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  Nathan for You and Cable's Contested Masculinities

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  Nick Marx Colorado State University

  August 21, 2014

  program, alongside newer Comedy Central fare like Kroll Show and Review, revels in the contested ... masculinities made possible by contemporary cable’s hyper-competitive targeting of young male audiences. This ...
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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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  post-gender politics, in which visual appearance is irrelevant and political realities are placed alongside ...
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  From Lovebot to War Bride: Race, Family and Citizenship in Battlestar Galactica

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  LeiLani Nishime Sonoma State University

  May 02, 2008

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  seen as racialized anger (“You hate me for what I am. You hate me for where I’m from.”) What, too, are ...
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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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  gender focus, but I’m willing to bet it’s not an accidental one.) ...
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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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  Why I Love the Lady-Lady, Mrs. J.B. Fletcher

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  Elizabeth Wuerffel Valparaiso University

  March 06, 2016

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  Curator's Note I’ll admit. I’m biased. Our TV time was limited to one hour/day, and I spent my middle and ...
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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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  Hulk Smash Wimpy White Man Who is Also Hulk: Reasserting Masculine Authority through Masochism whiteness race gender adaptation masculinity superheroes masochism Marvel Enterprises CBS 1970s destabilize David Savran reflexive sadomasochism backlash Incred ...