Sam Healy, known to the inmates of Litchfield in the Netflix original drama Orange Is the
New Black (OITNB) as Officer Healy, offhandedly remarks to Piper Chapman:“Lesbians can …

Background Palliative and end of life care research is an underdeveloped research area
[National end of life care strategy, 2008; Rapid Review NCRI, 2010]. The importance of …

This dissertation argues for a feminist practice of liminal laughter, a bodily laughter that
cements a critical engagement. Liminal laughter is formed in the margins, across various …

Desiree Fairooz was arrested for laughing during Jeff Sessions' confirmation hearing.
Though in July 2017 the judge threw out the conviction and ordered a new trial, attacking …

I often hear the sentiment expressed–on television, in my writing classroom, among other
spaces–that women lack a sense of humor or are simply “not funny,” as one of my students …

During the premiere episode of the Netflix drama Orange is the New Black (OITNB), Officer
Sam Healy (played by Michael Harney) offers Piper Chapman (played by Taylor Schilling) …

This chapter explores how the hit comedies I Love You, Man and Get Hard reinforce
dominant masculine ideals of aggression, sexual conquest, and avoiding emotion and other …

Strong, Salty, and Subversive: 21st-century Heroines Challenge Patriarchy and Heteronormativity
Strong, Salty, and Subversive: 21st-century Heroines Challenge Patriarchy and …

This thesis discusses female friendship in three plays, by a prolific dramatist of eighteenth
century England, Susannah Centlivre. I extend recent feminist criticism of Centlivre through …

This documentary offers a probing and compassionate examination of six masculine-
identified individuals and their pregnancies. The film opens with conversations about gender …