Michel Ghanem (he/him) aka tvscholar
Hi! I’m Michel. I have a Master of Arts in fashion studies from Toronto Metropolitan University, during which I wrote a thesis on costume design and madness on television through the lens of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. I engaged in some doctoral work and research in a PhD program before withdrawing in early 2020, but I’m still disseminating my experience in grad school, discourse on television and its multiplicities. I’m constantly watching/learning/writing about television as much as I can, which is how this newsletter came to be.
This newsletter is predominantly written from my apartment in Vancouver, on the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Appointment Viewing column with The Cut
April 2023 - Dead Ringers
March 2023 - Daisy Jones & The Six
February 2023 - The Last of Us
Interviews with The Cut
Britne Oldford x Dead Ringers
Daisy May Cooper x Am I Being Unreasonable? and Rain Dogs
Ryan Pfluger x Capturing Queer Americana
Audra McDonald x The Good Fight
Interviews with W Magazine
Zazie Beetz x Atlanta
Gugu Mbatha-Raw x Surface
Michelle de Swarte x The Baby
Ryan O’Connell x Queer as Folk
Kit Connor x Heartstopper
Rachel Griffiths x The Wilds
Lauren Ambrose x Servant
Morgan Spector x The Gilded Age
Mackenzie Davis x Station Eleven
Other Writings
Where are all the bisexual men on television? (Dame magazine, Jan 2023)
What to watch after you’ve finished My Brilliant Friend (W, April 2022)
This Is Going To Hurt is a medical drama unlike any other (W, March 2022)
Escape to Acapulco, the colorful series perfect for a winter binge (W, Dec 2021)
Gay yearning & Young Royals (An Injustice!, Aug 2021)
In conversation with Indigenous costume designer Carmen Thompson (Public Parking, Oct 2020)
Why it’s time for television costume designers to receive public recognition for their work (Fashionista, Sept 2017)
Contact Michel
Email: michel.tvscholar@gmail.com
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