All Outputs (3)

Michaela Coel’s Chewing Gum: Redefining ‘Unruliness’ in London’s East End (2023)
Book Chapter
Minor, L. (2023). Michaela Coel’s Chewing Gum: Redefining ‘Unruliness’ in London’s East End. In M. Irwin, & J. Marshall (Eds.), UK and Irish Television Comedy: Nation, Region and Identity. Palgrave Macmillan

This chapter explores Michaela Coel and her original TV sitcom Chewing Gum (E4, 2015-) through two key concepts: 'unruliness' (Rowe, 1995) and 'intersectionality'. The argument established initially by Kathleen Rowe - that female comic performance is... Read More about Michaela Coel’s Chewing Gum: Redefining ‘Unruliness’ in London’s East End.

Alma’s (Not) Normal: Normalising Working-Class Women in/on BBC TV Comedy (2023)
Journal Article
Minor, L. (2023). Alma’s (Not) Normal: Normalising Working-Class Women in/on BBC TV Comedy. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 20(2), 137-161. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2023.0665

This article examines the BBC sitcom Alma’s Not Normal and its representation of white working-class femininities in/on British TV comedy. After The Royle Family creator Caroline Aherne’s death in July 2017, the BBC created a bursary in memory of t... Read More about Alma’s (Not) Normal: Normalising Working-Class Women in/on BBC TV Comedy.

The ‘milf’: a brief cultural history, from Mrs Robinson to Stifler’s mom (2023)
Journal Article
Minor, L. (in press). The ‘milf’: a brief cultural history, from Mrs Robinson to Stifler’s mom

The release of reality television series Milf Manor in January 2023 has added to the pantheon of milfs (“Mothers I’d Like to Fuck”) on screen. But from Stacy’s mum to Stifler’s mum: why is our cultural fascination with and fetishisation of the milf s... Read More about The ‘milf’: a brief cultural history, from Mrs Robinson to Stifler’s mom.