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Do We Need a Gay Rights Saving Time?

Kathleen Battles / Oakland University

April 10, 2008 Kathleen Battles / Oakland University 7 comments

Danny Noriega, Ben Affleck, and the trouble with gays on television.

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The Thirtieth Anniversary of Roots and the Deferred Dream of Black Drama

Tim Havens / University of Iowa

April 7, 2008 Tim Havens / University of Iowa 4 comments

As we enter a post-network television era, however, it is worth reassessing the promises and disappointments that came in the wake of Roots in order to understand the prospects for African American television today, especially dramatic series.

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Celebrity Social Gospel

Mara Einstein / Queens College

March 27, 2008 Mara Einstein / Queens College One comment

How has the concept of social gospel changed since the mid-twentieth century?

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Celebrating Television’s Spotty Memory

John W. Jordan / UW-Milwaukee

March 27, 2008 John W. Jordan / UW-Milwaukee 4 comments

How will television write its own history of the writers’ strike?

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Ready, Set, Go! Stopping Time in Its Corporate Tracks

Anna Beatrice Scott / University of California, Riverside

March 26, 2008 Anna Beatrice Scott / University of California, Riverside Leave a comment

The flash mob mentality and our perception of time.

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"Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde
Kelly Coyne / Northwestern University

Fan Demographics on Archive of Our Own
Lauren Rouse & Mel Stanfill / University of Central Florida

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22 Mar

New in Over*Flow: @kellymcoyne examines cultural anxiety and ambivalence around the "dumb blonde" stereotype in "Blonde is a Kind of Person": A Cultural History of the Dumb Blonde. Check it out! https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/03/cultural-history-dumb-blonde/

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Monday, Flow day!! Volume 29.05 is now live on the website. ! Head on over to http://flowjournal.org to read the first installment of work by @bimmbles , @trilliz, @kingisafink, @influencerlabor, and @westemilye!

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New in Over*Flow: @rouselaurenc and @melstanfill present the results of a survey of users of popular fan fiction hosting site http://archiveofourown.org, providing updated statistics on fan fiction readers and writers. https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/02/fan-demographics-on-ao3/

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