Jennifer M. Smith

Media and cultural studies grad student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Hey all -- I'm condensing twitter accounts. If you want to follow me somewhere I actually update, go to @jenmargretsmith.

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Twitter poll: would Barthes love Legos for their DIY "maker" aesthetic, or hate them for being made of plastic? #seminarquestions

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Teaching the "I Have a Dream" speech is incredibly intimidating. How do you SPEAK after showing that?

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@cwynar The last segment of Trapped in the Closet implies that all of the characters have AIDS, via a gay black man and massive infidelity.

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Discussing R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" for class on World AIDS Day is... well, it's definitely something.

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New blog post: Report from the UW-Madison Television Comedy Conference http://t.co/oHrO7ORE

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Typed up a draft of my #msntvcom recap post for Antenna. Hoping I'm not misrepresenting anyone!

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Fantastic day at #msntvcom. So lovely to put names to faces of the smart, smart people in my field!

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Prince's "Batdance," however, lends itself to every kind of mockery you could possibly imagine.

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The problem with the third X-Men movie is that it's bad in a way that doesn't lend itself to the same kind of mockery as Twilight and HSM.

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If I wind up having dreams where Ryan and Sharpay play He-Man and She-Ra in a live-action musical, I'll know who to blame.

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Lovely evening mocking/enjoying High School Musical and She-Ra with @ms_vz, @Memles, @harasmurra, Kit, and others.

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Highlights of Twilight: Eclipse screening: @Memles pitching Wedding Crashers: The Volturi and @ms_vz wondering if Carlisle was a pedophile.

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Tonight's MCS media franchising screening reminded me that I should resurrect this twitter for meda-related thoughts and snark.

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I make my debut with Newsarama's Best Shots team, reviewing Generation Hope #1 and Avengers Academy #6. http://tinyurl.com/2caerwk

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Blog post: The Walking Dead and units of judgment in serial media. How long for benefit of the doubt? http://fantasticfangirls.org/?p=2889

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While I'm linking it around: today, I blog about rereading Brian K. Vaughan's Runaways. http://fantasticfangirls.org/?p=2711

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I really wish I had faith in where #MadMen will go with regard to race, though it still handles (white) feminism very well.

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I have never seen an episode of Father Knows Best, and all critical descriptions make it sound completely horrifying.

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@Memles I love that word so much. (I first learned it in a class with Heather Hendershot; she used it to describe Pee Wee Herman.)