Candy-Coated, Tangerine-Colored Criminals: Jenji Kohan’s Drug Use
Kathleen Collins / John Jay College
A consideration of Jenji Kohan’s antiheroic protagonists.
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Bodies and Bravo’s Brand on The Real Housewives of Atlanta and New York
Jorie Lagerwey / University College Dublin
RHOA 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 moreThe Others on Bravo: The Entertainment Value of the Eccentric Ethnic Character
Keara Goin / University of Texas at Austin
The Bravo network’s programming as a whole seems to use the eccentric ethnic character as a formulaic strategy to enhance a show’s entertainment value
Read more“Feminine Eminems and Slim Shady Ladiesâ€: Performances of Recessionary Masculinity in ‘Fake’ Rap
Jon Hozier-Byrne / University College Dublin
These musicians-cum-comics present ‘ironic’ or satirical performances of hyper-masculinity, often complete with the misogyny that is so central to that identity, leaving one to wonder if the more subtle aspects of this ideological exercise are lost on their massive online followings.
Read moreMaking Television and Collaborative Authorship: Interview with Jim Piddock, Co-Creator of HBO’s Family Tree
Stefania Marghitu / King’s College London
Family Tree contains all of the makings of a signature Christopher Guest production.
Read moreBaseball’s Steroids Era and its Dominican Scapegoats
Nelson Santana / CUNY Dominican Studies Institute
Thoughts on Major League Baseball’s persecution of Dominican athletes.
Read more‘ “War crimes” are defined by the winners. I’m a winner.’ Genocide and legitimizing social systems.
Dr. Rob Leurs / Utrecht University
The Act of Killing and Enemies of the People are powerful lessons in the construction of (dis)functioning nations
Read moreThe U.S. Hispanic television industry in the era of digital conversion
Juan Piñón/ New York University
Hispanic television networks in the U.S. have pursued an aggressive strategy for expanding content distribution through different digital and mobile platforms.
Read moreReactions toward disliked in-group media figures: The role of ethnicity on perceived social appearance
Adolfo R. Mora / The University of Texas at Austin
Through a qualitative content analysis of 30 student essays from a Southwest Texas University, this article decoded the socio-psychological distance between audiences and in-group ethnic media figures based on disliked social appearance.
Read moreThe Black TV Crisis and the Next Generation
Aymar Jean Christian / Northwestern University
A consideration for race in contemporary television.
Read moreTavi Gevinson and the Possibilities of Girls’ Popular Feminism
Jessalynn Keller / Middlesex University (London, UK)
A close look at Tavi Gevinson, founder of Rookie Magazine and female teen feminist.
Read moreShamefaced: Reframing the Dove Real Beauty Sketches
Li Cornfeld / McGill University
The Dove campaign’s ostensible feel-good message fails to mask the project’s cruelty: like publicly-released mugshots, the Dove portraits are mediated public shaming devices.
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