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On Feminism, Racism, and Bewitched‘s Not-So-Magical Politics of Fun
Phoebe Bronstein / University of California San Diego

February 27, 2017 Phoebe Bronstein / University of California, San Diego One comment

Phoebe Bronstein examines how Bewitched reinforced exclusionary white feminism and how this exclusion continues to affect the modern women’s movement and marketable, consumerist feminism.

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Women Together, Not Alone: An Alternative Feminist Legacy for The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Bonnie J. Dow / Vanderbilt University

February 20, 2017 Bonnie Dow / Vanderbilt University 7 comments

Bonnie J. Dow looks at the legacy of Mary Tyler Moore and feminism, the feminist movements of the 1970’s, and the Women’s March of 2017, and reminds us of the importance of strong female communities.

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My Life with Mary: Remembering The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Jane Feuer / University of Pittsburgh

February 19, 2017 Jane Feuer / University of Pittsburgh One comment

Jane Feuer looks back on what The Mary Tyler Moore Show meant to her as a college student and then as a television scholar.

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Laura Petrie and Performance as Wifely Duty
Annie Berke / Hollins University

February 19, 2017 Annie Berke / Hollins University 3 comments

Annie Berke discusses Mary Tyler Moore’s portrayal of Laura Petrie to examine the fluid boundary between work and home in The Dick Van Dyke Show.

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Mary Tyler Moore: The Exemplary Disruption of the Single City Girl Archetype
Charisse L’Pree / Syracuse University

February 19, 2017 Charisse L'Pree / Syracuse University 2 comments

Charisse L’Pree examines the historical representation of women in the sitcom and traces the development of what she terms the “Single City Girl” archetype.

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Everybody Hates Chris and the (Overdue) Return of the Working-Class Sitcom

April 5, 2007 Tim Gibson / George Mason University 13 comments

by: Tim Gibson / George Mason University
On Everybody Hates Chris, class issues are largely explored in Chris’s home life, while the show’s writers
use Chris’s travails at Corleone to foreground questions
of race.

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Over*Flow: “It’s Not Steroids, It’s Testosterone!”: Deconstructing Gender and Sex in Bros (2022)
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"Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde
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20 Sep

New in Over*Flow: @renherold and @cinefeminism examine the deconstruction of cis gay masculinity in the 2022 semi-satirical gay rom-com Bros, reassessing its "bad object" status. Read more here: https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/09/over-flow-gender-sex-bros/

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16 Aug

NOPE is about the eye of the camera, but also Black defiance of it. Read Sophia Abbey's brief but excellent piece at @FlowTV, "Gazing Upwards: Spectacle, Surveillance, and Resistance in Nope." #OpenAccess
https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/08/gazing-upwards/

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2 May

Happy Tuesday, and happy Volume 29.07 release day! The final issue of Flow in the spring features work from @baker_r_r, @Naledgesince82, @caitmckinney, @MichaelSocolow, and Michele White! Read the full issue here: http://flowjournal.org

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7 Apr

TGIF!! Celebrate by reading vol. 29.06-up on the site now. Thx to @jenholt13 @rebeccasholt @kevindriscoll and @TrueIcaRash for their contributions!!

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