Minor Troubles: Racial Figurations of Youth Sexuality and Childhood's Queerness Published in Quarterly Journal of Speech (Ahead of Print, 2026)

What a joy it was to review @e-bumps.bsky.social's latest for QJS. Highly recommend Minor Troubles: Racial Figurations of Youth Sexuality and Childhood Queerness to any human who has ever felt the deep, deeeep cuts of being a queer and/or trans child.

Free copies of the review here:

Check out the special issue here: tandfonline.com/toc/rccc20/22/3

Register here to join us in the Zoom room for Q&A: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Coming soon: Megan Wood, Isra Ali, and I will be guests on Breaking Culture Live!

We'll be discussing our contributions to the "Authoritarian Sexual Politics" special issue of Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies.

Live-streaming Weds, Nov. 5, 11am CST: www.youtube.com/@BreakingCul...

Daddy's home: sexual politics, authoritarian desire, and the re-election of Donald Trump This essay introduces a forum on the sexual politics of authoritarianism in the wake of Donald Trump’s 2024 re-election. In it, Wood argues that gender and sexual politics are central to authoritar...

Sharing my latest in CC/CS, a special forum on sexual politics, authoritarian desire, and the 2024 Trump election. Free download link of my intro essay here, and @e-bumps.bsky.social's is also open access www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TQVDQ...

Many thanks to @marinalevina.bsky.social for her support!

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Minor Troubles: Racial Figurations of Youth Sexuality and Childhood’s Queerness Focuses on the rhetorical process of figuration as instrumental in creating cultural ideas about childhood, providing a road map for understanding alarmist discourses about children, race, gender, and...

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Minor Troubles: Racial Figurations of Youth Sexuality and Childhood’s Queerness Focuses on the rhetorical process of figuration as instrumental in creating cultural ideas about childhood, providing a road map for understanding alarmist discourses about children, race, gender, and...

One bright spot in these dark days: my book is now available! When I started this project seven years ago, I had no idea that it would end up being more relevant than ever today. #ProtectTransKids

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The Ohio State University Press: Spring 2025 Catalog The Spring 2025 catalog of the Ohio State University Press, with new titles in creative nonfiction, critical adoption studies, cultural studies, rhetoric and communication, and more.

Announcing our spring 2025 season! Review copies and course adoption requests: osup_publicity@osu.edu
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