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  “You Got No Idea What’s Goin’ On On That Island!”: What SNL Can Teach Us About Lost

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  Ivan Askwith Big Spaceship

  February 13, 2008

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  stereotyped representation of gendered concerns and interests: at least in this elevator, men care about plot, ...
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  Crafting Croft: Avatars, Identity, Representation

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  Linzi Juliano University of California, Los Angeles

  March 14, 2013

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  center around “realness”; in fact, the game begins with her preparing to star in a reality TV show. Since ...
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  Hulk Smash Wimpy White Man Who is Also Hulk: Reasserting Masculine Authority through Masochism

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  Avi Santo Old Dominion University

  March 21, 2008

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  beginning of the pilot episode, initially seems idyllic, with Banner clearly epitomizing a softer, gentler, ...
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  Synthesized Sounds and Fusion Friendships in Grimes and Janelle Monaé's "Venus Fly"

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  Christine Capetola The University of Texas at Austin

  January 25, 2016

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  Synthesized Sounds and Fusion Friendships in Grimes and Janelle Monaé's "Venus Fly" race pop music Janelle Monaé Grimes gender drum machine #squadgoals Curator's Note There’s something going on with female friendship in the indie pop s ...
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  “Speaking American: Cultural Expressions of Race and Nationality in Harold and Kumar”

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  Shilpa Dave Brandeis University

  April 28, 2008

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  “Speaking American: Cultural Expressions of Race and Nationality in Harold and Kumar” satire race gender South Asian Asian-American film trailer transcoding Curator's Note “Speaking American: Cultural Expressions of Race and Nationality in Harold and ...
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  Amy Schumer: Enemy of the Status Quo

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  Kathleen Collins John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City University of New York)

  February 12, 2015

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  Amy Schumer: Enemy of the Status Quo television race gender comedy amy schumer Curator's Note  Comedian-auteur Amy Schumer, creator of the Comedy Central sketch program Inside Amy Schumer, is both hero and anti-hero. Where female comics are still try ...