two new YouTube video essays!
on parasocial relationships and “reinforcing gender”
In the last few weeks, I’ve released two new YouTube video essays you may be interested in.
The most recent (just released!) is Celebrity, Sublebrity & Parasocial Relationships (a feminist analysis). It uses Chappell Roan’s recent comments about the harassment she’s received from some of her fans as a jumping off point to discuss my recent writings (in particular, my book Sexed Up) on unwanted attention. It explores the many parallels between these sorts of parasocial/celebrity experiences and the street harassment women often face, both of which seem driven by what I call “phantom invitations.”
The second video counters claims by some feminists and academics that trans people supposedly “reinforce” gender, gender stereotypes, and/or the gender system more generally. While it has a short to-the-point title (Do Trans People Reinforce Gender?), most of the video is footage from a talk I gave in 2011 entitled “Compulsory Genderqueerness: On Transsexuality, Feminism, and the ‘End of Gender’.” It’s…
