The performance of queer identity is an important aspect that challenges societal norms and expectations regarding gender and sexuality. Through embodiment and ritual, individuals express their...
Queer cinema has always been known for its subversive approach to storytelling, challenging traditional norms and conventions in filmmaking. One way it achieves this is through problematizing linear...
How might Artificial Intelligence Technologies Reinforce or Disrupt Societal Understandings of Gender Identity?
Gender is a construct that refers to the social characteristics associated with...
Poststructuralist Queer Cinema Disrupts Conventional Frameworks of Temporality, Narrative, and Spectatorship
The cinematic representation of queerness is a relatively recent phenomenon that has...
Queer theory is an interdisciplinary field that emerged from the study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) identities and experiences in the late twentieth century. It has since...
Peer Hierarchy Influences Adolescent Nonconformity
Adolescents have a desire to fit in and belong, but they also seek ways to express themselves individually. As their bodies develop, so does...
Can absurdity be used to challenge societal standards and expectations regarding human behavior and interaction? This question has been debated by thinkers throughout history, from early...
When considering the ways that humans interact with one another, it is easy to get caught up in the idea that there are only certain types of interactions that are "acceptable" or "normal."
This...
Can the revival of indigenous gender categories disrupt globalized binary understandings of identity?
In many cultures around the world, there are more than two genders recognized by society. This...
Ancient narratives of gender transformation are often characterized by themes of disruption and resistance to social norms. In many cultures, tales of individuals who defy societal expectations by...