A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Kelly Coyne dissects the racial and gender politics that underlie the “dumb blonde” stereotype.
Read moreAfter discussing current scholarship on Sofía Vergara’s portrayal of Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, María Elena Cepeda proposes contextualizing Vergara’s Caribbean and diasporic identity, her class positionality, her gendered subjectivity, and her racial location for future scholarship on Vergara’s character.
Read moreJackson Wright investigates the 2019 film Booksmart, complicating its popular reception as a progressive piece of media, instead positing that the film continues to marginalize nonwhite characters and support white superiority.
Read moreSuzanne Enzerink looks at Sikhtoons and other popular culture challenges to Muslim and Muslim-perceived stereotypes.
Read moreAn investigation of Asian masculinities in Little Fish and Japanese Story.
Read more“Big Man on Campus Ladies”
by: Walter Metz / Montana State University
Metz discusses the Oxygen TV show Campus Ladies and the so-called outrageous collegiate lives, the politicization of academia and the “vitriol reserved at this moment of American culture for professors.”
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by: Megan Mullen / University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Is the families selecting process to participate in reality TV showing American entertainment preferences? Are you and your family eligible?