#CfP for "Queering the #Family : Exploring Non-Normative Family Figures in #Literature, #Arts, and the #Media", which will be published in "#Whatever. A Transdisciplinary Journal of #Queer Theories and Studies, 7 (Summer 2024)".
Great news that the radical feminist/queer journal 'Urania,' in circulation between 1916 and 1940, has now been digitised by LSE Library. Still, going to read the original copies earlier this year was a wonderful, if somewhat dizzying, research experience . . . 📚 😵
Gynandromorph Gouldian finch possessing female plumage on the left side and male on the right. Described and pictured in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1939. 🏳️🌈 🐦 :transgender:
'Every man & woman is hermaphrodite' (Charles Darwin, c.1838)
My 2021 article 'Darwin's Closet: The Queer Sides of The Descent of Man (1871)' in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society has now been viewed over 25K times! Please keep sharing: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/191/2/323/6075648 🏳️🌈 🐒
Lovely image from 1800 depicting female deer with male-typical characteristics. It's titled 'Mannweiber unter dem Wilde' ('manwoman among the wild game', with thanks to @natureculture for help with the trans!). The title reflects the rampant anthropomorphism of the accompanying article. :transgender: 🦌 🏳️🌈
14 Young Adult short stories from bestselling and award-winning authors make a splash in Mermaids Never Drown exploring mermaids like we've never seen them before!