This page will be dedicated to sharing my essays written during my Cultural Studies Masters degree. Being that culture is everything, and everything is culture, my degree allowed me the freedom to focus my research and writing on topics that I am passionate about.
SHADOWBANNING: Big Data and Algorithms -2019
The internet is a domain that tends to reflect the material world that we all occupy and vice versa. In a capitalist, patriarchal society that is vastly unequal, the reality of the online world reflects those same values; as exemplified by double standards and lack of consequences (for those who hold different forms of power)…
Women in the Public Sphere: Gendered Responsibility -2019
This essay will explore a number of intersecting factors that have converged during the recent murder of a Sydney sex worker and will interrogate the cultural perception of such an event. I will begin with a discussion on how violence is used to enforce patriarchy and how that links to ideas of appropriating of femininity.…
An Illicit Benefit: The Legalisation of Cannabis in the A.C.T.-2019
Cannabis has a long history with humanity and civilisations, yet the modern understanding links cannabis to the idea of illegality and criminality. This essay attempts to deconstruct the modern understanding and the way that the media has a key role in portraying the reality of this plant. The recent legalisation of cannabis in the ACT…
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SWERF vs. Historian: Literature Review-2019
Sex work (prostitution) has long been considered the oldest profession but the stigma and perception of deviancy still remains. Different perspectives on sex work exist; from those who believe that as a society we must eradicate all forms of sex work in order to protect women, to others who understand the industry as work and…
Has Modernity Afforded Women More Sexual Freedom? -2019
Female sexuality throughout time has been suppressed and far too often is accepted as biological fact, rather than understanding it through a cultural or social lens. Some scholars have argued that this suppression is “one of the most remarkable psychological interventions in Western cultural history” (Baumeister & Twenge, 2002, pg. 166). My main argument in…
Censorship and Subjectivity: Identity Construction in Online Spaces-2019
Women are experiencing censorship in the online world which is impacting how they are in the real world. Social media is like a double edged sword when it comes to the critical response to patriarchal world views; on one hand social media is opening up to different interpretations of femininity, embodiment, gender and self-identity to…
Precarity in the Labour Force: Discourse as Distraction-2019
What this essay attempts to highlight is that work under a capitalist system is inherently exploitative and political discourses are crucial to understanding different flows of not only people but also information, both within and across national borders. Criminalising a particularly gendered form of labour, in this instance sexual labour, has done more to “serve…
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