LISTENING LIKE A GIRL

While society constructs listening as a form of passivity, it hides an inherent power as a highly skilled and competent act, capable of undermining patriarchal expectations. Extrapolating from this core observation, Gleeson takes the reader on a cultural and theoretical journey. She explores figures from pop singer Troye Sivan to Jacqueline Rose, provides new perspectives on butch and bisexuality, and the links between femininity and communist politics.