Open AccessBisexual erasure in queer sci-fi "utopias"
Author(s) -
Victoria Serafini
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2017.01001
Subject(s) - queer , representation (politics) , erasure , gender studies , sociology , queer theory , aesthetics , art , politics , political science , law , computer science , programming language
I discuss the paradoxes of queer representation in contemporary science fiction television by analyzing bisexual female protagonists of the CW's The 100 (2014–), BBC America's Orphan Black (2013–), and SyFy's Wynonna Earp (2016–). Queer female fans engage in femslash to make sense of the utopic intentions of executive producers who attempt to create better queer representation through labelless premises that de-emphasize queerness.