Hardcore Style, Queer Heteroeroticism, and After Dark

Universal OWF and Hardcore predicates

Proof: The proof of this lemma uses a technique called as Padding which has has its roots in complexity theory. Let fk : {0, 1} → {0, 1} be one-way. From the property of one-way functions (efficient evaluation) there exists a specific polynomial p(·) such that for all k ∈ N, fk can be evaluated in time p(n(k)). We now define a function gk : {0, 1} → {0, 1}m(k)+p(n(k))−n(k) such that gk(x||w) = ...

Queer Economies

Queer defies categorization and resists preset developmental trajectories. Practices of queering identities emerged near the end of the twentieth century as ways of resisting normalizing networks of power/knowledge. But how effective are queer practices at resisting networks of power/knowledge (including disciplines) that are not primarily normalizing in their functioning? This essay raises tha...

Queer Families

In December 2005, an appeals court in New York State ruled “that the state constitution does not require New York to treat gay couples the same as heterosexual couples in marriage licensing” (Keen 11). The ongoing gay marriage debate has set the stage for many lesbians, gays, and queers to ask what marriage equality really means for the gay movement. According to Michael Warner in the book The ...

Affect, Performance and Queer Subjectivities

Explanatory Style and Resilience after Sports Failure