Episode 5: Streaming Black Girlhood

Episode 5: Streaming Black Girlhood  This episode highlights how shows like Bel-Air and Saturdays reimagine Black girls by giving them complex storylines that challenge stereotypes and resist adultification.  Keywords: The Hair Tales, Good Hair, Being Mary Jane, Scandal, Bel-Air, Saturdays, adultification  Recommended Readings  hooks, bell. “The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectators.”   Kristal Brent Zook. 1999. Color by Fox: The Fox Network and the Revolution in Black … Continue reading Episode 5: Streaming Black Girlhood