Posts by Bonnie Kneen
The love that doesn’t quite know how to speak its name: the nomenclature of bisexuality
In the first of our new opinion columns, Bonnie Kneen looks at the problems surrounding the word ‘bisexual’, and the power of language to make visible – or erase. * * * * * * * * * * * * 23 September is Bi Visibility/Celebrate Bisexuality [...]
“Add it up, it all spells ‘duh’”: the language of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer
Someone called James Marsters turns fifty this week. If you’ve never heard of him, that’s not surprising. Outside the fandom of TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer he is, in his own words, ‘just another actor’. But if you’re one of the fans, then the idea that Spike is turning fifty might be giving you [...]
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