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Fulgora Fulgora

Northern Lights Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/nl_00035_1

EO Gill

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‘I’d castrate you and marry you in a heartbeat’: Queerness, quality and classics in Succession “我会立马阉了你，然后嫁给你”:酷儿、品质和经典

Northern Lights Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/nl_00039_1

Melissa Beattie

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Cult of the vulva vs. cult of the phallus: A case study of media presentations of some famous genitals 外阴崇拜vs.阳具崇拜:一些著名生殖器的媒体呈现案例研究

Northern Lights Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/nl_00040_1

Mirela Holy, Nikolina Borčić

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Fitting the vulvas: Online discussion on labiaplasty 外阴拟合:阴唇成形术的在线讨论

Northern Lights Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/nl_00037_1

Brigita Miloš

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‘I’m so proud: I grew it myself, I watered it and fed it and now it’s just a full-grown dick’: Challenging normative ideals of the penis through trans male embodiment “我很骄傲:我自己种的，我给它浇水和喂养，现在它只是一个成熟的阴茎”:通过跨性别男性的化身挑战阴茎的规范理想

Northern Lights Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/nl_00043_1

Luca Karhu Tainio

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Preputial phantasies in Lisa Braver Moss’s The Measure of His Grief 丽莎·布拉弗·莫斯的《衡量他的悲伤》中的性爱幻想

Northern Lights Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/nl_00038_1

Jonathan A. Allan

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Performing vulvic spectacles: Looking twice, thinking anew 表演外阴眼镜:看两遍，重新思考

Northern Lights Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/nl_00042_1

Alex Lyons

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Censorship, cultural expectations and transformations: The role of genitalia in disabled lives 审查，文化期望和转变:生殖器在残疾人生活中的作用

Northern Lights Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/nl_00036_1

Cavyn Mitchell

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The phallocentrism of the media representation of gender dysphoria 性别焦虑的媒体表现的生殖器中心主义

Northern Lights Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/nl_00041_1

Michaela Fikejzová, Martin Charvát

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American anti-intellectualism and the female genius in the work of Aaron Sorkin 美国反智主义与亚伦·索尔金作品中的女性天才

Northern Lights Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/nl_00031_1

S. Gray

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