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• In Media Res
  Re: Nursing Our Pinktoberfest Hangover

  Pink Politics

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  Kirsten Pike Northwestern University in Qatar

  Friday, November 9, 2012 — 11:51 am

  Great post, Alison! Your discussion of the "tyranny of cheerfulness" related to pink makes me think of some of the recent work by scholars such as Mary Celeste Kearney about the pinking of toys and technology for girls, and the broader political ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Get in My Vagina! Language and Power in Online Comedy Videos

  Re: "Get in My Vagina!" and "Is It Funny or Not?"

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  Kirsten Pike Northwestern University in Qatar

  Saturday, November 10, 2012 — 11:21 am

  Thanks for the thoughtful post, Kim, and the great video compilation, too! I think you're right about the uneven challenge to power offered in "Republicans, Get in My Vagina." The video delivers a productive satire of the far right's l ...
• In Media Res
  Re: “Birthin’ Babies Are Disgusting”: Women’s Health in the Honey Boo Boo “Apocalypse”

  Belly Laughs

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  Kirsten Pike Northwestern University in Qatar

  Monday, November 5, 2012 — 10:30 pm

  Thanks for your comments, Rachel! You're right on about the connections between Belly Laughs & Honey Boo Boo. I hadn't thought about the book when I was writing this, but it's amazing how well some of McCarthy's chapters align with ...
• In Media Res
  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

  Thanks for your comments, Chuck, Kim, & Karyl! You've raised many good points here about performance, class, and race--all of which deserve further study and rightly highlight how gender is always implicated within a broader nexus of identity pol ...