Posts Tagged ‘ pleasure ’

Reimagining Passions, Pleasures and Bad Lady Texts

October 13, 2015
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Reimagining Passions, Pleasures and Bad Lady Texts

In part two of a series on the anthology Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn: Feminized Popular Culture in the Early 21st Century, Kristen Warner discusses the "Passions" section, where scholars consider how pleasure functions for women viewers who use female-centric media texts as models for who they want to be and what they want to...
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Contingent Labor and the Possibility of Creative Coalitions

November 7, 2013
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Contingent Labor and the Possibility of Creative Coalitions

Adrienne Shaw explores how academics, fans, and industry professionals are all laborers of love and how a coalitional attitude could benefit all parties in our quest to engage with our beloved media objects.
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Spirituality, Excess, and the Pleasures of Survivor: South Pacific

December 13, 2011
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Spirituality, Excess, and the Pleasures of <em>Survivor: South Pacific</em>

Religion is a prominent concern on this season of Survivor. In an early episode, returning cast member Coach told Upolu tribe mate Brandon that it will be a struggle to play the game as moral Christian men. How well did these men do with this task? In the last episode, after saying he’s playing...
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