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Slut Narratives in Popular ...
Slut Narratives in Popular Culture explores representations of slut shaming and the term "slut" in U.S. popular media, 2000-2020. It argues that cultural narratives of intersectional gender identities are gradually but unevenly shifting to become more progressive and sex positive
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monografia Rebiun36768439 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun36768439 m o d | cr#cnu|||||||| 240813s2025 enk ob 001 0 eng d 9781040106068 1040106064 9781040106082 1040106080 9781003351443 1003351441 CBUC 991013413914306708 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ n-us--- 302.23082 23 McMillan, Laurie author Slut Narratives in Popular Culture Laurie McMillan First edition Abingdon, England New York Routledge [2025] Abingdon, England New York Abingdon, England New York Routledge 2025 1 online resource (221 pages) 1 online resource (221 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies Includes bibliographical references and index Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Slut Narratives, Popular Culture, and Social Change -- Assumptions and Approaches That Inform the Project -- Sociolinguistics: Slurs, Prohibition, and Reclamation -- Feminism: Intersectionality and Sex Positivity -- Feminist Cultural Studies -- Genre Studies and Textual Dialogism -- Twenty-First-Century Publications on Slut Shaming -- Scope of the Study: U.S. Popular Culture, 2000-2020 -- Overview of Sections and Chapters -- References -- Section I: Foundations for Thinking about Slut Shaming -- Chapter 1: Defining "Slut" from the OED to the Urban Dictionary -- Linguistic Change -- "Slut" in the OED: Tracing evolving meanings -- The OED's Objective Descriptivism -- OED "Slut" Entry, 1912-2020: Early and Ongoing Biases -- OED "Slut" Entry 2020 Update: Shifting Usage and Room for Social Change -- "Slut" in the Urban Dictionary: Contemporary Conversations -- The Urban Dictionary's Subjective Prescriptivism -- The Urban Dictionary "Slut" Entries in 2018: A Window into Current Slut Narratives -- The Urban Dictionary after 2020: Shifting Approaches with Mixed Results -- References -- Chapter 2: Reclaiming and Prohibiting "Slut": Riot Grrrls, SlutWalk, Social Media, and Slutty Food -- Riot Grrrl Feminism and Bikini Kill: Early Reclamation Efforts -- SlutWalk: Twenty-First-Century Reclamation and Its Discontents -- Prohibiting Use: "Stop Saying 'Slut'" -- Signs of "Slut" Evolution: Polyamory, Social Media Influencers, Food and Drink -- Explicit Support of Polyamory -- Social Media Accounts and Influencers -- Food and Drink -- References -- Section II: Critiques of Slut Shaming for Teens Chapter 3: Limited Critiques of Slut Shaming in Teen Movie Comedies: Mean Girls, Easy A, and To All the Boys I've Loved Before -- Increased Attention to Slut Shaming -- Teen Films and Evolving Portrayals of Sex -- Mean Girls: Deconstructing Heteronormative Competition, Demonizing Teen Girl Desire -- Easy A: Challenging Double Standards, Prescribing Appropriate Teen Girl Desire -- To All the Boys I've Loved Before: Legitimizing Teen Girl Desire, Keeping It in Its Place -- Final Complications -- References -- Chapter 4: Slut Shaming Critiques in Streamed Dramatic Teen Series: Stranger Things, Euphoria, and 13 Reasons Why -- Increased Attention to Slut Shaming, Suicide, and Sexual Assault -- Streaming Teen Drama Series -- Stranger Things: Making Space for Teen Girl Sexual Desire and Behavior -- Euphoria: Slut Shaming in a Digital Culture of Toxic Masculinity -- Cassie and McKay: Slut Shaming, Objectification, and Violence -- Kat: Negotiating Agency Amid Prude Shaming and Slut Shaming -- Cassie and Kat: Negotiating Sexual Desires and Social Pressures -- 13 Reasons Why: Slut Shaming, Sexual Assault, and Intervention -- Slut Shaming, Sexual Violence, and Suicide -- Complexities of Slut Shaming Dynamics -- Individual and Systemic Approaches to Slut Shaming -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Talking about Slut Shaming on YouTube: Jenna Marbles and Laci Green -- Social Concerns about Hookup Culture and Sex Education -- YouTube Risks and