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Author: Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine

Undateable: Some Reflections on Online Dating and the Perversion of Time
Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine

April 22, 2011 Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine 5 comments

Lucas Hilderbrand examines how online dating alters traditional notions of romantic temporality.

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It’s Okay to Watch a Show Called Cougar Town
Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine

February 11, 2011 Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine 4 comments

Lucas Hilderbrand celebrates the pleasures of the ABC sitcom Cougar Town and assures us, “It’s okay to watch.”

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The History of Postmodern: Mark Ronson’s Pop Nostalgia
Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine

November 12, 2010 Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine 4 comments

Lucas Hilderbrand considers how Mark Ronson’s new album reminisces about the glory days of 1980s postmodern pop.

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Sweatin’ Out the Shame
Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine

April 23, 2010 Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine 8 comments

A look at classic VHS workout tapes.

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Phonography: Lessons Learned from Teaching Audio Technologies
Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine

February 5, 2010 Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine 2 comments

Reflections on teaching cultural studies of sound technology and popular music.

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Stage Left: Glee and the Textual Politics of Difference
Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine

December 4, 2009 Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine 10 comments

A look at difference, marginalization, and minority politics in the new show Glee.

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Rewind: sex, lies, and videotape at 20 
Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine

September 4, 2009 Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine 7 comments

A thoughtful rumination on sex, lies, and videotape on its twentieth anniversary.

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“Digital” is not a noun 
 Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine 

July 23, 2009 Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine 6 comments

An insightful rumination on the use of the word “digital” and its implications.

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Justice Is a Bitch: On Damages as a Liberal Revenge Fantasy 
 Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine  

June 12, 2009 Lucas Hilderbrand / University of California, Irvine One comment

An analysis of FX’s Damages as a program about law “out-of-order,” enacting a liberal revenge fantasy through Glenn Close’s character, Patty Hewes.

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