Episode 2: Seen But not Heard

Episode 2: Seen But Not Heard  This episode examines how Black girls can be simultaneously hypervisible and hyperinvisible in media, highlighting Laura Winslow’s (Family Matters) experience as her character was increasingly overshadowed by male-centered narratives.   Keywords:  Black family sitcom,  Essence magazine, “BlackFemaleAnonymous,” Richelieu Dennis, hypervisibility, hyperinvisibility, Family Matters, Black masculinity   Recommended Reading  Tounsel, Timeka N. 2022. Branding Black Womanhood: Media Citizenship from Black Power … Continue reading Episode 2: Seen But not Heard