1. Lesbians Bait the Military
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Jeanne Scheper
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Gender Studies ,Politics ,Visual Arts and Performing Arts ,business.industry ,Communication ,Media industry ,Media studies ,Policy advocacy ,Public policy ,Sociology ,Public relations ,business ,Cable television - Abstract
This article analyzes the racial and sexual politics of the “don't ask, don't tell” storyline on Showtime's series The L Word. It situates The L Word within a political economy of media industry and policy advocacy organizations to argue that the show participated in a form of “policy-tainment” by producing critique of both existing government policies and the role of racial representations in oppositional political strategies, and finally exercising influence in policy networks.
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- 2013
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