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Author: Judith Halberstam / University of Southern California

Pixarvolt – Animation and Revolt

August 30, 2007 Judith Halberstam / University of Southern California 7 comments

by: Judith Halberstam / University of Southern California

In contemporary animated feature films for kids, a genre I call “pixarvolt,” certain topics which would never ever appear in adult films are central to the success and emotional impact of the narrative.

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Modern Love?

June 7, 2007 Judith Halberstam / University of Southern California 3 comments

by: Judith Halberstam / University of Southern California
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New York Times column “Modern Love” records the ups
and downs, the byroads and hidden paths of contemporary romance for urban, mostly white, mostly heterosexual men and women.

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Children Playing in Hollywood

May 2, 2007 Judith Halberstam / University of Southern California 6 comments

by: Judith Halberstam / University of Southern California
Let’s see how Little Children manages to sneak normativity into the plot as resolution for the problem of the community enforcement of …normativity!

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Sex, Love, Television (Pt. 2)

March 9, 2007 Judith Halberstam / University of Southern California 2 comments

by: Judith Halberstam / University of Southern California
At a time when Hollywood has very little use for women of a certain age, perhaps television is where women over 40 can go to find roles beyond the bitter mother-in-law, the predatory divorcee or the lonely spinster.

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Sex, Love, Television – Part 1

February 23, 2007 Judith Halberstam / University of Southern California 16 comments

by: Judith Halberstam / University of Southern California
What draws American viewers to Desperate Housewives, a show about infidelity, teenage promiscuity, scandal, secrecy, murder and deceit?

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