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  Hung Out to Dry: HBO’s Cancellation Habit

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  Maya Montanez Smukler UCLA & The New School

  May 14, 2012

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  turned pimp. The scrappy duo begin by mixing business with pleasure and at program’s end find true ...
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  Flashback Against AIDS: Retro-Activism in HBO's The Normal Heart

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  R. Gabriel Dor Northwestern University

  March 10, 2016

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  recounted by Felix and forgotten by Ned. What begins as a pastiche of the historical ad for Man’s Country ...
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  Sex and Screwball Comedy in The Good Wife

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  Kelli Marshall DePaul University

  October 14, 2011

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  it's sexier than (or at least as sexy as) Alicia/Will’s. Either way, it’s a fun and welcome release ...
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  Likes this. Like me?

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  Alyssa Vetro Independent

  February 17, 2011

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  Likes this. Like me? body image brand Facebook girls internet sex social media Curator's Note   This is a good one… no, this one! No. I look fat. God, if a profile picture ever screamed, “Loser.” But wait, I look totally hot in this one! Bingo.    Al ...
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  We So Seldom Look on Love in Porn

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  Karly-Lynne Scott Northwestern University

  March 31, 2015

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  We So Seldom Look on Love in Porn sex pornography love Curator's Note “Every time I shoot a sex scene, I fall a little bit in love.” This sentiment from porn star Asa Akira’s autobiography, Insatiable: Porn—A Love Story, jarringly contradicts the rel ...