Rewards -- Jenna Marbles: Evolving Thinking about "Sluts" and Slut Shaming -- Responses to Jenna Marbles's Slut Shaming: A Teachable Moment -- Video Responses: Deconstructing Implications of Slut Slaming -- Viewer Engagement with Response Videos: Dialogism through YouTube Comments -- Laci Green: "Conversating" about Slut Shaming in a Context of Sex Positivity Laci Green's "Slut" Videos: Direct but Limited Commentary on Slut Shaming -- Laci Green's YouTube Channel: A Comprehensive Approach to Sex Positivity -- References -- Section III: Complicating Slut Shaming for Adults -- Chapter 6: Slut Shaming and Polyamory: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy and Silver Linings Playbook -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Series and Crime Fiction Conventions -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Slut Shaming, Sexual Violence, and Sex Positivity -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Frameworks of Sexual Violence and Sex Positivity -- The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest: Slut Shaming as Victim Blaming -- Slut Shaming and Sexual Violence: Systemic Problems in Need of Systemic Solutions -- Blind Spots in the Trilogy: Missing Sex Worker Perspectives and Stereotypical Gender Roles -- Silver Linings Playbook and Rom-com Conventions -- Silver Linings Playbook: Slut Shaming and Assumptions about Mental Health -- References -- Chapter 7: Slut Shaming, Respectability, and Metanarrative in a Latine Dramedy Series: Jane the Virgin -- Representations of Latine Identities and Sexualities in Popular Culture -- Representations beyond Stereotypes -- Hypersexualized Stereotypes -- Praise for Jane the Virgin -- Telenovelas and Sitcoms: Potentials, Pitfalls, Parody -- Jane the Virgin: Subverting Virgin/Whore Dichotomies That Feed Slut Shaming -- Establishing the Initial Types -- Complicating Initial Types with Complex and Nuanced Characters -- Additional Character Growth in the Context of the Entire Series -- Jane the Virgin: Keeping Slut Shaming in Play -- More Problematic Depictions of Slut Shaming -- Ambiguous Depictions of Slut Shaming -- Jane the Virgin: Meta Elements to Encourage Open Minds and Evolving Perspectives -- Bibliography Chapter 8: Comedic Challenges to Slut Shaming: Stand-Up Comedy Specials and Guys We F*cked: The Anti-Slut Shaming Podcast -- Women in Stand-Up Comedy -- Comedy as Social Critique -- Changing Technologies and Increased Opportunities -- Ongoing Challenges -- Strategies Used by Successful Women Comics -- Stand-up Comedy Resisting Slut Shaming: Iliza Shlesinger, Niki Glaser, and Fielding Edlow -- The Rise of Podcasts -- Building a Sex-Positive Community: Guys We Fucked: The Anti-Slut Shaming Podcast -- Uprooting Slut Narratives -- Missteps -- Engaging Audiences and Meta Moments -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9: (Challenging) Slut Shaming in Traditional Media, New Media, and Viral Politics: Sandra Fluke and Monica Lewinsky -- Slut Shaming and Reproductive Rights -- Fluke, Limbaugh, and Narratives of Women's Sexuality -- Sidestepping Discussions of Sex -- Victim Blaming and Slut Shaming in the Absence of Sex -- Challenging Slut Shaming to Varying Degrees: Three Viral Responses -- Sponsor Statement: A Limited Rejection of Slut Shaming -- A Satirical Flowchart: Ridiculing Limbaugh's Gendered Double Standard -- A Satirical Music Video: Contesting Slut Shaming with Broader Strokes -- After Effects of the Fluke-Limbaugh Controversy -- Monica Lewinsky: From Public Slut Shaming to Platform for Compassion -- Slut Shaming Lewinsky in 1998 -- TED Talks as a Means to Amplify (Certain) Voices -- Lewinsky's Shift from Shame to Compassion -- Response to Lewinsky -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index Slut Narratives in Popular Culture explores representations of slut shaming and the term "slut" in U.S. popular media, 2000-2020. It argues that cultural narratives of intersectional gender identities are gradually but unevenly shifting to become more progressive and sex positive Medios de comunicación social- United States- History- 21st century Women in mass media 9781032394695 1032394692 Routledge research in cultural and media studies