By licensing—and disciplining—history, the Assassin's Creed series seeks to turn cultural capital into gaming capital.
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Mediating the Past: Licensing History, One Game At a Time
Grimm and the Monstrous Feminine
Dead women are standard set dressing on most crime dramas, but the more I watched the more I realized the women in Grimm aren’t usually homicide victims – they’re monsters.
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Glee: The Countertenor and The Crooner
The popularity of Glee, and, in particular, these two singers, has made me think that American culture may finally be starting to break with the gender norms of male singing performance that have persisted for the last 80 years.
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Watching the World’s Amazing Races
What I find frustrating about the show is not simply that it ends up Othering the world, but that it could be so much better. It’s like a B student who writes occasionally brilliant sentences, yet who isn’t trying hard enough.
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Charlie Chan and Contemporary B-Movie Fandom
A controversial new book argues that it’s okay to enjoy Charlie Chan movies.
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Kids Today
Kids are being sexualized these days. And, wouldn’t you know it, popular culture is said to be at fault
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Glee: The Good, The Bad and The Funky
“Funk” exemplified everything I’ve come to expect from Glee: a confusing mix of rousing musical performances and out of place racist/sexist/heterosexist jokes
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5 Thoughts On: ABC’s Modern Family
One Show, Five Thoughts.
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