Reconsidering the delicate work of tweeting about others' scholarship, the necessity of establishing best practices for conference tweeting, and the value of digital labor.
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Turning Twitter into Work: Digital Reporting at SCMS 2013
Talking About Rape Jokes (Again)
When comedians like Daniel Tosh and Louis CK say or do something that is wrong or hurtful, we owe it to ourselves to talk about it in context.
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Compulsory Masculinity on The Jersey Shore
The oppression of women is a daily activity for the men of the Jersey Shore, but so is the production of male beauty and labor in the domestic sphere.
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Glee as Integrated Musical (Finally!)
“Grilled Cheesus” is one of the few Glee episodes to not only establish, but also to play with, the opposition between dream world and real world in the musical.
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Televising New Orleans in 2010…or Why Sonny isn’t Watching The Real World: New Orleans
The Real World: Back to New Orleans, like Treme, brings to life how "authentic" New Orleans has taken on new and often multiple meanings for tourists, volunteers, and television watchers
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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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The New Reality of The Hills
It appears that in season six the world inside The Hills has effectively merged with the world outside The Hills. For this jaded fan, The Hills is once again must-see TV.
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