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  "This is an unstable environment”: Teen Mom 2 and Class

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  Chelsea Bullock Georgia Institute of Technology

  November 16, 2012

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  and Chelsea’s attempt to earn her GED. Teen Mom 2  is anti-aspirational television. The show makes the ...
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  Re: “Birthin’ Babies Are Disgusting”: Women’s Health in the Honey Boo Boo “Apocalypse”

  HBB's Representational Politics

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  Kirsten Pike Northwestern University in Qatar

  Thursday, November 8, 2012 — 2:53 pm

  gay Uncle Lee helps the youngster win the "People's Choice" award at the Miss Sparkle ...
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  Nursing Our Pinktoberfest Hangover

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  Alison Bodkin James Madison University

  November 08, 2012

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  precedence over winning the war.  There is nothing pretty in pink about this tyranny of cheerfulness. ...
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  “Birthin’ Babies Are Disgusting”: Women’s Health in the Honey Boo Boo “Apocalypse”

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  Kirsten Pike Northwestern University in Qatar

  November 05, 2012

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  “Birthin’ Babies Are Disgusting”: Women’s Health in the Honey Boo Boo “Apocalypse” Women's Health Is A Joke Reality TV and Gender Honey Boo Boo Curator's Note Despite being widely panned as a “sign of the apocalypse,” TLC’s redneck reality show ...
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  Halo: How Clashing Media Cultures Lead to the Demise of a Blockbuster

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  Nicholas Benson Old Dominion University

  November 02, 2012

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  a short film aired in segments on YouTube and have tapped Academy Award-winning director David Fincher to ...
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  Controlling Player Creativity in Halo 4: Microsoft's Game Content Usage Rules

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  Steven Boyer University of Glasgow

  November 01, 2012

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  stockholders, Microsoft is in a no-win scenario here regardless of intentions, and thus disavowal of domination ...
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  Re: Performance Politics: The Subversive Pleasure of Perry

  Audiences

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  Racquel Gates College of Staten Island, CUNY

  Wednesday, October 24, 2012 — 3:16 pm

  black experience in his films- would win a loyal following. Given the kind of labor that African ...
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  Performance Politics: The Subversive Pleasure of Perry

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  Rashida Z. Shaw, Ph.D. Wesleyan University

  October 24, 2012

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  Performance Politics: The Subversive Pleasure of Perry Tyler Perry pleasure black spectators Curator's Note With Alex Cross on the horizon, the self-fashioned Tyler Perry continues to morph into new molds that are very different from his theatrical b ...
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  What Would Tyler Perry Do?: Compromised Christian Messages in Madea Goes to Jail

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  Evan Saathoff www.badassdigest.com

  October 23, 2012

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  Jesus would only to earn a sharp “Go to Hell,” to which Madea mockingly responds: “Did you show him your ...
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  Re: “Who's Your Mr. and Mrs. Grey?”: Unpacking Casting Speculations in Fifty Shades of Grey

  super fans

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  Karen Petruska University of California, Santa Barbara

  Wednesday, September 26, 2012 — 11:52 am

  itself an expression of power? How many hits did this trailer earn?  Did it break through to a broader ...

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