publications

Select Journal Articles

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with Mia Fischer. Transgender Athletes and the Queer Art of Athletic Failure, Communication and Sport

We Are All Fighters: The Transmedia Marketing of Difference in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, International Journal of Communication

The Paradox of Fallon’s Fight: The Interlocking Discourses of Sexism and Cissexism in Mixed-Martial Arts Fighting, New Formations: A Journal of Culture, Theory, and Politics

Unbelievable Bodies: Audience Readings of Action Heroines as Post- Feminist Visual Metaphor, Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies

Select Book Chapters

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with Brett Siegel. NBC’s Diversity Olympics: Promoting Gay Athletes in PyeongChang. In Michael Butterworth (ed.), Handbook of Communication and Sport. Mouton de Gruyter

Don’t be a Do-Nothing Bitch: Popular Feminism and Women’s Physical Empowerment in the UFC. In Kim Toffoletti, Holly Thorpe, and Jessica Francombe-Webb (eds.), New Sporting Femininities: Embodied Politics in Postfeminist Times. Palgrave Macmillan

Gladiator in a Suit? Scandal’s Olivia Pope and the Post-Identity Regulation of Physical Agency. In Kumarini Silva and Kaitlyn Mendes (eds.), Feminist Erasures: Challenging Backlash Culture. Palgrave Macmillan

Journal Issue

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Guest editor for Commentary and Criticism special issue on Women in Sport Media: New Scholarly Engagements. Feminist Media Studies