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Michael Abernethy

About Michael Abernethy

Michael has been writing for PopMatters since 2000. His primary focus, aside from queer culture, is television reviews and commentary, and his article Male Bashing on TV has been reprinted in two college textbooks. He currently lives in Louisville, KY, and is a Lecturer of Communication Studies at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, IN. As a teacher, he has an interest in the study of contemporary political rhetoric and argumentation. He and his partner Jim have been living in un-wedded bliss since 1995.

Features

TV

Lest You Be Judged

[10.Apr.08] :. Watching these courtroom dramas had me wondering why people choose to bicker over their disagreements on television, particularly in front of judges whose impartiality is questionable.

Recent features

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007

Best TV Performances of 2007

[17.Jan.08] :. Here is a look at those TV actors who excelled and were, for various reasons, overlooked.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2006

Best of TV's Performers 2006

[9.Jan.07] :. As TV leans increasingly towards game and reality shows, opportunities diminish... the chances to develop plots and characters are decreasing.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2006

Columns

Queer, Isn't It?

The People at the Airport Took it Well

[15.May.08] :. Gay visibility on TV may have increased significantly in the last three decades, but consigned to secondary roles on network shows, the impact of that visibility is weakened.

Recent columns

Queer, Isn't It?

Nuke the Kiss

[7.Apr.08] :. For some TV viewers, storylines of adultery, murder, war, rape, etc. are not reprehensible enough to prompt a channel change; two men kissing, however, is another matter.

Recent columns

Queer, Isn't It?

If It's Gay, It's Gotta Be Good, Right?

[13.Mar.08] :. Dante's Cove isn't the only piece of gay schlock to be embraced by the gay and lesbian community – we're quick to latch on to almost anything gay-related and rally around it, no matter how bad it may be.

Recent columns

Queer, Isn't It?

Jesus Loves Me, This I Know

[8.Feb.08] :. A Christian nation wouldn't accept homosexuality. The big question, then, is whether America is a Christian nation.

Recent columns

Queer, Isn't It?

Getting to Know You

[14.Jan.08] :. In the blogging stage of the information age, there's no reason to not know what the GLBT community is all about.

Recent columns

Queer, Isn't It? Gay Men Have Large Big Toes

Queer, Isn't It? It's a World of Hope, It's a World of Fear

Queer, Isn't It? PFLAG: A Piece of Our Hearts

Queer, Isn't It? Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are - Whether You Want to or Not

Queer, Isn't It? Ready for Their Close-up

Queer, Isn't It? Consent of the Governed

Queer, Isn't It? I'm Comin' with the U-Haul, Baby

Queer, Isn't It? Tonight's Episode: Psycho Cross-Dressing Killers

Queer, Isn't It? The Scorecard

Queer, Isn't It? "Faggot! Sissy! Queer!"

Queer, Isn't It? 'That Ain't Right!'

Queer, Isn't It? "You Know, They're All Alike"

Queer, Isn't It? A Good Return for Our Toil

Queer, Isn't It? The Ugly Duckling has Two Daddies

Queer, Isn't It? Gay Icons: Judy Who?

Queer, Isn't It? Gay and Gray

Queer, Isn't It? Do You Wanna Funk with Me?: A Beginner's Guide to Gay Nightclubs

Queer, Isn't It? Bi the Way...

Queer, Isn't It? Out Business / Our Business

Queer, Isn't It? And I'm Proud to be an American, Where at Least I Know... I'm a Second Class Citizen

Reviews

Featured Article

DVDs

Warner Brothers Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection: 15 Winners, 26 Nominees

[28.Feb.08] :. The television airings paled in comparison with the remastered originals, here, and it is pleasant to see the cartoons in full-length, as many were cut to fit between commercial interludes.

Recent DVD reviews

TV

Eli Stone

[6.Feb.08] :. Eli Stone deals with weighty issues -- the purpose of life, the inevitability of death, and corporate liability -- but all of it is infused with levity.

Recent TV reviews

TV

Kyle XY

[21.Jan.08] :. Kyle XY's multiple storylines can be convoluted, but the melodrama is framed -- and possibly explained -- by the fact that both protagonist and nemesis are teenagers.

Recent TV reviews