Book Launch: Queer Interruptions by Dr Evangeline Aguas

QTRG is delighted to host the launch of Queer Interruptions. Join us for an exciting event featuring a live reading by Evangeline and a screening from the accompanying online documentary. Snacks and nibbles will follow official proceedings, please register for catering purposes.

Queer Interruptions: Temporality in Femslash Fandom explores the experiences of queer female and genderqueer fans through interviews and an original documentary. Inspired by fan reactions to the death of a popular lesbian character on the television series The 100 (2014– 2020), the book focuses on the fans’ experiences of the “Bury Your Gays” trope and seeks to illustrate the enduring impact of these fictional deaths on contemporary viewers. The book draws on queer theory to frame the experiences of queer female and genderqueer fans as experiences of queer time: as deviations from heteronormative life timelines, as anachronistic backward turns, and as queer melancholia. By exploring the “backward” feelings and experiences of fans, this book illustrates how the pain and abjection of the queer past are still with us in the present, challenging simplistic narratives of progress and highlighting the continuing marginalisation of the queer community onscreen and in the wider political context.

The Queer Interruptions book launch is being held as part of the 2025 QTRG Conference. QTRG is a free annual conference sharing interdisciplinary, international, queer research. Join us to delve into queer temporalities across social events, research presentations, interactive workshops, and zine-making. Visit our website to learn more: https://qtrgconference.wordpress.com/

Dr Evangeline Aguas (she/her) is a Lecturer in Digital and Social Media at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. With a background in professional film and television production, her interdisciplinary research aims to combine the fields of queer theory, digital media, and fan studies with creative practice.