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  Hannibal, Slash Fandom, and Queer Media Visibility

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  Melanie Kohnen Lewis & Clark College

  September 25, 2015

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  Hannibal, Slash Fandom, and Queer Media Visibility LGBTQ Hannibal fandom audiences Curator's Note When I first saw the scene in the S3 finale in which Will Graham presses his hand against the glass wall of Hannibal Lecter's cell, I was reminded ...
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  Re: Hannibal, Slash Fandom, and Queer Media Visibility

  I agree that Will very

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  Melanie Kohnen Lewis & Clark College

  Friday, September 25, 2015 — 5:30 pm

  then removes that possibility by leaving. Also interesting is that there was no stage direction for ...
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  Re: Hannibal, Slash Fandom, and Queer Media Visibility

  I really like this

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  Lori Morimoto Independent Scholar

  Saturday, September 26, 2015 — 4:50 am

  reading shut down other possibilities as much as one that insists that there's nothing to see here? ...
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  Re: Hannibal, Slash Fandom, and Queer Media Visibility

  Maybe I’m biased, but I agree

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  Melanie Kohnen Lewis & Clark College

  Saturday, September 26, 2015 — 11:50 am

  Maybe I'm biased, but I agree that it makes a difference that the actors are European and probably have a less anxious conception of masculinity than some American actors. I really appreciate that Hannibal does make clear that love is the key term fo ...
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  Imperialist Nostalgia and Blackface in the WWE

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  Bernadette Marie Calafell University of Denver

  October 06, 2015

  9 comments

  Imperialist Nostalgia and Blackface in the WWE professional wrestling Hulk Hogan blackface Curator's Note /*-->*/ /*-->*/ While the WWE has been prominent in mainstream news recently due to racist comments in a leaked sex tape featuring Hulk Ho ...
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  To be fair, I’m not sure Cena

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  Dr. Kristine Weglarz CPA Canada

  Wednesday, October 7, 2015 — 10:28 pm

  To be fair, I'm not sure Cena is targeted at women. Kids, yes. Moms and Dads, yes. Roman Reigns is much more of a play to women, as sad as that sounds. I'd argue too that CM Punk worked that anti-hero card well, despite the revelations that have ...
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  Re: Imperialist Nostalgia and Blackface in the WWE

  I'm Not Saying Everyone...But An Overt Majority

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  Garret Castleberry Mid-America Christian University

  Thursday, October 8, 2015 — 1:20 pm

  I don't know that Cena is targeted at women so much on an intentional level. But based on every in-person mixed gender scenario in which I've been in the same room with females of multiple ages during a point where Cena appears on television, th ...
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  Noir Gender Dynamics in Fargo

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  Jonathan Cicoski University of Southern California

  October 13, 2015

  5 comments

  Noir Gender Dynamics in Fargo gender Film Noir Fargo Double Indemnity Coen Brothers Curator's Note To borrow from a different Coen Brothers film, Jerry Lundegaard’s in a tight spot. The opening scene of their film Fargo (1996) establishes Jerry as a ...
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  No Country for Old Men

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  Emily Hiltz Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication

  Wednesday, October 14, 2015 — 9:24 pm

  very much motivated by a desire to mete out possible competition, and to spare others who he feels are ...
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  A familiar scene of pistols: No Country for Old Men’s adaptation of Target Pistol and Man

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  Emily Hiltz Carleton University, School of Journalism and Communication

  October 16, 2015

  plotline of past and future violence by suspending visual evidence of Carla Jean’s possible off-screen ... and Man (1980). Labelled a pop culture pairing, both images supply an unsettling taste of possible ... of Anton's prior violence. As such, a clear vision of Carla Jean’s possible fate is constructed ...

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