Title
#Nonbinary, #Genderqueer: Non-binary Gender World-making through the Networked Counterpublic of Tumblr
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)
Department
Literature and Languages
Date of Award
Spring 2019
Abstract
Given that individuals who deviate from the female/male gender binary often experience resistance and violence, I examine the role of Tumblr as a site for non-binary and genderqueer world-making. Despite the fact that no space, digital or otherwise, can be completely safe, non-binary and genderqueer individuals utilize Tumblr as a safer space. My dissertation answers the questions: what literacies have gender non-binary individuals enacted as they explore their non-normative identities on Tumblr, and what worlds have gender non-binary individuals created on Tumblr and what can they tell us about how non-binary gender literacies function in the networked counterpublic of Tumblr?
Advisor
Shannon Carter
Subject Categories
Arts and Humanities | Rhetoric and Composition
Recommended Citation
Opperman, Megan M., "#Nonbinary, #Genderqueer: Non-binary Gender World-making through the Networked Counterpublic of Tumblr" (2019). Electronic Theses & Dissertations. 372.
https://digitalcommons.tamuc.edu/etd/372
