DEATH AND THE MAIDEN

A New Take on an Old Trope

“El Día del Muerto/Day of the Dead”

A Transformation in Five Acts

This work charts dis-figurements of 'the flesh' as it is objectified, denigrated and negated in the process of desiring-and consuming-mythic ideals of beauty and unity achieved through enforced corporeal docility.

My Lover’s Eyes is an extract from my manuscript The Isis Club, a gothic tale about a woman in search of her dead lover's soul in the recipients of his…

A Female Personification of Death in Irish Gothic Literature

The relationship between vampires and virgins in the Western vampire canon is a long and illustrious one, second only to the creature’s unbreakable affiliation with death.

perspectives on suicide in the LGBTI community

"Fallen" and "The Shave"

what comes out, next

In this paper I analyse the material sent to me over a period of 5 years by an Indian woman, born to a Muslim family and educated by Catholic missionaries

A Conversation between Peter Banki and Nikó Antalffy

In this part-paper, part-memoir, I explore the experiences and implications of being female in philosophically oriented subsets of academia and intellectual discourse.

Witnessing Theories in Sedgwick’s Dialogue On Love

This piece uses techniques from musical composition (particularly Messiaen's manipulation of material), but applied to text rather than notes.

As in other cultures, Chinese language is the living evidence of the long history of Chinese culture.

'Bygones' takes an interest in the way that processes of association inform our experience of sexuality.

Review of After Homosexual: The Legacies of Gay Liberation.

Issue 1 2014 – editor Michael Sharkey

A White Girl Reads White Girls

A discussion on generative queer spaces.

Gay and Lesbian Perspectives on Australasian History and Society,

Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive