Posts Tagged ‘ girls ’

She Works Hard for the Money/Man/Shoes/Herself/Her Sisters…

October 27, 2015
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She Works Hard for the Money/Man/Shoes/Herself/Her Sisters…

In the fourth and final installment of a limited series on Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn: Feminized Popular Culture in the Early Twenty-First Century, contributor Elizabeth Nathanson outlines the anthology's "Labors" section and argues that mediated depictions of femininity are always working hard in public and private spheres while striving for creativity, community, and sisterhood.
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AnTENNA, UnREAL: Channel Branding and Racial Politics

August 21, 2015
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AnTENNA, <i>UnREAL</i>: Channel Branding and Racial Politics

The final part of a week-long forum for media scholars to share their thoughts about Lifetime's UnREAL explores the series in relation to cable branding and racial politics.
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Golden Globes 2013: Going Home With Jodie Foster

January 14, 2013
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Golden Globes 2013: Going Home With Jodie Foster

Amy Poehler and Tina Fey's co-hosting of the 2013 Golden Globes was one in a number of prominent moments for women at this year's awards ceremony. Some might be tempted to claim that the event helped raise the banner for women. Not so fast.
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How Tavi Gevinson Restored my Love of Gramsci (and Hope for Feminism)

December 4, 2012
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How Tavi Gevinson Restored my Love of Gramsci (and Hope for Feminism)

Rookie's Tavi Gevinson offers a feminist, anti-elitist model of Gramsci’s organic intellectual.
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Brave: Changing Our Fate

July 10, 2012
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Brave: Changing Our Fate

If Pixar is truly a cutting-edge animation studio, why did Brave take seventeen years?
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Who (does HBO hope) is watching Girls?

April 24, 2012
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Who (does HBO hope) is watching Girls?

After two episodes of trying to decide how I feel about the show, I started to wonder: Who does HBO hope will watch Girls? Girls’ small initial audience suggests that its audience “isn’t easily defined.”
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Blame Your HVAC

May 28, 2010
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Blame Your HVAC

How often this season have we seen ‘tween girls, and their forty-something moms, blamed for the sorry state of American Idol?
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