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David Lee

@drdavidlee.bsky.social

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Media academic researching television, creative labour, and cultural inequalities. Lover of documentaries, long walks, and Yorkshire tea (sometimes). ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media/staff/330/dr-…

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David Lee @drdavidlee.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Louis Theroux’s persona has shifted from awkward outsider (Weird Weekends) to ethical witness (Porn’s MeToo). My new open access article looks at what this says about changing aesthetics, ethics & industry in TV documentary, with close scene analysis. Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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David Lee @drdavidlee.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Doing research on the 'manosphere', disaffected masculinities (in relation to creative work). Haven't really come across Kimmel's prescient work before - super useful - an interesting interview here: www.theguardian.com/world/2017/f...

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David Lee @drdavidlee.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

More attacks on DEI / EDI in the US. Part of a wider backlash - something I explore in relation to the TV industry in the UK in my recent article journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #edi #diversity #politics

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David Lee @drdavidlee.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Fantastic weekend podcast from The Guardian this week. The interview with Jacob Rees-Mogg is hilarious, and the piece on 'inheritocracy' touches on lots of important issues about social mobility and the importance of the 'bank of mum and dad' www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Jacob Rees-Mogg on abortion, religion and reality TV; Marina Hyde on Musk vs Trump Jr; inheritance inequity; and teenage love – podcast

Marina Hyde asks us to spare a sob for Don Jr, replaced in Daddy’s affections by Elon Musk. The Bank of Mum and Dad – the unspoken dynamic behind society’s growing inequality of ‘inheritocracy’. ‘I’ve...

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