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• In Media Res
  Re: When Shallowness Enables Depth: The Oscars as a Scenario for Socio-Political Protest

  A history of political interventions

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  Raffi Sarkissian University if Southern California

  Thursday, March 3, 2016 — 6:26 pm

  This post and the examples you bring up from Oscar history (as well as all the posts so far this week) demonstrate the salience of the Oscar "stage" as one of the most potent sites for political intervention in popular culture. Yes, for the most ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Can wE! All Get Along? The Fashion Police and Oscar Diversity

  Fashion and Fragility

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  Raffi Sarkissian University if Southern California

  Thursday, March 3, 2016 — 5:52 pm

  Thanks for the post, Julie! I am so happy one of the other posts brought in Zendaya because it is a clear extension of race politics on the red carpet, especially how Giuliana's comment proved as a "break" from the fawning of red carpet com ...
• In Media Res
  Re: "Do you do that to the guys?: Feminism and Red Carpet Politics

  A new ambivalent era in fashion policing?

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  Raffi Sarkissian University if Southern California

  Thursday, March 3, 2016 — 6:07 pm

  I appreciate how you bring up the difficult reconciliation between the commercial and cultural logic of the sexist practices of the red carpet, because I feel as though the (awards/carpet coverage) industry does not know what to do with this dilemma. I ha ...