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• In Media Res
  Re: The Ethics and Erotics of Queer "Wrecking"

  First of all, I’m sorry that

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  Zachary Harvat The Ohio State University

  Saturday, May 24, 2014 — 5:26 pm

  First of all, I'm sorry that I am just now getting around to commenting on this great wrap-up post! I'm glad that you have chosen "Wrecking Ball" because it has always stood out to me, especially after seeing the director's cut. M ...
• In Media Res
  Re: MC NORMCORE

  Famously Normal / Normatively Famous

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  Zachary Harvat The Ohio State University

  Thursday, May 22, 2014 — 10:07 pm

  Thank you, Eva, for a great addition to our conversations; indeed, this post adds another complicating dimension to our previous discussion, which is excellent. I take your points here about normativity and normcore, especially as it relates to Miley' ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Double Double Miley Trouble: Notes Toward a Queer Aesthet(h)ics of Duplicity

  re: Appropriate Queering

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  Zachary Harvat The Ohio State University

  Monday, May 19, 2014 — 11:00 pm

  Chris, I am so glad that you bring up the complex relationship between queering and appropriation, a complexity that my post tomorrow attempts to begin working through (because it is of course too complicated for just 400 words). Our conversation will pro ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Double Double Miley Trouble: Notes Toward a Queer Aesthet(h)ics of Duplicity

  R.I.P. Hannah Montana

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  Zachary Harvat The Ohio State University

  Monday, May 19, 2014 — 11:04 pm

  An appropriate image for this topic, I think: http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bk99_e7CcAAZCcc.png ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Queer Time/Shocking Transformations: Miley Cyrus as a Fascinating Person(s)

  The masturbating child and the ouroboros

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  Zachary Harvat The Ohio State University

  Wednesday, May 21, 2014 — 9:52 pm

  Thanks for a great post, Chris! In your comment you mention Miley's "failure to grow up properly," but I think that Miley exhibits a failure to grow up, period. Karin's comment--or is it Michael's? I can't differentiate betwe ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Why "We Can't Stop" Talking About Miley: Race, Ratchet and Queerness

  The auto-erotics of whiteness

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  Zachary Harvat The Ohio State University

  Tuesday, May 20, 2014 — 6:37 pm

  This is a great response! I am about to head into work, so I won't be able to respond at length until later tonight, but I want to think through what we might learn from this connection that you draw so astutely between Franco and Cyrus. The pistol-f ...