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  Consent Culture in Advertising: Absolut Vodka’s “Sex Responsibly” Campaign

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  Mikayla Pevac Penn State University

  December 08, 2020

  least half of those cases involving alcohol), alcohol and sexual assault can have a nasty relationship ... direction in which the ad industry is headed, then perhaps more ads like these will begin to tackle other ... social issues as well. The question is: how can other brands follow Absolut’s way and begin to embrace ...
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  The Counternarratives of Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us

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  Jonathan Nichols-Pethick

  June 02, 2020

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  are at least partially in question. I’ve argued elsewhere that the police genre constitutes ... nauseum, the police drama – as a vast corpus of texts – creates openings within the texts for at least ... Richardson in “Part 1” of the series unfolds on the page like a typical interrogation scene, beginning with ...
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  Supernatural from soundtrack to conventiontrack

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  Amanda Kennell North Carolina State University

  November 16, 2020

  ’s relationship with conventions goes back to the very beginning and developed quickly. The first ... streams, such as by singing on a CD produced by Jason Manns. Albums like Begin by Briana Buckmaster (“Donna ...
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  Sexual Violence in Crime Dramas of the 1950s

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  Samantha Freeman Northwestern University

  June 01, 2020

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  beginning of this scene, Casey aggressively provokes Molly, the girlfriend of the murder suspect, for more ...
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  The Dark Theme Park

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  Scott A Lukas Lake Tahoe Community College

  September 21, 2020

  and intentionally dangerous rides and attractions. At least six guests reportedly died at the park, ... extent might the theme park begin to adopt dark topics within its spaces?  In the era of the Anthropocene ...
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  Black Women as Godfathers and Gangstas: Set It Off's Divergence from the New Black Aesthetic

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  Philana Payton University of California, Los Angeles

  November 09, 2020

  must still resort to a shared decision/necessity to begin robbing banks. Also, Gray’s use of the ... Hood, Cleo has normalized and found solace in her socio-economic circumstances. At the beginning of the ...
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  A Sit Down on Stand-up: Female Comics. Reinforcing or Counteracting Hegemonic Ideologies Associated with Identity

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  Jackson Martinez University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

  March 17, 2020

  Associated with Identity Female Comics Ali Wong Hegemonic Femininity Curator's Note In the beginning of ...
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  Avatar Creation as a Space for Non-Binary Gaymers

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  Olivia Vogt North Dakota State University

  March 23, 2020

  that begins with the social interaction we receive through human contact in our early life. 1 As we ...
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  “The Persistence of “Wild Style”: Hip-Hop and Music Video Culture at the Intersection of Performance and Provocation

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  Michele Prettyman Mercer University

  April 30, 2020

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  times wielded bluntly, while at others nuanced and precise. Beginning in the twentieth century, ...
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  Immigration in SVU

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  Jocelyn Gómez Dominican University of California

  June 04, 2020

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  precinct after overcoming many legal obstacles to reunite an undocumented girl with her mother. They begin ...

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