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Converging the two shows, confessional culture is well represented in the media to show that it existed and still in existence. However, there is still personal struggle of disclosing a personal identity on the form of culture that one live. In this case, the producer of Ellen program, decided to show a single coming out episode without any form of personal journey presiding to relate it with coming out narratives. Considering the creator of the Bad Girls, based the story on Helen that concerned a certain amount of personal struggles and uncertainty identity. Also, transformation of sexuality is borne in various means from subtle signals concerning words that are coded to explicit announcement of identity. In this case, both the Bad Girls and Ellen, characters show such personal assertions. AuthorLastName8 Ellen does not appear to be distressed about her sexuality through coming out and revealing her sexual identity, where it is reconstructed as a past of fear and shame. This depicts how confessional culture was taken in the society, whereby even the depictions of one’s identity and ...

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