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One of the texts I am researching for my PhD thesis is Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and in particular both the depiction of Willow Rosenberg’s sexuality and her complex morality. What I present here is just some unedited notes on some of my thought processes, taken from my chapter notes. These are definitely unrefined and unpolished, but certainly a start in getting my head around Buffy‘s somewhat problematic relationship with queer identities.Read More →

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In a recent meeting with my supervisory team, one thing that came up is that I need to define bisexuality in my research. This might seem relatively straightforward, but it has proven to be a complex issue to unpick. This is especially down to bisexuality being somewhat neglected in academic study, meaning there is little consensus, but also because I am using metaphorical depictions of bisexuality in the Gothic alongside explicit ones. My first challenge, therefore, was to develop my own taxonomy of bisexuality.Read More →