A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Wendy Peters explores the gendered boundaries of straight, closeted, and gay characters on 90210 and Glee.
Wendy Peters examines the “victim + bully = love” narrative — the representation and rationalization of internalized homophobia and externalized violence as a precursor to same-sex romance — in teen television shows like Pretty Little Liars, 90210, and Glee.
Wendy Peters examines “post-” political representations — post-racial, post-closet — and the ways in which they erase the realities of racism, homophobia, and normative privilege from the teen televisual landscape.
