Madeline Neal

1) Over the years, television has become more accustomed to showing transgender individuals. Sonny and Cher’s son, Chaz, was on Dancing with the Stars and Project Runway before beginning his own fashion television show.
2) RuPaul has been waiting for YEARS for the chance to bring RuPaul’s drag race to television. I had no idea how long this show…[Read more]

1) Lip Sync Battle (LSB) is a show on Spike that is helping launch a rebrand of the network to include more women viewers. The show allows macho celebrities to show their true selves and have fun through overly dramatic and competitive performances of pop songs.The most highly-rated episodes have been those that challenged typical gender roles.…[Read more]

1. I think the most powerful quote from the colorblindness article was, “I don’t want to be blind. I want to see things clearly, even if they make me uncomfortable.” Before watching the video on white privilege in class last week, I believed that being “colorblind” was a good thing–that it meant white people could see people of color of equals…[Read more]

Men will fight for women’s equality and agree that there are unfair disadvantages to being a woman, but “can’t or won’t support the idea of lessening men’s (statues).” [Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack]

White privilege isn’t solely defined by how rich or of high class a white person is. It also includes things like getting pulled over by a cop…[Read more]

1. In an industry where there are few roles for women, fewer roles for African Americans, and even fewer roles for Latinas/os, the options are limited. This group of people aren’t cast for black roles because they’re too dark, but also aren’t cast for white roles because their skin is too dark.

2. Why the backlash about Nina Simone? Black group…[Read more]