Jordan Stokes joins Matthew Wrather to consider recent episodes of Glee: Britney Spears, Grilled Cheesus, Duets, and the Rocky Horror Glee Show. They are not universally admiring.

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Episode 34: Pompadullet originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather discuss the latest two episodes of Gossip Girl (“French Whore” and “Serena Solicits Sex from a Professor”), focusing on long-form games, the aims and agency of Gossip Girl, social networks and mediated sociality, public and private information, symmetrical and asymmetrical warfare, and the impending return of ol’ Raccoon Eyes.

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Episode 33: Cheap Talk originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather welcome Glee back with a consideration of the three-dimentional gender/power/assertiveness continuum in light of Coach Bieste, the many meanings of Britney Spears, spirit animal, and a slightly dispirited look at developments on Gossip Girl.

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Episode 32: Georgina ex Machina originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather celebrate the Gossip Girl New Year, considering the cremaster field of Paris, the self-righteousness of bad parenting, and whether anybody in New York City is truly “middle class.”

Next week, we consider the return of Glee!

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Episode 31: Social Work originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather wrap up TFT Summer School and Skins Series 2, focusing on the Effy, Jal, Cassie, and finale episodes. Themes include the ultimate meaning and worldview of Skins, the privileged position of Effy within the narrative, Jal’s second-order performance, the profound weirdness of Cassie, and necrosociality.

Next Week: The return of Gossip Girl!

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Episode 30: Rerebirth originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather discuss Skins series 2 episode 5 (“Chris”) and 6 (“Tony”), focusing on the function and commercialisation of education (the Brits are rubbing off on us), the relationship of the small social order to the larger societal and economic order, a visitors guide to Pride Rock, the travesty of Milton-less English Literature programs, and the psychological meaning of self-boning.

They also answer the backlog of listener emails and voicemails, falling under the sway of the mellifluous voice of Professor Dave. We’re getting to the end of the summer session…keep the reading responses coming!

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Episode 29: Inception to Bone originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather discuss Skins series 2 episode 4 (“Michelle”), focusing on liminality, English poetry, whether a house is a home, revelation of the body, the nature of the self (again), and the search for “the one.”

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References

The English Romantics:

“Konstantine” by Something Corporate

Henry V, Act II Scene 3

Elinor Ostrom, Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action

J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

Kenneth Waltz, Theory of International Politics

Episode 28: USOB originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Ryan Sheely, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather discuss Skins series 2 episode 3, focusing on the strange domestic tragedy and stranger sex-farce of Sid’s family, nationalism, Sid’s likability, gender politics and agency, and the role of music in Skins.

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References

Charles Rosen, The Romantic Generation

Tricky, “Evolution Revolution Love”

Tricky, Maxinquaye

Crystal Castles

Magnolia

Episode 27: The Idea of Order at Bristol originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Jordan Stokes and Matthew Wrather consider Sketch, episode 2 of Skins series 2, focusing on Sketch’s pursuit of Maxxie, the horror of female sexuality, and the many meanings of the musical and ending with a long stretch of navel-gazing.

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References

Delmore Schwartz, “The Heavy Bear Who Goes With Me”

Milton, Areopagitica

Stanley Fish, There’s No Such Thing As Free Speech: And It’s a Good Thing, Too and Is There a Text in This Class? The Authority of Interpretive Communities

Aqualung, “Good Times Gonna Come”

An example of Post Rock

Christopher Guest, dir., Waiting for Guffman

“A Streetcar Named Marge” [IMDb] [wiki] from The Simpsons – The Complete Fourth Season

Episode 26: Boom Box originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Ryan Sheely returns from Africa and joins Matthew Wrather to discuss Skins Series 2 Episode 1. There’s so much to say that they don’t even get to the second episode: a number of comparisons to Glee and Gossip Girl; the depiction of injury and disability; urbanism and diversity; a typology of class and geographic dynamics in teen soaps; and a typology of man-on-man action.

Also, Ryan invents a new word, which earns Matt a PhD.

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References

Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Charles Tilly, Cities and states in Europe, 1000–1800

piece of Chicken

Five Napkin Burger

Skins Fanfiction (much of which features the second generation)

Episode 25: Accoded originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]