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  Better, Stronger, Faster? Bionic Woman and Posthuman Queerness

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  Edmond Y. Chang Ohio University

  January 23, 2015

  Jaime’s bionics allow her to run, jump, and fight, what the show imagines as possible through these ...
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  Being with Her: Sex Without Bodies

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  Alexandra Sastre University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication

  January 21, 2015

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  is no longer the sole possible site of life, but instead life itself is dematerialized and reimagined ...
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  Difference and Ability: Mental Health and the Superhero Genre

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  Julia Peres Guimaraes Northwestern University

  September 06, 2021

  identity and the possibility of a female Captain America (What if?) defy the very idea of the singularity ...
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  Would You Kindly?: Bioshock and Posthuman Choice

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  Timothy Welsh Loyola University New Orleans

  March 10, 2011

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  Would You Kindly?: Bioshock and Posthuman Choice video games posthuman objectivism choice bioshock Curator's Note by Edmond Chang and Timothy Welsh Department of English, University of Washington The video game Bioshock (Irrational Games, 2007) takes ...
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  Dog Wants Cupcakes: A Brief Reflection on the Emergence of the Face

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  Dominic Pettman New School University

  March 07, 2011

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  Dog Wants Cupcakes: A Brief Reflection on the Emergence of the Face posthumanism and media posthuman hominization face emergence animal Curator's Note This dog wants cupcakes. So says the YouTube title for this home-made video. And yet this same cani ...