Michael Abernethy

Michael has been writing for PopMatters since 2000. His primary focus, aside from queer culture, is television reviews and commentary, and his article Male Bashing on TV has been reprinted in two college textbooks. He currently lives in Louisville, KY, and is a Lecturer of Communication Studies at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, IN. As a teacher, he has an interest in the study of contemporary political rhetoric and argumentation. He and his partner Jim have been living in un-wedded bliss since 1995.

Hell, Mary: The Stigma of the LGBT Athlete

‘Guys with Kids’ Can Be Competent, Sometimes

‘Coma’ Is Slow Going

The Bonds of Marriage: Requiem for Omegapan

And the Academy Awards Nominees Are… Straight

‘Lost Girl’ Is a Pleasant Diversion

The Best TV Performances of 2011

ABC’s ‘Work It’ Is Uninspired and Unoriginal

Sex Is Between the Legs, Gender Is Between the Ears

I Hate My Teenage Daughter: Or, How Not to Raise a Child

The ‘Down-Low’ Is Still Kept Down and Low in Black Communities