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The cast of "Jersey Shore" (MTV)

How MTV’s “Jersey Shore” fetishized the Guido, a subversive ethnic stereotype that America disdained

Amanda Ann Klein
Alicia Silverstone in "Clueless" (Paramount Pictures)

“Clueless” and the end of Gen X: How Cher Horowitz taught us to stop worrying and embrace millennial optimism, post-racial fantasy and the 1 percent

Amanda Ann Klein