Kristina Deffenbacher

Kristina Deffenbacher is a professor of English at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She teaches and writes on a range of subjects, including gender and sexuality in pop culture. Recent publications in this field include an article on I Love Dick in the Quarterly Review of Film and Video and an essay on "Trans-Domesticity" in Media/Culture Journal.

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The Fight for Reproductive Rights in Road Narratives and Comedies

Kristina Deffenbacher

/ 29 June 2022

Abortion road narratives and comedies variously expose and destabilize the anti-abortion regime’s misogynist, classist, heterosexist, and racist underpinnings.

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Why Racially Diverse British Period Dramas Matter

Kristina Deffenbacher

/ 18 January 2021

To this day, the history of people of color in England is often erased from dominant cultural narratives. Fictions, however, can collectively shift cultural narratives; we need stories to counter stories.