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  Non-Compliance: Bitch Planet and Feminist Exploitation

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  Alicia Kozma University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  November 05, 2015

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  Non-Compliance: Bitch Planet and Feminist Exploitation women in prison films feminism exploitation comic books Curator's Note Insubordination. Seduction and Disappointment. Emotional Manipulation. Patrilineal Dishonor. Disrespect. Unpermitted Birth. ...
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  The Labor Politics of Cameron Esposito and River Butchers 'Put Your Hands Together' Podcast

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  Stephanie Brown Washington College

  March 08, 2020

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  The Labor Politics of Cameron Esposito and River Butchers 'Put Your Hands Together' Podcast stand-up comedy podcast gender labor Curator's Note I have cut together audio from the first episode and the final two episodes of Cameron Esposito ...
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  The Yellow Peril rises from the grave... to get your White women! Orientalist themes in zombie stories

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  Eric Hamako Shoreline Community College

  September 28, 2009

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  The Yellow Peril rises from the grave... to get your White women! Orientalist themes in zombie stories race rape Orientalism Asian racism violence zombie horde Taken Resident Evil, Yellow Peril Arab Muslim sexual assault gang rape Curator's Note   In ...
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  Westen Meets Lawson: Formula as Brand and the Potential of a USA Network Genre

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  Charlotte Howell University of Texas at Austin

  July 12, 2010

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  Westen Meets Lawson: Formula as Brand and the Potential of a USA Network Genre USA Network genre formula brand Curator's Note Royal Pains premiered in 2009, and in many ways it stands as the exemplar of the (possible) USA Network genre. It uses the f ...
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  Re: Black Mirror as Pedagogical Tool in the College Classroom

  Other ways of extending the teaching and learning?

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  James Elrod University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Thursday, March 14, 2019 — 12:11 am

  I like how you are using  Black Mirror as a teaching tool. I think each episode (and episodes read intertextually) can provide so many entry-points into conversations extending across disciplines. In addition to the textual content of Black Mirror, I wond ...
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  Flying Classrooms in the Midwest: The MPATI’s Experiment in Regional Educational Television

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  Allison Perlman University of California-Irvine

  February 28, 2008

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  Flying Classrooms in the Midwest: The MPATI’s Experiment in Regional Educational Television regional media Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction history failure educational TV distribution airplanes 1960s 1950s Curator's Note The Midwest ...
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  Deviating from the Norm: Examining How Blackness is Punished in Video Games

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  Kishonna Gray Eastern Kentucky University

  November 12, 2014

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  Deviating from the Norm: Examining How Blackness is Punished in Video Games whiteness video games racism blackness Curator's Note The purpose of this discussion is to examine how the normalization of Whiteness and masculinity within video games leads ...
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  Indigenous Cinema and Visual Language(s): Why Should We Be Teaching These Films?

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  Pam Wilson Reinhardt University

  May 07, 2009

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  Indigenous Cinema and Visual Language(s): Why Should We Be Teaching These Films? Native American film Indigenous Television Indigenous media Aboriginal cinema Curator's Note I’ll admit it. I have multiple personalities. My early training in anthropol ...
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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

  10 comments

  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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  10am Carnaby Street: Kate Modern and the Ephemeralisation of Online Drama

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  Elizabeth Evans University of Nottingham

  February 16, 2009

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  10am Carnaby Street: Kate Modern and the Ephemeralisation of Online Drama audiences online video ephemeral media Curator's Note   This column is based on a paper I’m giving at the ‘Ephemeral Media’ workshop on online content at the University of Nott ...

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