The Fosters Film Analysis

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Transitioning the focus of how queer and cultural representation in the media, between 2010 -2015, the vision is present. Many story lines tackle the kind of resistance that might appear in families whose members classify across lines of sexuality, race, and ethnicity to explore diversity. Reaching into how gay and lesbian representation in the media is perceived, the 2013 ABC Family series, The Fosters, is a great example of queer visibility on television after 2010. The American drama series follows the lives of charcters, Lena Adams and Stef Foster, who are an interracial couple living in San Diego, raising Stef’s biological son, Brandon, along with their adopted twins, Jesus and Mariana. As the TV series begins, Lena’s occupation is a

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