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Superfan : how pop culture broke my heart : a memoir / by Lee, Jen Sookfong,author.;

Includes bibliographical references."A memoir in pieces that uses one woman's life-long obsession with pop culture as a lens to explore family, grief, the power of female rage, Asian fetish, and what it's cost her to resist the trap of being a "good Chinese girl." For most of Jen Sookfong Lee's life, pop culture was an escape from family tragedy and a means of fitting in with the larger culture around her. Anne of Green Gables assured her that, despite losing her father at the age of twelve, one day she might still have the loving family of her dreams, and Princess Diana was proof that maybe there was more to being a good girl after all. And yet as Jen grew up, she began to recognize the ways in which pop culture was not made for someone like her-the child of Chinese immigrant parents who looked for safety in the invisibility afforded by embracing Model Minority myths. Ranging from the rise of Gwyneth Paltrow, the father-figure familiarity of Bob Ross, and the surprising maternal legacy of the Kardashians, to the long shadow cast by The Joy Luck Club, Jen uses pop culture icons to understand her emotionally fraught upbringing. She also dissects how pop culture created both unrealistic ideals and harmful stereotypes that would devastate her as she struggled to carve out her own path as an Asian woman, single mother, and writer. With great wit, bracing honesty, and a deep appreciation for the ways culture shapes us, Jen draws direct lines between the spectacle of the popular, the intimacy of our personal bonds, and the social foundations of our collective obsessions."--

Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Lee, Jen Sookfong.; Asians in mass media.; Model minority stereotype; Popular culture; Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media.; Women authors; Authors, Canadian (English); Chinese Canadian women; Chinese Canadians; Popular culture;

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Everything everywhere all at once [videorecording] / by Hong, James,actor.; Hsu, Stephanie(Actor),actor.; Kwan, Daniel,screenwriter,film director.; Russo, Joe,film producer.; Scheinert, Daniel,screenwriter,film director.; Slate, Jenny,1982-actor.; Yeoh, Michelle,1963-actor.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.; Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;

Jenny Slate, James Hong, Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan.An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for some violence, sexual material and language.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Science fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Chinese American women; Heroes; Multiverse;

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Sharp objects [videorecording] / by Adams, Amy,actor.; Brinson, April,actor.; Brinson, Violet,actor.; Clarkson, Patricia,actor.; Craven, Matt,actor.; Czerny, Henry,actor.; Davenport, Madison,1996-actor.; Lillis, Sophia,2002-actor.; Messina, Chris,actor.; Perkins, Elizabeth,actor.; Sandoval, Miguel,1951-actor.; Scanlen, Eliza,actor.; Smith, Taylor John,1995-actor.; Sullivan, David,1979-actor.; Wilson, Lulu,2005-actor.; Vallée, Jean-Marc,television director.; HBO Home Entertainment (Firm),production company,distributor.;

Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina, Eliza Scanlen, Matt Craven, Henry Czerny, Taylor John Smith, Madison Davenport, Miguel Sandoval, Sophia Lillis, Lulu Wilson, Elizabeth Perkins, David Sullivan, Violet Brinson, April Brinson.Fresh out of therapy for her tendencies towards self-harm, damaged crime reporter Camille Preaker (Amy Adams) draws the duty of returning to her small Missouri home town to cover the slayings of two young girls. Her fitful reunion with her imperious socialite mother (Patricia Clarkson) stokes a fateful confrontation with the demons of her past, in HBO's miniseries take on the Gillian Flynn novel.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.

Subjects: Television mini-series.; Television crime shows.; Women journalists; Mothers and daughters; Murder; Dysfunctional families;

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Girls. [videorecording] / by Apatow, Judd,1967-; Driver, Adam.; Dunham, Lena,1986-; Kirke, Jemima.; Mamet, Zosia.; Williams, Allison.; HBO Entertainment (Firm); Home Box Office (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);

Disc 1. Pilot -- Vagina panic -- All adventurous women do -- Hannah's diary -- Hard being easy.Disc 2. The return -- Welcome to Bushwick a.k.a. The crackcident -- Weirdos need girlfriends too -- Leave me alone -- She did.Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Adam Driver, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet.Two years out of liberal arts school, Hannah (Dunham) believes she has the talent to be a successful writer, and though she has yet to complete her memoir (she has to live it first), her parents cut her off financially without warning. Further complicating things for Hannah is her unrequited passion for eccentric actor Adam, with whom she occasionally has sex (when he can be bothered to respond to her text messages). As the harsh reality of rent and bills looms, Hannah leans on her very-put-together best friend and roommate Marnie, who has a real job at an art gallery and an even realer boyfriend (neither of which she can admit she might not love). Meanwhile, their gorgeous British friend Jessa, who has travelled to as many different countries as she's had boyfriends, appears in the city and moves in with Shoshanna, her naive younger cousin with Sex and the City lifestyle aspirations. Over the course of Season 1's ten episodes, the four girls try to figure out what they want - from life, from boys, from themselves and each other. The answers aren't always clear or easy, but the search is profoundly relatable and infinitely amusing.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.

