[ecrea] Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture 2.1

Intellect is thrilled to announce that the new issue of Queer Studies in 
Media & Popular Culture (2.1) is now available.

For more information about this issue please click here 
<http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-issue,id=3264/> or email 
(katy /at/ intellectbooks.com) <mailto:(katy /at/ intellectbooks.com)>.

Articles within this issue include:

Sex, lies and the locker room: A critical discourse analysis of athletes 
coming out in the media 
<http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=23427/>

*Authors: *Cu-Hullan Tsuyoshi McGivern and Paul Chamness Miller

Page Start: 9

Oppression and hostility is still evident towards LGBT athletes within 
modern sport organisations, where hegemonic masculinities contribute to 
the opposition to LGBT members of the athletic community. Given the 
homophobia that continues to impact sport, the aim of this study is to 
ascertain, through the lens of grounded theory, what discourses are used 
to address the coming out of professional athletes in online news sites 
and the hegemonic power that is reflected through that discourse. 
Through the analysis, four themes emerged as significant. One particular 
theme stood out as the most substantial: the locker room seen as a space 
where masculinity is negotiated, suggesting the possibility that many 
masculinities exist within that milieu. The study’s findings highlight 
the urgency that is needed in order to make sport a safe and non-hostile 
space for all athletes.

What’s so funny about a snowman in a tiara? Exploring gender identity 
and gender nonconformity in children’s animated films 
<http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=23426/>

*Authors: *G. Patterson and Leland G. Spencer

Page Start: 73

The year 2014 has been dubbed the ‘trans tipping point’, a new era of 
acceptance towards trans and gender-nonconforming identities. In 
addition, in recent years, children’s animated film has seen an influx 
of characters and storylines that appear to celebrate gender diversity. 
Using inductive and deductive thematic analysis, this article examines 
the gendered messages in top-grossing children’s animated films from 
2012 to 2015. Drawing from our analysis, it argues that such alleged 
gender diversity applies only to a narrow subset of characters in 
children’s animated film – and these same characters also often function 
to reinforce oppressive ideas about gender, race and sexuality. 
Ultimately, despite the visibility of gender diverse characters in and 
outside children’s film, this article cautions against premature 
celebrations that would regard such visibility as progress.

Gay ghetto comics and the alternative gay comics of Robert Kirby 
<http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=23428/>

*Authors: *Sina Shamsavari

Page Start: 95

This article focuses on North American gay comics, especially the ‘gay 
ghetto’ subgenre, and on the alternative gay comics that have been 
created in response to the genre’s conventions. Gay comics have received 
little scholarly attention and this article attempts to begin redressing 
this balance, as well as turning attention to the contrasts between 
different genres within the field of gay comics. Gay ghetto comics and 
cartoons construct a dominant gay habitus, representing the gay 
community as relatively stable and unified, while the alternative gay 
male comics discussed critique the dominant gay habitus and construct 
instead an alternative gay – or ‘queer’ – habitus. The article focuses 
on the work of Robert Kirby, an influential cartoonist and editor of gay 
comics anthologies, and particularly on his story ‘Private Club’, in 
order to explore some of the typical themes and concerns of alternative 
gay ghetto comics.


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