Kyra Clarke is an early career researcher, currently a Research Fellow and Associate Lecturer at the University of Western Australia. Her research particularly centres around feminism, affect, sex education and queer theory, exploring a range of popular textual forms.

"This work provides a rich and insightful analysis of ways in which tropes of teen sexualities are played out on screens via some of the most popular texts of the last few years. One of its strengths is the author’s eye for disruptions of endorsed cultural narratives and the potential of film and TV to offer ‘messy’ alternatives as ‘pedagogical moments.’" --Michele Paule, Oxford Brookes University, UK

• 1. Beyond Repetitive Endings: Teen film, Fake Orgasm and Performance in Easy A2. Becoming Pregnant: Girlhood, Responsibility and "Irrationality" in Juno 3. Constructing Virginity: Religion, Secularism and Abstinence in Looking for Alibrandi and The Rage in Placid Lake 4. Touching Fingers, Touching Lips: Exploring Heteronormativity, Affect and Queer Relationships in Glee5. Flirting with Uncertainty: Disability, Communication and Challenging Normal in The Black Balloon6. Uncomfortable Feelings: Grief, Hospitality and Belonging in Skins

Kyra Clarke is an early career researcher, currently a Research Fellow and Associate Lecturer at the University of Western Australia. Her research particularly centres around feminism, affect, sex education and queer theory, exploring a range of popular textual forms.

"This work provides a rich and insightful analysis of ways in which tropes of teen sexualities are played out on screens via some of the most popular texts of the last few years. One of its strengths is the author’s eye for disruptions of endorsed cultural narratives and the potential of film and TV to offer ‘messy’ alternatives as ‘pedagogical moments.’" --Michele Paule, Oxford Brookes University, UK

• 1. Beyond Repetitive Endings: Teen film, Fake Orgasm and Performance in Easy A2. Becoming Pregnant: Girlhood, Responsibility and "Irrationality" in Juno 3. Constructing Virginity: Religion, Secularism and Abstinence in Looking for Alibrandi and The Rage in Placid Lake 4. Touching Fingers, Touching Lips: Exploring Heteronormativity, Affect and Queer Relationships in Glee5. Flirting with Uncertainty: Disability, Communication and Challenging Normal in The Black Balloon6. Uncomfortable Feelings: Grief, Hospitality and Belonging in Skins

Kyra Clarke is an early career researcher, currently a Research Fellow and Associate Lecturer at the University of Western Australia. Her research particularly centres around feminism, affect, sex education and queer theory, exploring a range of popular textual forms.

"This work provides a rich and insightful analysis of ways in which tropes of teen sexualities are played out on screens via some of the most popular texts of the last few years. One of its strengths is the author’s eye for disruptions of endorsed cultural narratives and the potential of film and TV to offer ‘messy’ alternatives as ‘pedagogical moments.’" --Michele Paule, Oxford Brookes University, UK

• 1. Beyond Repetitive Endings: Teen film, Fake Orgasm and Performance in Easy A2. Becoming Pregnant: Girlhood, Responsibility and "Irrationality" in Juno 3. Constructing Virginity: Religion, Secularism and Abstinence in Looking for Alibrandi and The Rage in Placid Lake 4. Touching Fingers, Touching Lips: Exploring Heteronormativity, Affect and Queer Relationships in Glee5. Flirting with Uncertainty: Disability, Communication and Challenging Normal in The Black Balloon6. Uncomfortable Feelings: Grief, Hospitality and Belonging in Skins