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  The Campy Fun of Jem

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  Jacqueline Ristola University of Bristol

  October 19, 2015

  Jem and the Holograms to fight back. Jem, the alter ego of Jerrica, is just the beginning of the ...
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  Exploitation as a Mode

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  Gordon Sullivan University of Pittsburgh

  November 02, 2015

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  Exploitation as a Mode Lars von Trier exploitation arthouse Curator's Note The problem of defining the contemporary exploitation film is the problem of Goldilocks. Though there is tremendous value in Eric Schaefer’s Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!: A H ...
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  Bring me the Head of Quentin Tarantino: The Politics of Exploitation and the Exploitation of Politics

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  Devin Orgeron NCSU

  November 03, 2015

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  Bring me the Head of Quentin Tarantino: The Politics of Exploitation and the Exploitation of Politics true tube live leak exploitation beheadings Curator's Note My interest in exploitation is far-reaching, and not at all limited to a category of thea ...
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  Re: Bring me the Head of Quentin Tarantino: The Politics of Exploitation and the Exploitation of Politics

  Another question I think your

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  Gordon Sullivan University of Pittsburgh

  Tuesday, November 3, 2015 — 11:12 pm

  Despite the apparent ease with which movies can be made now compared to the mid-century (at least ...
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  Re: Exploitation as a Mode

  And another notable

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  David Church Northern Arizona University

  Thursday, November 5, 2015 — 5:11 am

  but merely says that it was at least operating as a generic label for some players in the whole ...
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  Women and Superheroes, By the Numbers

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  Shawna Kidman UC San Diego

  November 16, 2015

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  nonexistent) treatment of the few female superheroes we do have. But in standing at least somewhat outside the ...
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  What Bear Grylls Can’t Do: Survivalist Mediascapes in Austerity Britain

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  Alexandra Kokoli Middlesex University

  November 22, 2015

  3 comments

  What Bear Grylls Can’t Do: Survivalist Mediascapes in Austerity Britain The Scheme The Daily Mash survivalist media poverty porn London Britain's Hardest Grafter Benefits Street Bear Grylls austerity Curator's Note Co-authored with Aaron Winter ...
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  Re: What Bear Grylls Can’t Do: Survivalist Mediascapes in Austerity Britain

  Response

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  Alexandra Kokoli Middlesex University

  Friday, December 11, 2015 — 11:09 am

  but on top of this, 'poverty porn' in the UK at least, has mostly focused on the so-called ...
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  Execute Minute 47: On Star Wars Wars

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  Daniel Reynolds Emory University

  December 14, 2015

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  displays the brightest layer for each pixel. It begins with six simultaneous opening text crawls, ... 132.8 minutes, so the 47th minute comes very near the beginning of the average Star Wars film’s second ...
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  Perpetuating the American Dream through Investment Television

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  Emma Frances Bloomfield University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  January 12, 2016

  2 comments

  Perpetuating the American Dream through Investment Television Tokenism reality television capitalism American dream Curator's Note To determine whether the American Dream is alive and well, one could turn on the television and watch an investment tel ...

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