Western University Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository April 2017 Reblogging Gender: Non-Binary Transgender Subjectivities and the Internet Lee (Molly) J. Fraser The University of Western Ontario Supervisor Dr. Wendy Pearson The University of Western Ontario Graduate Program in Theory and Criticism A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree in Master of Arts © Lee (Molly) J. Fraser 2017 Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd Part of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons Recommended Citation Fraser, Lee (Molly) J., "Reblogging Gender: Non-Binary Transgender Subjectivities and the Internet" (2017). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 4453. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/4453 This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarship@Western. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Western. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. Reblogging Gender: Non-Binary Transgender Subjectivities and the Internet By Lee Fraser Abstract: This thesis is an examination of non-binary transgender communities on the internet and the new, non-binary modes of subjectivity that can be read within these spaces. After my first introductory chapter, which situates my work in the context of previous contributions to transgender theory, I approach non-binary online communities from different perspectives. My second chapter reads certain codes of communication within non-binary friendly online spaces (such as Tumblr) as a form of neo-Dadaism, as well as cyborgian manifestations. My third chapter contends with the interactions of non-binary online communities within a society structured by neo-liberal institutional capitalism.