[ecrea] CFP - Feminist Media Studies' Commentary and Criticism Section

FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES
Commentary and Criticism Call for Papers
We invite contributions for the Commentary and Criticism section of 
Feminist Media Studies
"Girls"

Since its debut on HBO, in April 2012, "Girls" has been one of the most 
controversial mediated representations of young women in recent times. 
>From its discussion of relationships to money to STDs, "Girls" 
vacillates between being highly original and vacuously self-absorbed.  
Critics fall between these two extremes, hailing it as  'excruciatingly 
funny' and 'real' to panning it for its focus on young, wealthy, white 
women.   Whether fan or foe, the show has generated much discussion, and 
for this issue of Commentary and Criticism, we are interested in short 
essays that respond and discuss these various controversies raised by 
"Girls," through a feminist media studies framework.

Essays of 1500-2000 words are due by Monday, 10 September and should be 
emailed to Kumi Silva at (kumi /at/ email.unc.edu) and Kaitlynn Mendes at 
(kmendes /at/ dmu.ac.uk)

Submission guidelines can be found at 
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1468-0777&linktype=44 
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