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Back from the Brink: The Return of Don Draper
Characters in Mad Men often attempt to maintain clear divisions between work and family, but much of the series’ dramatic power comes from its troubling of these barriers between the personal and the...
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The State of Reality TV: The Pain of Watching The Bachelor
Recently I find I’m not watching any of the same network reality shows that caught my attention during the reality TV boom of the early 2000s. It seems like a lifetime ago when I sat on my couch...
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Compulsory Masculinity on The Jersey Shore
In order to be cast on the Jersey Shore, both the men and women are expected to conform to the conservative gender roles implied by the controversial label, “guido”: men must be tanned, muscular,...
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Glee: The Countertenor and The Crooner
This is the first in a series of articles on these male voices in Glee. Part 1: The Trouble with Male Pop Singing What immediately struck me about this still of Glee’s Chris Colfer (as Kurt...
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End of Men on US Television?
Numerous television trend pieces this summer highlighted evidence of the interrogation of contemporary masculinity supposed to be on offer in new shows this season. I’ve learned to largely disregard...
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Which Direction?: The Homoerotic Masculinities of the Modern Boy Band
Whether you saw their performance on Saturday Night Live, heard the insanely catchy “What Makes You Beautiful” playing over a mall sound system, or just happen to know a 12-year-old girl, it’s possible...
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Redefining the Performance of Masculinity at LeakyCon Portland
This is the sixth of a seven-part seven about the 4th LeakyCon Fan Convention held in Portland, Oregon, June 27-30, 2013 Men were the minority at LeakyCon among fan attendees but they represented...
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New York Film Festival 2014, Part Three: Men
Recent developments in American television have led to the frequent, often incorrect use of the word anti-hero, and a mistaken impression that the varieties of masculinity of a central character are...
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Experts, Dads, and Technology: Gendered Talk About Online Music
This post is part of a partnership with the International Journal of Cultural Studies, where authors of newly published articles extend their arguments here on Antenna. At the moment, the Internet is...
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On Radio: Surprise! Radio Needs More Female Singers
Mickey Guyton (Image: KMLE/CBS Local) I recently read a piece on All Access (a radio/music industry website) by R.J. Curtis, trumpeting 2015 as a possible “Year of the Woman” for country music and...
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Call of Parental Duty: Advertising’s New Constructions of Video-Gaming Fathers
Vintage advertising image for Atari’s 2600 game console. Post by Anthony Smith, University of Salford This post continues the ongoing “From Nottingham and Beyond” series, with contributions from...
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The New Hegemonic Hierarchy: Tracking (Men’s) Athletic Activity
Post by Rebecca Feasey, Bath Spa University This post continues the ongoing “From Nottingham and Beyond” series, with contributions from faculty and alumni of the University of Nottingham’s Department...
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