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On Modern Family, Vergara’s award-winning performance of Latina spitfire Gloria affirms the show’s nostalgic representation of white masculinity, helping to soothe racial anxieties through a familiar figure of domestic Latina femininity. At the same time, Vergara’s complex representation of Latina motherhood also provides a unique moment of visibility, creating a rupture in the show’s narrative of white resentment.

An in depth look at the science of Haptics and touchscreens.

The Boondocks and Tyler Perry’s universe.

A consideration of heteronormative trends in Disney’s The Little Vampire.

Alton Brown and men who play well in the kitchen.

How refusing media becomes a part of taste culture.

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

An examination of the ways in which camera angles and narrative strategies are deployed in representations of same sex intimacy on network television comedies.