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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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  “Bricks”- a Supernatural vid by Luminosity

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  Louisa Stein Middlebury College

  January 31, 2008

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  the forces of “darkness” from outside and within across a horror/noir landscape. While Sam and Dean’s ...
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  How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the "Killer Condom"

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  Kaelin B.C. Alexander Cornell University

  March 19, 2009

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  Bad Film Curator's Note Killer Condom (1996) is quite possibly the most pro-queer film of the ...
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  The Rest is Static: Jericho and the Politics of Nuclear War

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  Chuck Tryon Fayetteville State University

  February 16, 2007

  broadcasts and telephone communication, reinforcing Jericho’s isolation from the outside world while feeding ...
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  The Bonds of Brotherhood

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  Louisa Stein Middlebury College

  February 13, 2007

  excerpt demonstrates Supernatural’ s head-on address of the queer possibilities borne of Sam and ...
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  Battlestar Galactica: Subversive Sci-Fi?

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  Roberta Pearson University of Nottingham (UK)

  July 13, 2007

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  Battlestar Galactica: Subversive Sci-Fi? terrorism Sci-fi Battlestar Galactica cable original programming ratings Curator's Note Time Magazine has hailed BSG as the best program on television. Critics praise its under-dog protagonists' perspecti ...
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  Yellow Fever: Born Digital on Battlestar Galactica

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  Lisa Nakamura University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

  July 09, 2007

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  Yellow Fever: Born Digital on Battlestar Galactica stereotyping Sci-fi representation race digital Battlestar Galactica Asian Curator's Note Sharon Valerii, played by Korean-Canadian actress Grace Park, is a young, pretty, highly educated Asian woman ...
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  The Human Rights of Cylons “as a Race”

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  Michael Peterson University of Wisconsin, Madison

  July 12, 2007

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  The Human Rights of Cylons “as a Race” race Sci-fi Battlestar Galactica human rights torture Curator's Note BSG often simplistically asks whether the Cylons have rights (every time a human says “she's just a machine!” the flattered audience know ...
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  Multiracial Battlestar Galactica

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  Brander Rasmussen Birgit University of Wisconsin, Madison

  July 11, 2007

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  Multiracial Battlestar Galactica race Sci-fi Battlestar Galactica miscegenation otherness diversity Curator's Note In this moment of crisis, the camera pans over the faces of many key characters revealing a crew that includes men and women of many ra ...