Caroline Framke (born September 30, 1988) is an American writer and critic and is Chief TV Critic at Variety.[1] Formerly, she was a columnist at Vox[2][3][4] and has contributed to The Atlantic,[5] The A.V. Club, Flavorwire, Complex, Vulture, Salon,[6] and NPR.[7]

Caroline Framke
Born (1988-09-30) September 30, 1988 (age 35)
OccupationWriter, TV and film critic
Alma materSmith College

Her gender and culture commentary have been featured in books.[8][9] She has studied and written about the #MeToo movement,[10][11] and her analysis was featured in The New York Times' Editor's Reading List of 2017.[12] Framke was the head of a widely covered study that found that in the 2015–2016 television season, 10% of character deaths were of LGBT women, even though they made up an extremely small percentage of total characters.[8][13][14]

References edit

  1. ^ "Caroline Framke". Variety. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Caroline Framke Profile and Activity - Vox". www.vox.com. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  3. ^ Kitchens, Juliette C.; Hawk, Julie L., eds. (2019). Transmediating the Whedonverse(s): Essays on Texts, Paratexts, and Metatexts. Springer Nature. p. 173. ISBN 9783030246167.
  4. ^ Ann, Kayla (2020). Agency in The Hunger Games: Desire, Intent and Action in the Novels. McFarland. p. 57. ISBN 9781476639147.
  5. ^ Framke, Caroline. "Caroline Framke". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  6. ^ "Caroline Framke". Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  7. ^ "Ask Todd Anything, with guest host Caroline Framke". ART19. Archived from the original on 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  8. ^ a b Millward, Liz; Dodd, Janice G.; Fubara-Manuel, Irene (2017-05-16). Killing Off the Lesbians: A Symbolic Annihilation on Film and Television. McFarland. ISBN 9781476628400.
  9. ^ Hanson, Ralph E. (2016-10-14). Mass Communication: Living in a Media World. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9781506358574.
  10. ^ Benko, Steven A., ed. (2020). Ethics in Comedy: Essays on Crossing the Line. McFarland. p. 117. ISBN 9781476676418.
  11. ^ Collier Hillstrom, Laurie (2018). The #MeToo Movement. ABC-CLIO. p. 93. ISBN 9781440867507.
  12. ^ Leonhardt, David (2017-12-26). "Opinion | Editors Speak: A 2017 Reading List". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  13. ^ "TV Characters' Rising Death Toll Reveals Troubling Pattern". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  14. ^ Calvario, Liz (2016-06-01). "More Queer Women Are Being Killed Off On Television Series Than Ever Before — Study". IndieWire. Retrieved 2018-01-19.