A prison drama defies convention

Each week, Symposium’s blog highlights comments about the week’s featured article. This week’s piece is “The Rebirth of Viewing Pleasure.” Prof. Jill Dolan, guest ...

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When art takes a stand

Each week, Symposium’s blog highlights comments about the week’s featured article. This week’s piece is “The Rebirth of Viewing Pleasure.” Prof. Jill Dolan, guest ...

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Televison’s progressive twist

Each week, Symposium’s blog highlights comments about the week’s featured article. This week’s piece is “The Rebirth of Viewing Pleasure.” Prof. Jill Dolan, guest ...

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Hollywood has a weight problem

Each week, Symposium’s blog highlights comments about the week’s featured article. This week’s piece is “The Rebirth of Viewing Pleasure.” Prof. Jill Dolan, guest ...

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A different kind of pioneer

Each week, Symposium’s blog highlights comments about the week’s featured article. This week’s piece is “The Rebirth of Viewing Pleasure.” Prof. Jill Dolan, guest ...

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The Rebirth of Viewing Pleasure

Jill Dolan

Here's gazing at you, kid: The cast of "Girls" in New York City, May 12, 2012. (Aby Baker/Getty Images)

By taking a fresh look at popular culture, students are breathing new life into feminist theories of a generation ago.

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About The Author:

Jill Dolan is the Annan Professor in English, Professor of Theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts, and Director of the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies at Princeton University. Her blog, The Feminist Spectator, won the 2011 George Jean Nathan Award for dramatic criticism.