Sandy O’sullivan
Biographic Data
| ID | 121585 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandy O’sullivan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandy |
| FAMILY NAME | O’sullivan |
| SIGNATURE | O’SULLIVAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Macquarie University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Nonbinary on screen (on stolen Land): Reading television representations for the colonial project of gender
Trans-nonbinary, genderfluid, agender, and otherwise gender divergent folks are increasingly present on contemporary television screens and streaming platforms. Characters such as Sabi Mehboob (Sort Of), Cal Bowman (Sex Education), and Darren Rivers (Heartbreak High), as well as Casey (All My Friends Are Racist) and Willie Jack (Reservation Dogs), variously explore facets of gender fluidity and nonbinary gender expressions and experiences. This p…
Queer Indigenous screen representation: Beyond a Gift From the Past or a Problem to Be Solved
Indigenous characters on screen have often been positioned as a gift from the past with innate heroic characteristics, or a problem to be solved in the form of the sad Indigenous person who cannot rise above colonial rule. That these archetypes are framed as positive in their representation is at odds with the need to have representations of the complexity of First Nations peoples. With queer Indigenous representation, characters become reduced t…
Indigiqueer futures: A conversation between Indigenous non-binary academics
This chapter is a conversational piece with Dr Percy Lezard and Dr Sandy O'Sullivan focused on their careers and work as Indigenous queer, non-binary academics enduring two different settler colonial nations - Australia and Canada. Centered on questions about the relationships between activism and academia, and gender and colonialism, and the conversation considers the realities and complexities of queerness and Indigeneity in higher education. T…
Queer Indigenous screen representation: Beyond a Gift From the Past or a Problem to Be Solved
Indigenous characters on screen have often been positioned as a gift from the past with innate heroic characteristics, or a problem to be solved in the form of the sad Indigenous person who cannot rise above colonial rule. That these archetypes are framed as positive in their representation is at odds with the need to have representations of the complexity of First Nations peoples. With queer Indigenous representation, characters become reduced t…
Indigiqueer futures: A conversation between Indigenous non-binary academics
This chapter is a conversational piece with Dr Percy Lezard and Dr Sandy O'Sullivan focused on their careers and work as Indigenous queer, non-binary academics enduring two different settler colonial nations - Australia and Canada. Centered on questions about the relationships between activism and academia, and gender and colonialism, and the conversation considers the realities and complexities of queerness and Indigeneity in higher education. T…
Queer Indigenous screen representation: Beyond a Gift From the Past or a Problem to Be Solved
Indigenous characters on screen have often been positioned as a gift from the past with innate heroic characteristics, or a problem to be solved in the form of the sad Indigenous person who cannot rise above colonial rule. That these archetypes are framed as positive in their representation is at odds with the need to have representations of the complexity of First Nations peoples. With queer Indigenous representation, characters become reduced t…
Nonbinary on screen (on stolen Land): Reading television representations for the colonial project of gender
Trans-nonbinary, genderfluid, agender, and otherwise gender divergent folks are increasingly present on contemporary television screens and streaming platforms. Characters such as Sabi Mehboob (Sort Of), Cal Bowman (Sex Education), and Darren Rivers (Heartbreak High), as well as Casey (All My Friends Are Racist) and Willie Jack (Reservation Dogs), variously explore facets of gender fluidity and nonbinary gender expressions and experiences. This p…
Art (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Queer (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)