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“We need to make fun of and ridicule the media images that seek to keep us down, divide us against each other by age, class, and race, and insist that we spend so much psychic energy on our faces, clothes and bodies that nothing is left for ideas, social change, or politics.”

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Susan J. Douglas
Susan J. Douglas

Susan J. Douglas is an accomplished American author and scholar known for her research on gender, media, and culture. Born in 1950, her work has had a profound impact on both academia and the public since the 1980s. more

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