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<strong>Faux Gender and the New Popularity of Drag Culture</strong> <br /> <em>Keara Goin / FLOW Senior Editor</em>

Faux Gender and the New Popularity of Drag Culture
Keara Goin / FLOW Senior Editor(0)

August 27, 2012

RuPaul’s DragU, while rejecting normative and essentialist gender roles, exposes an “ideal” femininity that is framed in notions of masculinity and leaves us with only the charades of faux gender.

<strong>Prostitution or Oprah: The Impact of Dichotomous Images of Black Women</br><em>Mary Vanderlinden/Averett University</em></strong>

Prostitution or Oprah: The Impact of Dichotomous Images of Black Women
Mary Vanderlinden/Averett University

Mary Vanderlinden shares the results of her study on the influence of televisual portrayals of professional women on college-age African American women.

<strong><em>The Hunger Games</em> and Obama’s “Post-racial” America</strong> <br /> <em>Camille Debose / DePaul University</em>

The Hunger Games and Obama’s “Post-racial” America
Camille Debose / DePaul University

A consideration of post-racial America through the lens of The Hunger Games.

<strong>Comedy and the Social Contract: The Surprisingly Conservative Vision of Louis C.K.</strong> <br /> <em>Carrie Andersen / FLOW Marketing Editor</em>

Comedy and the Social Contract: The Surprisingly Conservative Vision of Louis C.K.
Carrie Andersen / FLOW Marketing Editor

An exploration of the surprisingly conservative vision of Louis C.K.

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