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Elena Kiejliches, featured on 'Snapped' in 2004, reveals how her story was twisted to perpetuate harmful stereotypes about women's violence.
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'It's not a story—it's a life:' A look at Snapped, from the inside

by Elena Kiejliches and Molly Hagan November 21, 2023

"True crime" relies on the manipulation and simplification of facts to create entertaining narratives. Elena Kiejliches, who was featured on Snapped in 2004, reveals how her story was twisted to perpetuate harmful stereotypes about women's violence.

Is abolition a love language? On Black love as a form of resistance in the case of the first Black Bachelor Matt James. Revolutionary Love challenges the erotic logic of racial fetishism. An examination of romance and the politics of Black masculinity.
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Oshun's Suicide, Part II: Eros, Repetition, and Reprieve in Black Popular Culture 

by Jordan Mulkey April 21, 2023November 21, 2023
Unlike the NBC show, real life night court "is a place you can go to see that as a society we don't care about poor people. You’re in this microcosm of all the institutions that failed our clients."
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Night Court: New(ish) Sitcom, Same Copaganda

by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg April 20, 2023November 21, 2023
Is abolition a love language? On Black love as a form of resistance in the case of the first Black Bachelor Matt James. Revolutionary Love challenges the erotic logic of racial fetishism. An examination of romance and the politics of Black masculinity.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Oshun's Suicide: Eros, Repetition, and Reprieve in Black Popular Culture 

by Jordan Mulkey April 19, 2023November 21, 2023
We're Here: Florida's Queer Resistance. Exploring themes of LGBTQ+ activism and resilience in the face of adversity in drag.
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We're Queer, 'We're Here,' and We're Fighting Back

by Sezin Koehler March 23, 2023November 21, 2023
Abolition on TV
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Abolition on TV: Pop Justice Wrapped

by Eteng Ettah January 19, 2023January 20, 2023
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There are 'Stranger Things' than abolition, but the show won't go there.

by Endria Isa Richardson December 22, 2022December 1, 2023
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How to do away with copaganda: Three Emmy-nominated shows to watch with an abolitionist lens

by Kaitlin Fontana, Rebecca Bodenheimer and Naa Djama Attoh-Okine September 16, 2022December 4, 2023
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Only Murders in the Building exemplifies the lies in 'true' crime

by Adedoyin "Ade" Adeniji and Bria Massey September 16, 2022December 4, 2023
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The Dropout dramatizes Elizabeth Holmes' fraudulent rise. Endless military funding is also a scam.

by Bria Massey September 13, 2022December 4, 2023
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Yellowjackets shows a world without police as disorderly. Abolitionists aren't buying it.

by Molly Lipson September 13, 2022December 4, 2023
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RuPaul's Drag Race visibilizes queerness—and the police state

by Sezin Koehler September 12, 2022December 4, 2023
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The White Lotus is supposed to be satire. Hawaiians deserve the last laugh.

by Mariah Rigg September 12, 2022December 4, 2023
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Abbott Elementary and the promise of schools without cops

by Eteng Ettah September 12, 2022December 4, 2023

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