A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Jorie Lagerwey and Taylor Nygaard examine white-cast dystopias and people of color-cast utopias in contemporary sitcom aesthetics.
Read moreJorie Lagerwey and Taylor Nygaard analyze Broad City as a case study for the racial discourses of female friendships in television’s Horrible White People comedies.
Read moreUsing Lifetime’s UnReal as a case study, Jorie Lagerwey and Taylor Nygaard examine the representation of white, liberal, middle-class, educated women in the emerging “Horrible White People” genre on cable and streaming platforms.
Read moreRHOA highlights the ruptures in Bravo’s brand and moves the show from a vehicle for winking consumerist aspiration to an example of successful brand-selves emerging outside the strict limits of postfeminist entrepreneurial success set by Bravos other stars.
Read moreA look at the place of religion a decade after 9/11.
Read moreAn analysis of the Bravo show Kell on Earth.
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