it at this very moment and hoping for some viral marketing). But ... I’m also a little worried about the totalising spread of big media that this clip represents, bringing ...

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