“White [Queer] Tears”: Tracing the evolving understandings of ‘Tenderqueer’ on Tiktok and X
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dafnos, Tia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Clark-Nason, Void | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-10T13:40:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-10T13:40:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Wishing to investigate an academically unexplored queer online phenomenon, this thesis traces the discussions happening surrounding the term tenderqueer on popular social media websites X and Tiktok. Employing a critical thematic analysis informed by critical race theory and homonormativity, I explore how users employ the term tenderqueer as a descriptor for young white queer people insularly focused on self-victimization. Through my analysis, I highlight how tenderqueer discussions are intimately connected to the white domination of queer spaces, the (re)enforcement of the Palatable [White] Gay, and homonormative morality policing. I argue that tenderqueer behaviour involves the weaponization of marginalized identities and advocacy language to create a culture of white [queer] enablement where racialized queer people are silenced in online spaces. I also link my research to the recent wave of sexual morality politics online and propose it as an off-shoot of emerging right-wing populism throughout the global North. | |
| dc.description.copyright | © Void Clark-Nason, 2024 | |
| dc.format.extent | vi, 121 | |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/38028 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of New Brunswick | |
| dc.rights | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 | |
| dc.subject.discipline | Sociology | |
| dc.title | “White [Queer] Tears”: Tracing the evolving understandings of ‘Tenderqueer’ on Tiktok and X | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| oaire.license.condition | other | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Sociology | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of New Brunswick | |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | M.A. |