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Tag: Teen Television

Over*Flow: Queen of the Neighborhood: Monse Finnie Mobilizes and Defies the Ingenue Trope in Netflix’s On My Block
Stephanie Melissa Perez / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

October 8, 2021 Stephanie Melissa Perez / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 3 comments

Stephanie Melissa Perez explores how On My Block’s Monse experiences her own objectification and challenges stereotypes of ingenues and Black and Latinx girls.

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Everytown, USA, Everyshow, USA: Riverdale as Intentionally Intertextual
Caroline N. Bayne / UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, TWIN CITIES

April 27, 2021 Caroline N. Bayne / University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Leave a comment

Exploring the intertexuality of The CW’s Riverdale (2017–present), Caroline N. Bayne focuses on the way that the series exploits the tension between midcentury nostalgia and the darker teen pop culture of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Contours of the Closet: Conceptualizing Straight / Gay on Teen TV
Wendy Peters / Nipissing University

March 28, 2016 Wendy Peters / Nipissing University One comment

Wendy Peters explores the gendered boundaries of straight, closeted, and gay characters on 90210 and Glee.

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Victim + Bully = Love
Wendy Peters / Nipissing University

January 25, 2016 Wendy Peters / Nipissing University One comment

Wendy Peters examines the “victim + bully = love” narrative — the representation and rationalization of internalized homophobia and externalized violence as a precursor to same-sex romance — in teen television shows like Pretty Little Liars, 90210, and Glee.

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Teen TV’s Post-Closet and Postracial Fictions
Wendy Peters / Nipissing University

October 26, 2015 Wendy Peters / Nipissing University One comment

Wendy Peters examines “post-” political representations — post-racial, post-closet — and the ways in which they erase the realities of racism, homophobia, and normative privilege from the teen televisual landscape.

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Dan Vena / Queen’s University & Sarah Woodstock / University of Toronto

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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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Happy Flow-entines Day! We are proud to announce the release of special issue Volume 29.04, "The Struggle Is (for) Real: Cultivating Authenticity in the 'BeReal' age"! Thanks to guest editors @TomDivon and @disabledphd. Read the full issue here: http://flowjournal.org

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