A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
With the casting announcement of Halle Bailey as Ariel in Disney’s live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid, Shearon Roberts analyzes the recent history of race-swapping in Disney films.
Read moreLisa Funnell asserts that the casting of a Black woman as 007 in the next James Bond installment reveals growing anxieties about minorities claiming more institutional and economic power.
Read moreCasey Walker examines the Latin American roots of Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and its evolution from a symbol of fear to a symbol of resistance against racial discrimination.
Read moreShawna Kidman offers a timely response to this year’s Oscars, the Academy’s diversity and ratings problems, and how Black Panther complicates what we think is “Oscar worthy.”
Read moreIn the second part of their series, Miranda Banks and Kristin Lieb explore how the Lifetime Television Network is furthering its mission to support gender parity and inclusivity behind the lens.
Read moreMiranda Banks and Kristin Lieb map how The Lifetime Television Network has cultivated an increasingly inclusive and compelling model of media made by and for diverse women.
Read moreBriana Barner explores the controversial digital commercial published by hair care company Shea Moisture, and the immediate backlash it received.
Read morePhoebe Bronstein discusses television’s pedagogical potential for discussing race, from Harry Belefonte’s canceled Revlon specials to the current ABC sitcom black-ish.
Read moreRooplai Mukherjee explores how post-truth/post-fact political scripts are contested by empirical and racial counter-knowledges of the marginalized public spheres that they simultaneously attempt to silence.
Read moreIn this article, Caetlin Benson-Allott focuses on the racist backlash to incidents of violence surrounding the release of Boyz N the Hood and other films such as New Jack City and Do The Right Thing
Read moreSuzanne Enzerink looks at Sikhtoons and other popular culture challenges to Muslim and Muslim-perceived stereotypes.
Read morePhoebe Bronstein explores the representation of Southern law enforcement around Andy Griffith in the “Danny Meets Andy” episode of Make Room for Daddy, exploring how the show navigated national and regional discourses and anxieties of the police during the Civil Rights Movement.
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