Anna Marie Bautista is Lecturer in Global Creative Industries and Gender Studies at the University of Hong Kong. Her teaching and research interests include various aspects of film, television and popular culture studies, particularly in representations of gender. She completed her PhD in American Studies at the University of Hong Kong in 2021.She was previously Lecturer in Media, Culture, and Communications Studies at the School of Continuing and Professional Education (HKU SPACE). Her article, ‘Exposing the “lie”: uncovering abuse and misogyny in Big Little Lies’ was published in Feminist Media Studies in January 2022. Her book Conspicuous Feminism On Television: Gender, Power and #MeToo was published by Lexington Books in January 2023.

Key Publications

Conspicuous Feminism on Television: Gender, Power and #MeToo. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2023

“Exposing the ‘lie’: uncovering abuse and misogyny in Big Little Lies.” Feminist media studies, 2023-05, Vol.23 (4), p.1721-1736

“Desperation and Domesticity: Reconfiguring the ‘happy housewife’ in Desperate Housewives.” In Reading Desperate Housewives, ed. Janet McCabe and Kim Akass, London; New York: I.B Tauris, 2006, p. 156-165.