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  Awkward Black Girl: Too Black for TV

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  Alfred Martin University of Texas at Austin

  May 01, 2013

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  a series called I Hate L.A. Dudes, a show that, at least in its title, has none of the racial specificity ...
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  Disidentifying with White Queerness in Gay Mean Girls

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  Jessica Sage Rauchberg McMaster University

  May 18, 2020

  a colonial project. As Lucy tells Clara she is homophobic, Miranda does not intervene but secretly begins ...
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  Awkward: The Floating Signifier

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  Racquel Gates College of Staten Island, CUNY

  May 02, 2013

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  Awkward: The Floating Signifier web series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl race Issa Rae Curator's Note Awkward: lacking grace or skill when moving. Awkward: difficult to use, do, or deal with. (From link) Awkwardness is key to the appeal of ...
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  Paying with Bagels: The Labor of Web Video Production

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  Aymar Jean Christian Northwestern University

  January 20, 2011

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  Paying with Bagels: The Labor of Web Video Production web youtube web series productions of digital culture labor independent film Curator's Note A “blockbuster web series” is, as yet, an oxymoron. Yet in a field replete with failures, Felicia Day’s ...