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“Long Live Abigail Hobbs”: The Significance of Hannibal‘s Deviant “Daughter”

August 26, 2015
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“Long Live Abigail Hobbs”: The Significance of <i>Hannibal</i>‘s Deviant “Daughter”

In the final installment of a limited series on NBC's gothic horror program Hannibal, Allison McCracken focuses on character Abigail Hobbs, who has become a prominent figure among the program's feminist fan communities.
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DashCon Discourses: Through a Feminist Lens

July 16, 2014
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DashCon Discourses: Through a Feminist Lens

Beyond the negative discourse generated by the recent DashCon convention are the con's more neglected, productive aspects for female and queer youth.
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Redefining the Performance of Masculinity at LeakyCon Portland

August 11, 2013
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Redefining the Performance of Masculinity at LeakyCon Portland

Part six of a seven-part series: LeakyCon’s space alters norms of masculine performance, creating a set of genderqueer performance aesthetics tailored to its fangirl attendees.
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From LGBT to GSM: Gender and Sexual Identity among LeakyCon’s Queer Youth (LeakyCon Portland)

August 6, 2013
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From LGBT to GSM: Gender and Sexual Identity among LeakyCon’s Queer Youth (LeakyCon Portland)

Part 4 of a 7 part series: LeakyCon’s LGBT fandom offers insights into the millennial generation’s attitudes towards current gender/identity categories, but they also express desire for more recognition of the multiplicity and fluidity of their identities as a whole.
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Glee: Kurt and the Casting Couch

October 19, 2011
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<em>Glee</em>: Kurt and the Casting Couch

In the second episode of Glee’s new season, “I Am Unicorn,” Kurt’s character loses the romantic lead in the school musical, West Side Story, to his more masculine boyfriend Blaine. The episode was both fascinating and confounding because instead of interrogating masculinist gender hierarchies, usually one of the show’s great strengths, the show affirmed...
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Glee: The Countertenor and The Crooner, Part 3

May 17, 2011
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Glee: The Countertenor and The Crooner, Part 3

Just as Chris Colfer provides a model for queer kids who have not yet been represented, so Darren Criss provides an equally significant alternative model for queer straightness.
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Glee: The Countertenor and the Crooner, Part 2

May 10, 2011
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Glee: The Countertenor and the Crooner, Part 2

Chris Colfer’s is the first solo voice in recent memory to break into the mainstream as gender-queer, and as such, has become the site of both euphoria and anxiety.
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Glee: The Countertenor and The Crooner

May 3, 2011
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Glee: The Countertenor and The Crooner

The popularity of Glee, and, in particular, these two singers, has made me think that American culture may finally be starting to break with the gender norms of male singing performance that have persisted for the last 80 years.
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