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Asexual disruptions in Netflix’s BoJack Horseman. / Girard, Danielle.
In: Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture, Vol. 7, No. 1-2, 30.06.2022, p. 41-54.

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Girard, D 2022, 'Asexual disruptions in Netflix’s BoJack Horseman', Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture, vol. 7, no. 1-2, pp. 41-54. https://doi.org/10.1386/qsmpc_00067_1

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Girard, D. (2022). Asexual disruptions in Netflix’s BoJack Horseman. Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture, 7(1-2), 41-54. https://doi.org/10.1386/qsmpc_00067_1

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Girard D. Asexual disruptions in Netflix’s BoJack Horseman. Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture. 2022 Jun 30;7(1-2):41-54. Epub 2022 Jun 1. doi: 10.1386/qsmpc_00067_1

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Girard, Danielle. / Asexual disruptions in Netflix’s BoJack Horseman. In: Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture. 2022 ; Vol. 7, No. 1-2. pp. 41-54.

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abstract = "This article uses the character Todd Chavez (voiced by Aaron Paul) from the adult animation BoJack Horseman (2014–20, Netflix) as a launch point for exploring on-screen queerness that exists outside of the confines of compulsory (hetero)sexuality. Sex and sexuality, I argue, provide a limiting framework for the expression of queerness. Using key episodes such as {\textquoteleft}Hooray, Todd Episode!{\textquoteright} (2017), {\textquoteleft}Planned Obsolescence{\textquoteright} (2018) and {\textquoteleft}Ancient History{\textquoteright} (2018) I argue that the use of hyperbolic eroticism in BoJack works to frame Todd{\textquoteright}s asexuality as distinctly queer. Through the mobilization of asexuality as a theoretical advancement for queer studies, this article considers how non-sexual identity formations work to destabilize and queer the institutions of the relationship and attraction. It is, I argue, reductive and limiting to view queerness exclusively through the lens of sex and sexuality.",
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