Subjects: Female friendship; Man-woman relationships; Single women; Television comedies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Women college graduates;

© c2012., Warner Home Video,

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Veep. [videorecording] / by Chlumsky, Anna.; Hale, Tony.; Iannucci, Armando,1963-; Laing, Stephanie.; Louis-Dreyfus, Julia.; Walsh, Matt,1964-; HBO Entertainment (Firm); HBO Home Entertainment (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);

Anna Chlumsky, Julia Louis-dreyfus, Gary Cole, Matt Walsh, Reid Scott, Tony Hale, Timothy Simons, Sufe Bradshaw.Former Senator Selina Meyer was a charismatic leader and a rising star in her party with her eye on the White House. Then she became vice president. Veep follows the whirlwind day-to day existence of Vice President Meyer as she puts out political fires, juggles a busy public schedule and demanding private life, and defends the president's interests, even as she tries to improve her dysfunctional relationship with the Chief Executive.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 or 2.0 sound.

Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Television comedies.; Vice-presidents; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Women politicians;

© c2014., HBO Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Warner Home Video,

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The big C. [videorecording] / by Basso, Gabriel.; Hickey, John Benjamin.; Hunt, Darlene.; Linney, Laura.; Platt, Oliver.; Somerville, Phyllis.; Showtime Networks.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm); Sony Pictures Television.;

Pilot -- Summer time -- There's no C in team -- Playing the cancer car -- Blue-eyed Iris -- Taking lumps -- Two for the road -- Happy birthday, cancer -- The ecstasy and the agony -- Divine intervention -- New beginnings -- Everything that rises must converge -- Taking the plunge.Production credits vary by episode.Laura Linney, Oliver Platt, Gabriel Basso, John Benjamin Hickey, Phyllis Somerville.Originally broadcast on Showtime in 2010.After forty-two-year-old suburban mother and schoolteacher Cathy Jamison receives a cancer diagnosis, she decides to live it up and find humor in her disease.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVDs, widescreen presentation (1.78:1); Dolby Digital 5.1.2011 Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress (Laura Linney)

Subjects: Cancer; Families; Television comedies.; Women teachers;

© c2011., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,

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Gilmore girls. [videorecording] / by Palladino, Amy Sherman.; Palladino, Daniel.; Polone, Gavine.; Palmer, Patricia Fass.; Graham, Lauren.; Bledel, Alexis,1982-; McCarthy, Melissa,1969-; Warner Home Video (Firm);

Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Melissa McCarthy, Keiko Agena, Scott Patterson, Yanic Truesdale, Kelly Bishop, Edward Herrmann.Relive the first year of being an inn owner with Lorelai, the turmoil of being a second-year student at Yale with Rory, and the ups and downs of love and family.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 surround.

Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Television programs.; Mothers and daughters; College students;

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Veep. [videorecording] / by Chlumsky, Anna.; Hale, Tony.; Iannucci, Armando,1963-; Laing, Stephanie.; Louis-Dreyfus, Julia.; Walsh, Matt,1964-; HBO Entertainment (Firm); HBO Home Entertainment (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Matt Walsh, Tony Hale, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Sufe Bradshaw.Season three begins with Selina, eying a promotion, courting Iowa caucus voters at a signing for her new book, 'Some New Beginnings.' Soon, Selina and her staff, are back in D.C. for Mike's wedding, learn that Secretary of Defense Maddox is resigning; setting Selina up for a possible run in the presidential primaries against Maddox and her nemesis, war-vet Danny Chung.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 or 2.0 sound.

Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Television comedies.; Vice-presidents; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Women politicians;

© c2015., HBO Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Warner Home Video,

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Veep. [videorecording] / by Chlumsky, Anna.; Hale, Tony.; Iannucci, Armando,1963-; Laing, Stephanie.; Louis-Dreyfus, Julia.; Walsh, Matt,1964-; HBO Entertainment (Firm); HBO Home Entertainment (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);

Disc 1. Fundraiser -- Frozen yoghurt -- Catherine -- Chung.Disc 2. Nicknames -- Baseball -- Full disclosure -- Tears.Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Matt Walsh, Tony Hale, Anna Chlumsky, Reid Scott.Former Senator Selina Meyer was a charismatic leader and a rising star in her party with her eye on the White House: then she became Vice President. VEEP follows the whirlwind day-to day existence of Vice President Meyer as she puts out political fires, juggles a busy public schedule and demanding private life, and defends the President's interests, even as she tries to improve her dysfunctional relationship with the Chief Executive.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 or 2.0 sound.

Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Television comedies.; Vice-presidents; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Women politicians;

© c2013., HBO Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Warner Home Video,

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Elle [videorecording] / by Ben Saïd, Saïd,film producer.; Berling, Charles,actor.; Birke, David,screenwriter.; Consigny, Anne,actor.; Huppert, Isabelle,actor.; Lafitte, Laurent,1973-actor.; Merkt, Michel,film producer.; Verhoeven, Paul,1938-film director.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Djian, Philippe,1949-Oh.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; SBS Productions,production company.; Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion,production company.; France 2 cinéma (Firm),production company.; Entre Chien et Loup (Firm),production company.; Proximus,production company.;

Isabelle Huppert, Laurent LaFitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, Christian Berkel, Alice Isaaz.Michèle seems indestructible. Head of a successful video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. Being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant changes Michèle's life forever. When she resolutely tracks the man down, they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game--a game that may, at any moment, spiral out of control.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Motion pictures, French.; Foreign films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Djian, Philippe, 1949-; Rape; Revenge; Women;

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