I created this page as a central location for the longer essays I write for this blog, except for those about web series, which are on the web series page.

Solitary Woman? Notes on Gender and Independent Film (tag: gender, film)

Is Black Queer Back? (tag; race, sexuality)

Where Did The “Gay Show” Go? (Part I) (tag: television, sexuality)

Best TV of the Decade! (tag: television)

Will We Ever Pay Homage to Nancy Meyers? (tag: film, gender)

“Invictus” and the Politics of Idealism (tag: film, politics)

Lo-Fi Survives the Age of High-Tech and Big Budgets (tag: film, web series, aesthetics)

Rethinking “Post-Racial” (tag: academic, politics)

“Precious” and the Fight Against Representation (tag: film, academic)

Lonely Men: An American Encounters Sorrentino (tag: film, aesthetics)

Fame (1980), Fame (2009), and Fame! (tag: film, generational)

Fame Star Decries Fame Today (tag: film, generational)

Star Trek and Millennial Aesthetics (tag: film, generational)

Mumblecore: We are a generation of hustlers (tag: film, generational)

‘Avatar’ Robbed Like ‘Citizen Kane’? (tag: film)

Understanding Tyler Perry, the Phenomenon (tag: race, film)

On Cable, Long Live the Anti-Hero (tag: TV, gender)

White Supremacists Are Back (On Television)! (tag: TV, race)

‘Damages’: Weakness at the Heart of Power (tag: TV)

The Past and Future Market for Web Comedy (tag: online video)

Why Your Favorite TV Show Will Never Be A Movie (Probably) (tag: TV, film)

Toward a History of the Web Series (Market) (tag: web series)

Big Marketing May Be Down. Is It Dead? (tag: film, TV)

Fashion Copyright = Bad Idea (Televisual Break)

In Adult Video Online, Does Diversity Sell? (tag: online video)

Graduating from YouTube Hard Without Big Media Support (tag: online video)

Lady Gaga’s ‘Telephone:’ Product Placement and Corporate Anxiety (tag: online video)

What is “Television”? Broadcast, It Is Not (tag: television)

The End of YouTube? (tag: online video)

Better Off “Fred” (tag: online video)

Recession Film Formula: Mad Men (tag: film)