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  Amy Sherman-Palladino: Losing the Battle, Winning the War

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  Karen Petruska University of California, Santa Barbara

  May 06, 2013

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  Amy Sherman-Palladino: Losing the Battle, Winning the War showrunner Sherman-Palladino Gilmore ... signature upon each show and who oversees an award-winning (if not ratings-winning) program. More often than ...
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  Affirmative Activision

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  Nina Huntemann Suffolk University

  December 09, 2010

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  units. By the end of launch day, the game sold 5.6 million copies, earning $360 million. Clearly, flak ...
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  Nathan for You and Cable's Contested Masculinities

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  Nick Marx Colorado State University

  August 21, 2014

  City, and Key & Peele have earned much of the attention in Comedy Central’s recent run of standout ...
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  Amy Schumer: Enemy of the Status Quo

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  Kathleen Collins John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City University of New York)

  February 12, 2015

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  make it in a traditional boys’ club, Schumer has earned admirable success and power. Her explicit and ...
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  Steel Magnolia: Nancy Grace and the Epistemology of Place

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  Hollis Griffin Denison University

  March 30, 2007

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  course, earned her the ire of many lawyers and legal scholars, especially after her aggressive grilling of ...
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  Docile Dragons

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  John Rose University of Texas at Arlington

  April 19, 2023

  it does not seem like Rhaenyra will win the Game of Thrones. ...
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  Andy Samberg’s D-ck in a Book?: The Highs and Lows of Marketing Literature on the Internet

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  Hollis Griffin Denison University

  August 07, 2007

  authors like Candace Bushnell, Plum Sykes, and, yes, Holly Peterson have earned their literary stripes by ...
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  Aging and Action Authenticity

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  Yvonne Tasker University of East Anglia

  August 12, 2010

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  Aging and Action Authenticity gender Aging action Curator's Note The imminent release of The Expendables underlines the continuing presence of aging action stars. 1980s action stars such as Stallone, Willis, Ford and Gibson are hardly without precede ...
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  Luke Spencer: General Hospital’s Repentant Rapist

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  Elana Levine

  March 19, 2008

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  Luke Spencer: General Hospital’s Repentant Rapist patriarchy gender rape masculinity masochism soap operas 1970s General Hospital violence guilt Curator's Note As the 1970s drew to a close, the most popular character on US daytime television soap ope ...