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The Media Rhetoric of a Mass Shooting
Via Gawker The San Bernardino shooting yesterday became the 355th mass shooting in the United States this year. As we enter the second day of news coverage about this horrific event, the typical...
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The Thing About Trading Spaces
Trading Spaces has returned to TLC. (Who are all those random, new people?) | Screenshot from YouTube. Trading Spaces returned to TLC last week. Generally, I have been opposed to the reboot trend. This...
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Here Comes Season 2 of Mama June
I’m deeply fascinated by Mama June’s $75,000 makeover, having written about it for Buzzfeed. With Season 2 of Mama June: From Not to Hot premiering next week, I’ll finally get the answer to my...
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Two Years and Counting: How The Duggars Stay Relevant Post-Scandal
Two years ago, InTouch Weekly broke a story about Josh Duggar’s alleged sex crimes and Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s subsequent cover-up of the molestation charges. The scandal led to the cancellation...
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Trump’s Reality Show Has Peaked
I suppose this was inevitable. The President-Elect, our reality star-in-chief, lashed out against the show that built his celebrity and the network that sustained his brand for nearly a decade. This...
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The End of Degrassi, The End of an Era
Degrassi: The Next Generation – Season 1 When I list my favorite TV series – E.R., Mad Men, Sports Night, Friday Night Lights, Freaks and Geeks, The Good Wife – I always mention Degrassi. I love...
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A Different Kind of #DemDebate
Amidst #FeeltheBern and #HillarySoQualified, I had my own Twitter debate and it escalated to a troubling conclusion. (This is a long post with some considerable exposition so I won’t be mad if you...
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Bernie Sanders is a Disney Princess
In a presidential campaign where fantasy and reality are constantly clashing, the memeification of Bernie Sanders is a strange phenomenon. The fervent need to declare Sanders the most authentic...
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It’s Dionne’s World, We Just Live In It
By now almost all of the hype surrounding Chris Rock’s Oscars is over. But there is still one moment I cannot shake. It has nothing to do with perfect human Brie Larson, precious cargo Joe Biden or...
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Counting On: Meet the Duggars 2.0
You probably heard by now, TLC has ordered a full season of Jill and Jessa: Counting On. If you didn’t know, I’m sorry to ruin your day. (But are you really that surprised? I did tell you this could...
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Desperately Seeking Authenticity: The Memeification of Bernie Sanders
“Nowadays, everybody tells us what we need is more belief, a stronger and deeper and more encompassing faith. A faith in America and in what we are doing. That may be true in the long run. What we...
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#OscarsSoWhite: How I Learned To Stop Caring And Hate The Oscars
The Academy Award nominations were announced today and for the second year in a row, the acting nominees were all-white. Straight Outta Compton, Creed, Will Smith in Concussion, Idris Elba in Beasts of...
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Freeform: A Network for Becomers (And That Evangelical)
Have you heard about Freeform? If you haven’t, then you’re probably not invested in Pretty Little Liars’ five-year jump. (Seriously, can anyone explain how Alison is a high school English teacher?)...
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The Media Rhetoric of a Mass Shooting
Via Gawker The San Bernardino shooting yesterday became the 355th mass shooting in the United States this year. As we enter the second day of news coverage about this horrific event, the typical...
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Matriarchy Wins: Law and Order: SVU Takes on the Duggars
Law and Order: SVU – Meet the Bakers. Starring the dad from Two of a Kind. In October, NBC announced Law and Order: SVU would tackle the Duggar family scandal. In spite of almost never watching SVU,...
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10 Years of a Blog
A snapshot of this blog from 2013 Today is the 10th anniversary of For Cinephiles by a Cinefille. I had no idea when I started this blog with zero fanfare and one loyal reader (my sister) that it would...
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The End of Degrassi, The End of an Era
Degrassi: The Next Generation – Season 1 When I list my favorite TV series – E.R., Mad Men, Sports Night, Friday Night Lights, Freaks and Geeks, The Good Wife – I always mention Degrassi. I love...
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19 Kids and Counting: Why A Duggar Spinoff Could Work
I’ve never understood this marketing campaign. The Duggars of 19 Kids and Counting are many things. They are an unorthodox family. They are Conservatives. They are public Evangelicals. They are...
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The Unseen Realities of 19 Kids and Counting
“Reality TV promises its audience revelatory insight into the lives of others as it withholds and subverts full access to it.” — Laurie Ouellette and Susan Murray, Reality TV: Remaking Television...
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On Mad Men
Mad Men has generated an inordinate amount of think pieces this week. It’s overwhelming to say the least. While I certainly don’t need to contribute another aside to the story, a few thoughts about...
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