Reframing Risqué/Risky: Queer Temporalities, Teenage Sexting, and Freedom of Expression

Teenage Sexting: Sexual Expression Meets Mobile Technology

Due in part to the rise in the popularity and accessibility of smartphone technology in the western world, the practice of teenage sexting has recently emerged as a pressing topic of inquiry. Sexting refers to the practice of digitally producing and sharing nude, semi-nude or sexually explicit selfportraits and text messages using a cell phone or another digital device. Teenager, for the purpos...

Reframing the Teenage Wasteland

Human adolescence is arguably one of the most challenging periods of development. The young adult is exposed to a variety of stressors and environmental stimuli on a backdrop of significant physiological change and development, which is especially apparent in the brain. It is therefore unsurprising that many psychiatric disorders are first observable during this time. The human intestine is inh...

Reframing Sexting as a Positive Relationship Behavior

Sexting, defined as “sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually explicit messages, images, or photos through electronic means, particularly between cell phones” (Klettke, Hallford, & Mellor, 2014), has received growing attention as a risky activity, associated with numerous other risk taking behaviors (e.g., unprotected sex, drug use) and negative health sequelae (e.g., sexually transmitted inf...

Playing With Time: Gay Intergenerational Performance Work and the Productive Possibilities of Queer Temporalities

This article examines the tendencies of LGBT intergenerational theater projects. By engaging with ideas of queer time, temporal drag, and the pervasive heteronormative imagery of heritability and inheritance, this article explores the possibility that LGBT intergenerational projects may generate some of the problems they aim to challenge. Through the lens of queer time, the article describes th...

Freedom of Association and Freedom of Expression