The 99%: Money Can't Buy You Love (and it Might Get in the Way)
Last night's premiere of The Bachelor was, well, about the same as every other premiere of The Bachelor. Some things never change: there were, of course, no discernible women of color for bachelor Ben...
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The 99%: "But look how far we’ve come!" Downton Abbey and Historical...
There's much to love about Masterpiece Theatre's Downton Abbey, which premiered Series 2 for American audiences last night on PBS. The drama, the costumes, the wry British humor, the sibling rivalries,...
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The 99%: Trashy People Talking Trash on Trash Television, or Jersey Shore
So, Jersey Shore is back again. I guess I can't avoid writing about it any longer.The show has drawn ire from Italian American groups for its stereotypical portrayals and its use of the terms "guido"...
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The 99%: “There’s Always Money in the Banana Stand”: Class Passing on...
Social class is about more than money; that's been one of the enduring points I've been touching on throughout this series. In Wednesday's piece on Jersey Shore, I argued that the narrative surrounding...
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The 99%: Why the Real Housewives of Atlanta Aren’t "Our Kind of People"
Few women of color are allowed to represent themselves on television with much nuance; frequently they are reduced to stock characters like mammies and Jezebels that deny them full, complex humanity....
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The 99%: Undercover Boss and the Undervalued Worker
These days are tough for the American worker: the continuing recession and enduring unemployment, along with the decline of unions, make securing and keeping quality employment a challenge for many....
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The 99%: "The Queen of Versailles"
Greetings from Park City, Utah! I'm here for the Sundance Film Festival, checking out many films that you should put on your "must see" list for the coming year: The Invisible War (a documentary on the...
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The 99%: "Finding North"
This is the second of three posts on films from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival addressing inequality, poverty, and social class.Finding North is a title so perfect it doesn't fully sink in until after...
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The 99%: The (Class) Difference Between “The Boy Who Lived” and “The Girl on...
Harry Potter and The Hunger Gameshave nearly nothing in common, except for the small fact that these books, written for children and young adults, have managed to capture the imagination and rapt...
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The 99%: The (Class) Difference Between “The Boy Who Lived” and “The Girl on...
This is the second of two posts comparing the use of class difference in the Harry Potter and The Hunger Games series. Part one focused on Harry; today will focus on Katniss. Also, spoiler...
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