Brander Rasmussen Birgit

University of Wisconsin, Madison

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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 ...

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Re: Yellow Fever: Born Digital on Battlestar Galactica

This is a really interesting

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Brander Rasmussen Birgit University of Wisconsin, Madison

Monday, July 9, 2007 — 4:29 pm
This is a really interesting scene and I also think it is notable how much attention is paid to Sharon's suffering (does that make her more "human?"). Part of what struck me about it also the weird, voyeristic pleasure of seeing the long-dr ...