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  An Award without Ceremony: The Critics' Consensus

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  Karen Petruska University of California, Santa Barbara

  September 16, 2011

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  requirement that a program must earn a two-thirds (2/3) consensus from the critics to win. Though “consensus” ...
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  Strike a (Masculine) Pose: Queering Hip-hop

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  Scott Poulson-Bryant Harvard University

  April 14, 2011

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  performing their boyness for other boys, striking poses, earning points in the competition for realness that ... their finest “straight” boy apparel, trying to pass for butch to win the prize. What is hiphop, ...
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  Too HAWT To Win

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  Christopher Bell University of Colorado Colorado Springs

  May 31, 2011

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  Too HAWT To Win sexism Haley Reinhart American Idol Curator's Note In my book American ... winning the entire competition- the "hawter" a female contestant, the less likely it is that she ... will win. In fact, any female contestant labeled early on as "sexy" is essentially doomed.  ...
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  Best Actress in a Dramedic Role?: The Emmy Awards' Genre Problem

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  Myles McNutt University of Wisconsin - Madison

  September 15, 2011

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  Curator's Note While it’s not uncommon for stars to indulge in self-deprecation upon winning a major ... shows, Falco skips over humble and lands on incredulous, citing her win as “ridiculous” because she’s, ... between the two genres are competing in comedy categories, and winning. Falco’s win is part of a growing ...
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  A Question of Taste: Cultural Identity on Chopped

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  Jeremy Sarachan St. John Fisher College

  September 27, 2011

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  judged on taste, presentation and creativity. Presumably the most deserving creations win, but as ... wins the contest. Again, the narrative is emphasized, and may suggest that race can play some part in ... a significant part in determining who wins, and members of all ethnicities have won Chopped. But, on numerous ...
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  Redemption, Privilege and Identification: the Narrative of Michael Vick’s Return to Atlanta

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  Bryce McNeil Georgia State University

  November 29, 2011

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  straight winning seasons, one might assume that Matt Ryan would be iconic in Atlanta.  Yet he remains in ... “ revolutionary ” athleticism is a far bigger draw for a city reputed to “ love its freaks.”   Ryan wins with ...
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  In Defense of the Crude: Why Bob's Burgers Beats Out the Rest

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  Lauren Bratslavsky University of Oregon

  March 14, 2011

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  a second job as a cab driver. Some claim that the crude in Bob’s Burgers is not clever, nor earned. And ...
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  The Failure of Failure in Terriers

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  Jason Mittell Middlebury College

  April 18, 2011

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  on commercial television. We like our televisual failures to be villainously earned, melodramatically ...
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  The Hidden Face of the Adult Film Industry

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  Mary Erickson University of Oregon

  May 02, 2011

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  workers are left with fewer opportunities to earn money to support themselves and their families. An ...
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  Quality television-by-numbers: Veena Sud and AMC's failed products and faulty assumptions

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  Cory Barker Bradley University

  November 02, 2011

  2 comments

  focusing too much on telling us how great they are instead of actually earning the honor.  ...

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