"I think journalists sometimes forget that we're just people": Analysing the effects of UK trans media representation on trans audiences

The increased focus on trans lives across a variety of media has brought to light the difficult relationship between trans audiences of this media and the content produced about trans people. The print and digital content of newspapers is an important site for investigation because it can be readily accessed and shared quickly across a variety of platforms and there is a significant volume of content produced about trans people. In order to critically engage with the content produced about trans people in UK newspapers the views of trans audiences are important to assess the impact this media has on their daily lives. Academic work addressing trans lived experiences has been invaluable in understanding healthcare and relationships (Girshick, 2008; Hines, 2007) but there has been comparatively little specific work on trans media representation. The work that has been done found patterns of misrepresentation of trans identities (Kermode and TMW, 2010). This notable absence presents a potential barrier to understanding the ways in which trans media coverage impacts trans lives. With qualitative interviews at the centre of this research methodology, this paper considers trans representation in UK newspapers and analyses the effects on trans audiences. Interviews and focus groups were conducted online with self-defining trans people as experts on the ways newspaper reporting affects their lives. Online methods are useful for media reception research because of the amount of media consumption that occurs online. In the specific case of trans audiences online methods become necessary as a means to work with harder-to-reach communities with concerns about participating in research. The questions asked of trans audiences were influenced by a critical discourse analysis of trans coverage in UK newspapers over the period of one year to provide a snapshot of content. This initial search also provided example articles. During this period the newspaper complaints body issued guidelines on trans reporting so questions on the effectiveness of these were also asked. Participants were interviewed online across online focus group and instant message software. The findings that emerged from interviews revealed newspapers repeatedly influenced daily lives especially in relation to transphobia, misgendering and misrepresentation which were highlighted frequently. Some participants focused on the sensationalist nature of reporting which led to feelings of othering, whereas others were more focused on opportunities for resistance to the tropes about trans people produced. This paper considers these interviews in the current context in which they are produced and the wider discourse of trans media representation to address the impact this media has on trans audiences. By critically reflecting on the ways trans newspaper coverage affects trans audiences, this paper offers a unique and community influenced perspective that seeks different trans media representation that does not cause harm for trans readers

Centralismo y reorganización hacendaria

La hacienda pública y la administración durante la primera república central de México, 1835-1842" del autor Javier Torres Medina, el cual, nos lleva a hacernos profundas preguntas acerca del devenir de las finanzas públicas a lo largo del tiempo

Who's here? Who's queer?

Welcome to the 2021 special edition of Intersectional Perspectives: Identity, Culture, and Society, entitled 'Who's Here? Who's Queer?’. In asking these two questions we are asking who feels they belong in LGBTQI+ spaces and who claims the language of queer. 1 This idea of belonging, and its related concept community, underpins the articles in this special issue. Theoretically we draw on the work of Vanessa May, who states that 'an individual's sense of belonging is affected by collectively negotiated understandings of who 'we' are and what 'we' stand for, and who gets excluded as the 'other''. As May highlights the notion of belonging contains within it the shadow of those that do not belong. A singular understanding of inclusion and exclusion of LGBTQI+ people does not fully account for greater nuance in relational elements of these experiences. Experiences of inclusion and exclusion are necessarily interpersonal, relational, and context-dependent. As such one's inclusion or exclusion depends both on an individual's embodied state, and the relations between individuals, contexts and other agents. Individuals' experiences of being included or excluded vary across settings and times, and a binary concept of inclusion or exclusion does not allow for this nuance

Shining a light on parasite behaviour: daily patterns of Argulus fish lice

Parasites display a wide range of behaviours that are frequently overlooked in favour of host responses. Understanding these behaviours can improve parasite control through a more precise application or development of new behaviour-based strategies. In aquaculture fish lice are an ongoing problem, infections reduce fishery production and control options are limited. Fish lice are distinct in their ability to survive and swim off hosts, allowing the transmission to multiple fish hosts across their lifespan. Here we assessed the off-host behaviour of Argulus foliaceus (a freshwater fish louse) and observed a diurnal rhythmical pattern in their behaviour. This pattern was lost when lice were exposed to constant darkness, indicating that the behaviour is not endogenously driven. Males were consistently active in light with reduced activity in darkness. In contrast, females were active during light and dark phases with peak activity at the start of dark periods. A. foliaceus was also strongly attracted to a light stimulus, preferring white- and blue-coloured lights over green- or red-coloured lights. Light is a strong driver of fish louse activity and could be used to trap parasites. Aquaculture light regimes could also be altered to reduce parasite attraction and activity

Review of Matthew Heinz, Entering Transmasculinity: The Inevitability of Discourse (Bristol: Intellect, 2016)

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WATER WOMEN: RECLAIMING EROTIC AGENCY THROUGH IMAGE IN THE TRANSATLANTIC NINETEENTH CENTURY

When water appears in text, it holds the load of meaning that culture has weighted it with; it is heavy with associations to birth and death, to freedom and loss, and to the feminine. Within the heteropatriarchal social system of the nineteenth century hispanophone world, femininity is strictly bounded. This dissertation, situated at the intersection of gender studies and new materialisms, uncovers the layers of female agency and subjectivity that can be accessed through contact between female characters and the water by exploring a series of poetic images that cross boundaries of nation, language, gender, and canonicity. These interrelated points of contact allow for the expression of female sexuality and a vibrancy in the experience of life, work, love, and death that cannot be accessed through a binary system of analysis: be it victim and oppressor, angel and whore, or object and subject. Through an exploration of the entangled agencies of the feminine and the material, this project helps to broaden the idea of femininity in the social imaginary of the nineteenth century. Using a diffractive methodology, each chapter analyzes one facet of the contact between the feminine and the water. The first chapter considers women at the water’s edge in authors including Curros Enríquez, Pérez de Zambrana, and Ros de Olano. Dialoguing with liminality and the agential realist construct of intra-action, it finds space for amorous contact, female desire, and the physical representation of loss where the water becomes a border that is impossible to cross. Crossing that boundary to enter the water is the transgressive claiming of liberty and identity explored in chapter 2, with authors including Espronceda, Massanés, Gómez de Avellaneda, and Pardo Bazán. Here, the agentive surrender to the water articulates a sublime born of a disprivileged societal position. Chapters 3 and 4, treating Arolas, Isaacs, and Rosalía de Castro, interrogate how literary water suicide can deconstruct a social system. Through retellings of myths, death as a rejection of oppression, and the appropriation of feminine tropes by a male character, these chapters explore how water death blurs the lines of gender and representation.Doctor of Philosoph