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Syndication 203: A Waxy Queer Buildup
Taylor Cole Miller / University of Georgia

May 4, 2020 Taylor Cole Miller / University of Georgia One comment

In his final installment on television syndication, Taylor Cole Miller examines how particular first-run syndicated programs offered and embraced queerness.

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The Homogenized Queerness of Historical Television
Britta Hanson / University of Texas at Austin

July 5, 2017 Britta Hanson One comment

What does the presence of queer characters accomplish in historical shows? How much historicity do their depictions require? Britta Hanson explores the positive – and frequently negative – implications of modern-framed queer characters placed in the past.

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Miniskirts and Wigs: The Gender Politics of Cross-Dressing on Lip Sync Battle
Britta Hanson / University of Texas at Austin

July 5, 2016 Britta Hanson 9 comments

Britta Hanson examines the politics of cross-dressing and gender-bending performance on the popular show Lip Sync Battle, which ultimately contains such performances and reifies heteronormative gender roles.

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Contours of the Closet: Conceptualizing Straight / Gay on Teen TV
Wendy Peters / Nipissing University

March 28, 2016 Wendy Peters / Nipissing University One comment

Wendy Peters explores the gendered boundaries of straight, closeted, and gay characters on 90210 and Glee.

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Girl as Sign: Epistemology of the Shōjo
Coco Zhou / McGill University

November 22, 2015 Coco Zhou / McGill University 4 comments

Coco Zhou examines the male and female identification process and gender dynamics underlying the shojo figure in Japanese anime and visual and popular culture.

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Orientalized Masculinities in Contemporary Australian Cinema
Jane Park / The University of Sydney

March 6, 2009 Jane Park / University of Sydney, Australia 6 comments

An investigation of Asian masculinities in Little Fish and Japanese Story.

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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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Queering Justin

March 22, 2007 Hector Amaya / Southwestern University 9 comments

by: Hector Amaya / Southwestern University
How does the Justin character on Ugly Betty factor into and complicate debates about queer representations on television?

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Trauma Time: Family, Community and Criminality in Close to Home

January 13, 2006 Diane Negra / University College Dublin 4 comments

by: Diane Negra / University of East Anglia
How CBS’ Close to Home redefines motherhood, community and family values.

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Playboy Feminism? Hugh Hefner and The Girls Next Door

December 16, 2005 Moya Luckett / New York University 6 comments

by: Moya Luckett / New York University
The Girls Next Door plays with significant ideological contradictions as it tries to address the prevailing popularity of the Playboy bunny image with a new generation of women while trying to remove any taint of sexual exploitation from its girls.

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magshennyMaggie Hennefeld@magshenny·
16 May

I'm thrilled to share this short piece about @NastySilents just out in the new issue of @FlowTV!! I talk about our approach to curating the messiness of the feminist archive (w/a bit of dishing about a celebrity intro snafu). I hope you enjoy! 🎞️🍽️https://www.flowjournal.org/2022/05/cinemas-first-nasty-women/

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16 May

Our last issue of the semester is live! Run to http://flowjournal.org to check out Flow Volume 28.07 featuring @hmwheatley, @magshenny, @DearStefania, @sinwelleffect, @CaraDickason, @cinefeminism, and @LaProfaMolina!

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16 May

Appreciated shout-out to Maude's "very special episode" on which I wrote @FlowTV last fall: https://www.flowjournal.org/2021/11/maude-and-me/
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