Hannah Ellison
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Hannah Ellison is a doctoral researcher and associate tutor in the department of film and Television studies at the university of East Anglia. Her primary work focuses is on gender and knowledge in US procedural crime shows. However, she satiates her lifelong love of TV with other interests, such as genre, online fandoms and teen programming.

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They Wanted to Believe: How Mulder and Scully Were Almost the New Robsten

(7) Comments | Posted 20 August 2012 | (00:00)

Four days ago Gillian Anderson issued a statement on her website decrying her annoyance over how she was being talked about in certain articles.

However, what she did not mention was the recent, and very excited reporting of a supposed relationship between Anderson and former X-Files co-star...

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The Book Burning That Wasn't: Thousands of Works of Fiction Destroyed and No One Pays Attention

(88) Comments | Posted 14 June 2012 | (00:00)

While most of the world carries on unaware, the last couple week has seen trauma, in-fighting and mass exodus in the world of fanfiction authors and readers. The catalyst for the current outrage being voiced by this community of creators and consumers? Fanfiction.net enforcing a ratings policy that...

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Where Have All the Good Women Gone?

(43) Comments | Posted 19 March 2012 | (23:00)

Last week marked the 15th anniversary of the pilot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this landmark got me thinking: Where have all the decent female characters gone?

Buffy was meant to change things. In many ways she was the perfect third wave feminist TV character, strong, capable, independent, and...

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Shipping News: The Ardent TV Fans You've Probably Never Heard Of

(27) Comments | Posted 17 February 2012 | (23:00)

Some of you reading this may watch Glee or Supernatural, but I doubt many of you are aware of the war that just recently ended deep in fan-space. A non-canon shipping war. This might sound like something fought in international waters sometime in the 18th Century but it's not. It's...

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