Kelly Kessler

DePaul University

As contributor

In Media Res

"Do Season Finales Even Matter Anymore?" or "Season Finale, Schmeason Finale. I Don’t Even Know When It’s On!"

By
Kelly Kessler DePaul University

May 16, 2011
11 comments

"Do Season Finales Even Matter Anymore?" or "Season Finale, Schmeason Finale. I Don’t Even Know When It’s On!" Private Practice Online Viewing DVD scheduling season finale Curator's Note I must stay I have a really hard time belie ...
In Media Res

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

By
Kelly Kessler DePaul University

September 23, 2009
2 comments

If This is OurChart Then Where is MyChart?: Selective Lesbian Identities on The L Word’s Social Networking Site The L Word Showtime social networking lesbian media convergence Curator's Note On the heels of the breakthrough television series Queer as ...
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“Where Does a Girl Have to Go to Find a Pool Table: Gender Performance, Leisure, and The L Word in Second Life”

By
Kelly Kessler DePaul University

April 22, 2008
4 comments

“Where Does a Girl Have to Go to Find a Pool Table: Gender Performance, Leisure, and The L Word in Second Life” intersectionality performance gender sexuality representation stereotyping consumerism Showtime brand communities class the body GLBT The L-Wor ...
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Friday Night Whites — Nighttime Drama Don’t Respect My Conway Twitty

By
Kelly Kessler DePaul University

March 23, 2007
2 comments

Friday Night Whites — Nighttime Drama Don’t Respect My Conway Twitty narrative whiteness race representation sitcom Friday Night Lights drama NBC class regionalism comparative Midwest My Name is Earl Curator's Note As a Midwestern native born and bre ...

As commenter

In Media Res

Re: You Write It! Or, The L Word Is Labor

Oh, Ilene, why must we do what you want?

By
Kelly Kessler DePaul University

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 — 3:51 pm
I found this clip fabulously telling. Ilene, Kate, Jennifer, and Leisha are omnipresent when it comes to OurChart related materials (as they are the ones who invested in the spin-off venture). Their ability to erase ideological concerns through bubbly ...
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Re: It' so butch and femme: Reexamining Gender Representation on "The L Word"

Bette? Hmm?

By
Kelly Kessler DePaul University

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 — 4:08 pm
This clip of the show is somewhat reminiscent of 1980s critiques of The Cosby Show. Scholars and critics questioned the show's engagement with racial issues aside from a on a very superficial level of culture. Here the show gestures toward a lesbi ...

As contributor

"Do Season Finales Even Matter Anymore?" or "Season Finale, Schmeason Finale. I Don’t Even Know When It’s On!"

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

“Where Does a Girl Have to Go to Find a Pool Table: Gender Performance, Leisure, and The L Word in Second Life”

Friday Night Whites — Nighttime Drama Don’t Respect My Conway Twitty

As commenter

Oh, Ilene, why must we do what you want?

Bette? Hmm?