Shirley Xue Chen

Shirley Xue Chen is a PhD Candidate at Monash University’s School of Film, Media and Journalism. Their current research focuses on the junction between contemporary feminist scholarship and queer theory in the media.

Shirley’s thesis considers how feminist subject positions and ideologies shape perceptions and representations of queer maleness on television and social media. Some of their work on this topic can be found in the European Journal of Cultural Studies.

Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the Yaluk-ut Weelam as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Yaluk-ut Weelam means ‘people of the river camp’ and is connected with the coastal land at the head of Port Phillip Bay, extending from the Werribee River to Mordialloc. The Yaluk-ut Weelam are part of the Boon Wurrung, one of the five major language groups of the greater Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.