Introduction / by Giuliana Monteverde and Victoria McCollum -- Authorship, gender, reception. Our bodies, our self(ies): mediating and mitigating social media and selfveillance in Girls / by Hannah Bonner -- The rise and fall of the HBO Empire: vinyl and the gender of TV legitimation / by Stéfany Boisvert -- Queer fantasies, queer echoes: the post-closet world of looking / by Nicholas Manganas -- Feminism, "dick" jokes, & (re)defining masculinity: satirising the tech world in Silicon Valley / by Amy MacKelden -- Race, place, power, risk. The personal and political: exploring comedic masculinity and femininity in Veep / by Carrie Hou, Nathan Stewart and Elena Chabbi -- Race and place in black and white: the false dichotomy in True detective / by Jessica Maucione -- Praising, erasing, replacing and race-ing Girls - intersectional online critiques and the ascent of insecure / by Francesca Sobande -- Forced devotion vs. acceptable doubt: the leftovers as a paradigm shift for religion in popular culture / by Kristen Donnelly -- Consumption, criticism, fandom. HBO's hall of mirrors: the comeback as meta-commentary on television and celebrity culture / by Jennifer O'Meara -- Marnie is the worst: antipathetic characters in contemporary HBO programs / by Oliver Kroener -- The last-night's watch Game of thrones, contemporary recap culture, and HBO's continuing legacy / Andrew Lynch -- Tone deaf?: Game of thrones, showrunners and criticism / by Shiloh Carroll