Isabel
@isaimho.bsky.social
PhD student @ KCL
Working on lesbian literary production & circulation in 80s-00s Britain
Working on lesbian literary production & circulation in 80s-00s Britain
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So thrilled to say that my new article on the echoes of Section 28 in the moral panic around trans people in the UK is out now, along with the rest of the first issue of @genderandjustice.bsky.social !
doi.org/10.1332/3033...
doi.org/10.1332/3033...
Moral panics and legal projects: echoes of Section 28 in United Kingdom transgender discourse and law reform
A grounding in the queer history of the legal system in the United Kingdom reveals striking parallels between the moral panic leading to the enactment of Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, a...
doi.org
March 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
So thrilled to say that my new article on the echoes of Section 28 in the moral panic around trans people in the UK is out now, along with the rest of the first issue of @genderandjustice.bsky.social !
doi.org/10.1332/3033...
doi.org/10.1332/3033...
Registration is open for 'IR/RELEVANT', our upcoming PGR English conference on all things weird and wonderful. We're thrilled to have an excellent range of papers, performances, a creative workshop, and a keynote from @allylouks.bsky.social. Sign up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/kings...
May 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Registration is open for 'IR/RELEVANT', our upcoming PGR English conference on all things weird and wonderful. We're thrilled to have an excellent range of papers, performances, a creative workshop, and a keynote from @allylouks.bsky.social. Sign up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/kings...
Reposted by Isabel
Forty years ago, Gay's the Word was reeling from raids by HM Customs & Excise. You might've heard of 'Operation Tiger', but probably know less about the books accused of being 'indecent or obscene'. Our new online exhibition reveals more – london.ac.uk/seized-books
April 10, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Forty years ago, Gay's the Word was reeling from raids by HM Customs & Excise. You might've heard of 'Operation Tiger', but probably know less about the books accused of being 'indecent or obscene'. Our new online exhibition reveals more – london.ac.uk/seized-books
Reposted by Isabel
baby’s first polemic!
i wrote about why i object to the term “the female gaze” for @mid-theory.bsky.social’s forum on the gaze 👀
mid-theory.com/2025/02/05/a...
i wrote about why i object to the term “the female gaze” for @mid-theory.bsky.social’s forum on the gaze 👀
mid-theory.com/2025/02/05/a...
Against the Female Gaze
To my mind, what we need is not a “female” gaze, but a feminist one. I have a confession: I’m getting sick of all the cultural conversation about “girlhood.” Perhaps this is a bad position fo…
mid-theory.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
baby’s first polemic!
i wrote about why i object to the term “the female gaze” for @mid-theory.bsky.social’s forum on the gaze 👀
mid-theory.com/2025/02/05/a...
i wrote about why i object to the term “the female gaze” for @mid-theory.bsky.social’s forum on the gaze 👀
mid-theory.com/2025/02/05/a...