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Camille DeBose DePaul University

The Ambiguously Gay Duo of Sherlock: Sexual Aesthetics and the Limits of Cinematic Language
Camille DeBose / DePaul University

October 14, 2012 Camille DeBose DePaul University 10 comments

An examination of the role of sexuality on BBC’s Sherlock.

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The Hunger Games and Obama’s “Post-racial” America
Camille Debose / DePaul University

August 27, 2012 Camille DeBose DePaul University 13 comments

A consideration of post-racial America through the lens of The Hunger Games.

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How Lena Dunham Set Me Free
Camille Debose / DePaul University

July 17, 2012 Camille DeBose DePaul University 7 comments

A consideration of “Girls” creator Lena Dunham’s response to complaints about her show’s lack of diversity.

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Spying while “Black”: The curious failure of The Undercovers
Camille DeBose / DePaul University

September 16, 2011 Camille DeBose DePaul University 12 comments

Perhaps the curious failure of the Undercovers highlights our own failure to see blackness in all its diversity. More importantly it highlights the effects of an unwillingness to produce diverse representations of blackness in media with black Americans being complicit in that failure.

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Mining Collective Memory: Fairytales grow up, take their shirts off
Camille DeBose / DePaul University

August 4, 2011 Camille DeBose DePaul University 4 comments

Between true stories, original screenplays, faithful adaptations, and the spirit of the source text.

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Universalized Pathology: How Pretty Little Liars De-contextualizes Bad Behavior for Profit
Camille DeBose / DePaul University

June 23, 2011 Camille DeBose DePaul University 12 comments

A look at the portrayal of teenage sexuality and objectification on Pretty Little Liars.

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Flow is a critical forum on media and culture published by the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin. Flow’s mission is to provide a space where scholars and the public can discuss media histories, media studies, and the changing landscape of contemporary media.

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Over*Flow: “It’s Not Steroids, It’s Testosterone!”: Deconstructing Gender and Sex in Bros (2022)
Lauren Herold / Kenyon College and Nicole Erin Morse / Florida Atlantic University

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

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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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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
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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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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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