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Blurred Lines of a Different Kind

Sexism, Sex, Media and Kids

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Gender & Pop Culture

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I began to blush. Her classmates circled us as though we were middle schoolers, clenching our fists and yelling insults. They wanted to see blood.

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Richardson, S. (2014). Blurred Lines of a Different Kind. In: Trier-Bieniek, A., Leavy, P. (eds) Gender & Pop Culture. Teaching Gender. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-575-5_2

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