LGBTQIA Scholarship Roundup for June 28, 2017

By Emilia Marcyk Current scholarship and academic news addressing LGBTQIA identities and concerns, of interest to librarians, educators, and information professionals. Publications Corey, Sarah. “All Bi Myself: Analyzing Television’s Presentation of Female Bisexuality.” Journal of Bisexuality, vol. 17, no. 2, 2017, pp. 190-205. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15299716.2017.1305940 How do mainstream TV shows like Grey’s Anatomy portray bisexual […]

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Word of the Week: Intersectionality

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By Emilia Marcyk Intersectionality is the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage; a theoretical approach based on such a premise. –Oxford English Dictionary The concept of intersectionality has been around for a while, particularly in the fields of critical […]

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Queer Quest: Sense8 Is Pretty Gr8

By Ashley R. Lierman Continuing in my quest to insist that I do actually like things, this week I think it’s time to talk about Sense8. This is a good time for it in particular because a) I just recently finished finally watching the first season, and more importantly, b) because it was just announced […]

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