Republican and anti-choice ultrasound bills and laws have justifiably come under fire for being physically invasive, but what they say about women as audiences and as citizens is every bit as disturbing.
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Compulsory Ultrasound Audiences and Feminism
Crowds, Words, and the Futures of Entertainment Conference
At FoE no one group is set up as knowing what’s going on, the other(s) being left simply to write notes. And thus it’s an interesting, if sometimes awkward exercise in talking across paradigms, goals, and vocabulary.
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Moving
Academic life requires that one be able to move on command. But how does one do that?
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Advice, Feedback, and Where to Get It
With all the bad advice being given about academia, or simply the lack of advice, where do we get good advice and how do we establish a better system for giving it?
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The Pains of Winning
The Bruins won the Stanley Cup, in style. So why, as a Vancouver Canucks fan, do I feel more relief than sadness?
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The Rapture of New Network Shows
What happened at last week's network upfronts, and what does it say about American television?
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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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Protests in Wisconsin
As you may’ve heard, something is going on in the state of Wisconsin.
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Antenna’s First Calendar Year
2010 was Antenna's first calendar year in existence. We offer some stats and thanks
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Ambient Nationality
For all the interest in using foreign media to immerse oneself in a "foreign" nationality, perhaps what a lot of us want/need is simply a background, faint, weak, unobtrusive ambience.
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Simpsonic Business as Usual?
Last night, the Banksy-directed opening credit sequence “couch gag” for The Simpsons took us into the sweatshop behind the franchise. As executive producer Al Jean noted, “This is what you get when you outsource.”
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The 2010-2011 Season Primetime Network Draft
Why conduct fantasy drafts of professional athletes when you can instead draft the new network television shows?
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Chinese Deadwood in Malawi
American TV in Malawi, by way of China and South Africa. What are we to make of the cultural intermediaries, and what does this say about global media flow?
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“Africa’s Heartbreak”? A Report From Malawi
If "Africa" exists, it is only in brief moments, so to pity Africa and feel sorry for "its" loss is to fall into a nasty discursive trap.
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Summer Media: River Monsters
One of them belches like Jabba the Hutt when pulled out of water. And yet I find myself wondering why animals and American television haven’t been even better friends.
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