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Welcome to Bad Girls Annex!
Bad Girls is a fantastic television show. And there are a lot
of fantastic
websites about it. They offer tons of photos and screenshots, news
articles, ongoing messageboard activity, and as much fanfic as your
heart desires.
But there's very little in the way of serious, thoughtful writing on
this show. Only a few published academic essays (check out our
Bibliography
for a list), and almost nothing in the popular media. There are entire books of
cultural studies criticism on everything from The L Word to Sex and
the City... but virtually nothing on Bad Girls. This omission has always
struck us as both baffling and intensely frustrating. This website is about
trying to address that gap.
We've written summary episode analyses,
close readings of scenes, as
well as longer essays which examine a character or theme over the
course of many episodes (or many seasons). There's a
tour of Oxford Prison (where Bad Girls was filmed), a
reading list, a timeline,
a glossary, and other bits and pieces scattered throughout the site. Enjoy!
(For the spoiler-conscious, this site is chock-full: most pieces assume you've
seen at least the first three seasons.)
Submissions
Your contributions are welcome and encouraged. Check out
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Highlights
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Oct. 21, 2008: Added a
Helen & Nikki Relationship Chart.
Oct. 12, 2007: Updated Links
Jul. 7, 2007: Did you know
Nikki's reading The Well of Loneliness just before she escapes to be with Helen? Well, neither did
we! A huge thanks to JAMBF for her obsessive eye for detail and her general
researching relentlessness.
May 17, 2008: Added an
essay analyzing the legal issues behind Nikki's original trial and appeal,
and an episode analysis for S2E5: "Mistaken Identity"
Mar. 26, 2008: Added another
Closeup: Suit-Burning
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