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  Would You Kindly?: Bioshock and Posthuman Choice

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  Timothy Welsh Loyola University New Orleans

  March 10, 2011

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  Would You Kindly?: Bioshock and Posthuman Choice video games posthuman objectivism choice bioshock Curator's Note by Edmond Chang and Timothy Welsh Department of English, University of Washington The video game Bioshock (Irrational Games, 2007) takes ...
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  Come to Daddy

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  Mario Rodriguez UPenn

  Friday, March 11, 2011 — 2:23 am

  investigating the term ‘agency’ in sociology, and one thing I’m wondering is, would it make sense to talk about ...
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  Artful Mockers: Brand Parodies Amplified Through Animation

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  Gladys Santiago New York University

  March 15, 2011

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  Artful Mockers: Brand Parodies Amplified Through Animation The Simpsons product displacement primetime animation animation Curator's Note I’ve been tracking examples of  product displacement--instances in which brand names and logos are greeked or mo ...
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  "All Your Subversion Are Belong to Culture Industry" (That Means You Too, Banksy!)

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  Benjamin Thevenin Brigham Young University

  March 16, 2011

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  Park’s anarchic wit is evidence of the scholarly cache of such animated cultural critiques. (I’m ...
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  Writers' Role ?

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  Lauren Bratslavsky University of Oregon

  Thursday, March 17, 2011 — 3:30 am

  also part of this hypercommercial environment. In thinking about the absurd possibility of Apple ...
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  "'It's Tough Being Different'": The Pitfalls of Colorblindness in CW's The Vampire Diaries

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  Kristen Warner University of Alabama

  March 22, 2011

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  "'It's Tough Being Different'": The Pitfalls of Colorblindness in CW's The Vampire Diaries the vampire diaries race and television media industries casting Curator's Note The video I am curating illustrates the drama two ...
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  erasing race; erasing history

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  Kristina Busse Independent Scholar

  Tuesday, March 22, 2011 — 3:04 pm

  flashbacks, the witch identity, even the romance with Jeremy. I wonder if it might be possible to blindcast ...
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  Erasing History Indeed

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  Kristen Warner University of Alabama

  Tuesday, March 22, 2011 — 9:46 pm

  characters:  That is definitely possible but not done very often to my knowledge. I read somewhere that Shawn ...
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  Hottentot Venus 2.0?: Still Gawking at the Black Woman's Buttocks

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  Alfred Martin University of Texas at Austin

  March 23, 2011

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  Hottentot Venus 2.0?: Still Gawking at the Black Woman's Buttocks race and television gender and sexuality black femininity Curator's Note In 19th Century Europe, Sara Baartman, also colloquially known as the Hottentot Venus, was exhibited as a ...
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  Yellow Voice and the Chinese International Student: Ricky Wong in "We Can Be Heroes"

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  Jane Chi Hyun Park University of Sydney

  March 24, 2011

  4 comments

  Yellow Voice and the Chinese International Student: Ricky Wong in "We Can Be Heroes" yellowface race and tv mockumentary 'We Can Be Heroes' Curator's Note This clip comes from comedy series, We Can Be Heroes, which aired originall ...

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