badass cultural stuff
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Okay, I admit it. The Vampire Diaries is the best new show this fall. (That I’ve watched. I need to get in touch with Modern Family and Cougar Town, though.) How do I love The Vampire Diaries? Let me start by saying I did not want to love it. I did not need to watch
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“15 Most Ridiculous Women” It’s a beautiful thing. Who’s your favorite? I might go old school and say D. Ross. That’s what she likes me to call her, D. Ross.
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One of the more intriguing facets of Gossip Girl’s narrative structure is its reinforcement of the idea of the panopticon. The panopticon, originally conceived by architect Jeremy Betham, is a circular prison structure in which prisoners can be watched without them seeing the person watching them. Michel Foucault famously deconstructed the philosophy behind the panopticon
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Last night, I came full circle. I’d watched The Hills from the first season 1 episode all the way back through to the original three season 3 episodes I first watched last month. And now, looking back and looking forward, I can truly say that The Hills is one of the most important television shows
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I am posting in spite of my blog’s messy look. Sorry for that; Adam helped a bit, but I can’t get it tweaked quite right yet and I’ve been superbusy (it’s that time of year for us), so I haven’t been able to tinker. Anyway, I want to tell you about this (danger: spoilers ahead):
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