Curtin Writers Club

“Those of us schooled in the humanities and social sciences have become familiar, over the past twenty years or so, with queering things; how might we likewise begin to critically trans- our world?” (Stryker, Currah & Moore, 2008, p.13) “When men are growing up and reading about Batman, Spider-man and Superman, these are not fantasies, these are options.” Jerry Seinfeld (in Vena, 2017) The Marvel film Spider-Man: Homecoming hit cinemas in the summer of 2017 and was received w

Soft, velvety goo pulsated around it, as it struggled to breathe though a pinhole of a mouth, turning upside down as light shone through a tunnel that grew ever larger. It was confused, scared even, muscles tense from the familiar wetness that felt so wrong now that it could feel. Something rippled through the liquid, sound, vibrating, felt yet unheard, for it had no ears. Something was pushing, hard, towards that bright hole. It didn’t know what to feel, this was all new to