Parker JohnstonApr 2211 min readObituaries, Suicide Notes, and Other Queer TextsSuicide is an unfortunate pillar of queer history and mythos. This tragic portrayal of queerness will stay a facet of queer literature...
Parker JohnstonApr 198 min readDISABILITY AND THEATRE: AN EXPLORATION OF INCLUSION IN CREATIVE INDUSTRIES The theatre industry is a diverse area of the arts, drawing in many marginalized groups with its allure to be someone different, to...
Parker JohnstonMar 224 min readQueers, Kinks, Countercultures, and Creatures: Or How Those Existing Outside the Realm of Acceptability Embrace Monstrous AppearancesThe year is 1993. Susan Stryker stomps onto the stage of California State University’s ‘Rage Across the Disciplines’ conference, in her...
Parker JohnstonNov 11, 20238 min readHow Society is More Disabling Than a Failing Body or Mind Will Ever BeThe impact disability has on an individual’s ability to live and thrive in the modern world is incompressible to those of able body and...
Parker JohnstonSep 1, 20233 min readFrankenstein is the Monster Mary Shelly’s “Frankenstein” has become an iconic element of pop culture. Next to vampires, zombies, and werewolves we often see the...