"Don't ask me, I'm just a girl": Feminism, female identity, and the simpsons

Journal of Popular Culture

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 272-303

  Henry, Matthew ^a  

^a Richland College   (United States)

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EID: 33847618828     PISSN: 00223840     EISSN: 15405931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2007.00379.x     Document Type: Review

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