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Not quite girlfags: Kylie Minogue and femme-queer identity
Kylie: gay icon Recently, I was at a party where a Kylie Minogue CD was on rotation (I think it might have been Ultimate Kylie), much to the enjoyment of one of my femme friends. This got us talking...
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Babyz in the Hood: Girlhood Aspirations Then and Now
Yesterday I came across this amazing song from the Muppet Babies circa 1984: I had a dawning realisation that 1984 is getting to be quite a long time ago now (*gasp*) and that the kids that would have...
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Makeovers and Mistakes: What Does Bravery Look Like?
Merida “before” (left) and “after” (right) The recent controversy over Disney’s “makeover” of Brave character Merida, has been troubling me. CGI-Merida, hero of the 2012 the film, was stylistically...
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Feeling Femme: Observations from Femme Hive 2014
The main Femme Hive venue at Villa Neukölln, Berlin This October I was lucky enough to be supported by the YWCA Canberra and the ANU, to attend the Femme Hive conference in Berlin. With my PhD work...
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The Trouble with “Natural Beauty”
An image from the Tree Change Dolls’ tumblr site Today a friend sent me a link to a new trend that basically caused me to have a rage blackout: dolls that have been “made-under”. Labelled “Tree Change...
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Queering and Queening Femininity
SMA host Jenny Frost (centre) with two contestants pre-make-under Recently I published an article in the journal Australian Feminist Studies titled “Queer Femininity Versus ‘Natural Beauty’ in Snog,...
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This Jumpsuit Won’t Save Your Life
The logo of RDS Sometime last year I stumbled across the “Rational Dress Society“—a Chicago-based fashion/art duo, whose claim to fame is the production of a jumpsuit that promises to help “reject the...
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Brooke Candy and the Question of Queer Femininity
I think we ought to treat pop stars as philosophers (as constructed as they are), citing them in our papers for their insights on the nature of existence and revealing to us the pulse and...
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Give Drag a Chance
Priscilla, queen of my heart When I was a little girl, I loved drag queens more than anything. It was back in the days when video stores were still around, and my babysitter asked me which film I...
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A Theory of Femininity
Released with Routledge January 2018 In January of 2018 my first book (based on my PhD research) Queering Femininity: Sexuality, Feminism, and the Politics of Presentation was published with Routledge....
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Woman Culture and the Gendering of Pregnancy
Got to be honest not 100% sure what’s going on in those wrappers Lecturing in gender studies I have spent a lot of time talking about how children are exposed to processes of gendering, how these...
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For the love of dresses
When I was small I distinctly remember having fights with my mother about wearing dresses. While some other queer friends have recounted similar fights, my desire was not to reject dresses that were...
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Bimbo Feminism: Why I’m Excited About the Barbie Movie
If you (somehow??) haven’t heard, there’s a live action Barbie film coming out in July this year, and it looks incredible. The film has Greta Gerwig at the helm, who brought us previous meditations on...
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Barbie Review: This Barbie is Trans
Note: The below review contains spoilers for the Barbie (2023) film! If you’d like a discussion that is spoiler-free (recorded before the film screened), check out my chat about bimbos and Barbies on...
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Book Review: The Modern by Anna Kate Blair
Dear Anna, I have been thinking about how I might write a review of The Modern, given my love of it, but also given our prior entanglement. What are the ethics of critique when the personal is...
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