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• In Media Res
  Re: If This is OurChart Then Where is MyChart?: Selective Lesbian Identities on The L Word’s Social Networking Site

  OurChart on MySpace?

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  Gina Mitchell Bates College

  Friday, September 25, 2009 — 7:47 pm

  Being pretty unfamiliar with OurChart myself, I find both of your comments very informative. Given this unfamiliarity, I thought I'd stray a bit from the particulars of the site and toss out a related site I stumbled across- OurChart's MySpace. ...
• In Media Res
  Re: You Write It! Or, The L Word Is Labor

  The Role of Actor Interviews in the Promotion

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  Gina Mitchell Bates College

  Monday, September 21, 2009 — 10:28 pm

   Julie-- your critical reading of the treatment of amateurs and professionals in this clip is fascinating! As you show, the majority of the clip suggests the collapse of the “gulf between fans and producers”. During the first few minutes, Chaiken emphasiz ...
• In Media Res
  Re: It' so butch and femme: Reexamining Gender Representation on "The L Word"

  You're right, Kelly, I

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  Gina Mitchell Bates College

  Tuesday, September 22, 2009 — 5:25 pm

  You're right, Kelly, I should have been more specific in my mention of Bette! I was thinking here of Bette's relationship with Tina, which I see as oversimplified and perhaps essentializing in its treatment of butch-femme identity. And when I re ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Fear of a Pale 'Planet': Whiteness on The L Word

        I was glad Julie

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  Gina Mitchell Bates College

  Friday, September 25, 2009 — 6:40 am

        I was glad Julie brought up the exchange in the parenting group because I also remember finding that really intriguing. But looking back over it now I find that even this scene, which would seem to force a self-reflective moment for Bette (and for t ...