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Author: Bambi Haggins / Arizona State University

Shady is the New Black
Bambi Haggins / Arizona State University

March 28, 2016 Bambi Haggins / Arizona State University 2 comments

Bambi Haggins considers how the “shady” protagonists, Olivia, Annalise, and Cookie, ambivalently challenge previous “Super Negro” televisual representation strategies.

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Not Your Grandmother’s “Super”: Julia, Olivia and Waning Black Exceptionalism
Bambi Haggins / Arizona State University

January 25, 2016 Bambi Haggins / Arizona State University Leave a comment

Bambi Haggins compares and contextualizes Scandal‘s Olivia Pope to Julia‘s titular character played by Diahann Carroll to investigate the complicated ways Black exemplarism informs the televisual construction of these women and Blacks on television more generally.

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Losing Cosby
Bambi Haggins / Arizona State University

October 26, 2015 Bambi Haggins / Arizona State University One comment

Bambi Haggins investigates the fall of Bill Cosby and what this means for the Black community, both for those raised on his wholesome, uplifting image and millennials, who may only come to know him as a hypocritical sexual predator.

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Requiem for a “King”: Something about Bernie
Bambi Haggins / University of Michigan

October 3, 2008 Bambi Haggins / Arizona State University Leave a comment

An analysis and tribute to the late great Bernie Mac.

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George Carlin, the Last of the Trinity
Bambi Haggins / University of Michigan

July 11, 2008 Bambi Haggins / Arizona State University One comment

Late-night musings on the last of the original kings of comedy.

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Darkly Dreaming of Dexter, Part 2: Sympathy for the Devil

February 12, 2008 Bambi Haggins / Arizona State University 3 comments

image-2-am-revolution-truck.jpgFurther exploration of the strange appeal and relatability of the serial-killer sociopath hero of Dexter.

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Darkly Dreaming of Dexter: If Loving Him Is Wrong I Don’t Want To Be Right

November 16, 2007 Bambi Haggins / Arizona State University 12 comments

An analysis of the appeal of the eponymous anti-hero in Showtime’s black comedy/crime drama “Dexter.”

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"Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde
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New in Over*Flow: @kellymcoyne examines cultural anxiety and ambivalence around the "dumb blonde" stereotype in "Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde. Check it out! https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/03/cultural-history-dumb-blonde/

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Monday, Flow day!! Volume 29.05 is now live on the website. ! Head on over to http://flowjournal.org to read the first installment of work by @bimmbles , @trilliz, @kingisafink, @influencerlabor, and @westemilye!

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New in Over*Flow: @rouselaurenc and @melstanfill present the results of a survey of users of popular fan fiction hosting site http://archiveofourown.org, providing updated statistics on fan fiction readers and writers. https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/02/fan-demographics-on-ao3/

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