Gangster Women
Kate Warner / University of Queensland
A consideration of female gangsters in central roles in recent television shows, including Justified, Weeds, and Underbelly: Razor.
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Gangster Women
The Celebrity Sex Tape, Where Porn Meets Reality TV
Michael Z. Newman / University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
An examination of the role of the celebrity sex tape in today’s reality TV landscape.
Read moreJohnny Weir, Vladimir Putin, and the Sexual Politics of the Sochi Olympics
Hollis Griffin / Denison University
A close look at the sexual politics of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Read moreThe “Ordinary” Celebrity and Postfeminist Media Culture
Erin Meyers / Oakland University
Through the focus on the private lifestyles of stars as their claim to fame, tabloids frame “ordinariness” itself as an idealized yet impossible position for all women.
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