Laura Horak
@laurah.bsky.social
Film Studies prof curious about all things cinematic, trans, queer, feminist. Director of @transmediaportl.bsky.social. Author: TRANS CINEMA: MAKING COMMUNITIES, IDENTITIES, AND WORLDS (2026). she/her (white cis queer)
Spread the word! We're hiring two new research assistants at the Transgender Media Portal. Open to anyone based in Canada. Application deadline July 31, 2026. carleton.ca/transmediala...
Call for applications: Research Assistants at the Transgender Media Lab
September 1, 2026 to April 30, 2027 Fully remote or hybrid (shared office available at Carleton University in Ottawa, ON) Salary: C$47.41/hour 150 hours total (2 all-day work “sprints” per month, plus...
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the lovely people at @autostraddle.bsky.social have reviewed my book alongside @laurah.bsky.social's TRANS CINEMA: MAKING COMMUNITIES, IDENTITIES, AND WORLDS. i'm grateful for the attentive write-up and for being in such esteemed company! www.autostraddle.com/trans-film-a...
Two New Books in LGBTQ+ Film Studies Remake the Field
Trans Cinema: Remaking Communities, Identities, and Worlds by Laura Horak and Cinemas of Bisexual Transgression by Jacob Engelberg center trans and bisexual films and figures in their analysis to expa...
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Two in one day? Whoa!
Laura Horak@laurah.bsky.social · 4mo agoMy new books - TRANS CINEMA and MELODRAMA AS PROVOCATEUR - are both out today! www.ucpress.edu/books/trans-... (30% off UCPSAVE30) www.dukeupress.edu/melodrama-as... (30% of E26MELOD) @transmediaportl.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social @carletonfass.bsky.social @carleton.ca
Please enjoy this great excerpt of TRANS CINEMA— by @laurah.bsky.social and out now!—that appeared on @queerty.com yesterday. www.queerty.com/spectacle-or...
Spectacle or support? The complicated visibility of trans youth in film & TV - Queerty
The following is an excerpt from the new book "Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds" by Laura Horak and available now from University of California Press.
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QTC Book Event series invites you to join an exciting event: 📚📍 May 1, Friday at 1:00 PM EST: Laura Horak @laurah.bsky.social Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds Registration: us05web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Hope to see you all there!
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: QTC Book Event Series - Marc Francis, Curating Deviance: Programming the Queer Film Canon . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about j...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: QTC Book Event Series - Marc Francis, Curating Deviance: Programming the Queer Film Canon . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about j...
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My new books - TRANS CINEMA and MELODRAMA AS PROVOCATEUR - are both out today! www.ucpress.edu/books/trans-... (30% off UCPSAVE30) www.dukeupress.edu/melodrama-as... (30% of E26MELOD) @transmediaportl.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social @carletonfass.bsky.social @carleton.ca
Thanks everyone who came out to help us Smash the Patriarchy at the @plazaatlanta.bsky.social last night!!! Join us at 2:30 pm at Emory U for a talk by co-curators @hennefem.bsky.social & @laurah.bsky.social on their research behind the larger project... 🎞️🎊🎶
Atlanta! Don't miss this amazing screening of @nastysilents.bsky.social at @plazaatlanta.bsky.social on Tuesday, with scholars/curators @hennefem.bsky.social + @laurah.bsky.social in person! www.plazaatlanta.com/.../breaking...
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If all goes according to plan, in a few hours, a crew of astronauts will begin a journey that will take them on a loop around the moon. Here's a video that NASA put together to help people visualize the journey through space, first orbiting the earth before looping around the moon and flying home 🔭
UC Press authors @alicelovejoy.bsky.social (TALES OF MILITANT CHEMISTRY), @laurah.bsky.social (TRANS CINEMA), and @allyfield.bsky.social (ACTS OF LOVE) threw a lovely and packed book party Friday night for #SCMS26, with a special appearance from EVERYDAY MOVIES author Haidee Wasson! #SCMS2026 🎞️
If you're attending #SCMS26, don't forget to check out the University of California Press table @ucpress.bsky.social where you'll find my book, ARCHIVING THE PAST, in excellent company with new fantastic titles by Allyson Field @allyfield.bsky.social, Laura Horak @laurah.bsky.social, and more 😍
University of California Press@ucpress.bsky.social · 4mo agoGood morning, Chicago! We're excited to meet you for #SCMS26. Stop by our table and check out our latest books in Media and Cinema Studies, then head over to our website and find out how to save 40% on them: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/s...
@laurah.bsky.social wants us to go beyond trans visibility in cinema by envisioning better worlds. For #SCMS26, Laura Horak, author of TRANS CINEMA, tells us about the power of platforming trans innovation in film: www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/t... #TransDayofVisibility
Trans Cinema Doesn’t Just Improve Visibility—It Imagines Better Worlds
Author Laura Horak on the power and possibility of trans-made cinema today.
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Ticket giveaway! 🎟️🎟️🎟️ Repost to be entered into a drawing for a free ticket to this screening. Winners notified on Friday. For more about the event: www.iffo.ca/2026/we-are-...
Happy International Nasty Women's Day!!!! No better way to celebrate than by nabbing your copy of these **feminist film books**--extant & forthcoming--by our curators and sisters! 😍🎞️📚 Links in the comments below... What feminist films books are lighting up your life right now? ⁉️
If you're in Ottawa, come to our screening on Saturday, March 14th! After the movie, Laura Horak @laurah.bsky.social will be talking with Tom McSorley about her new book, TRANS CINEMA: Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds (2026)! www.iffo.ca/2026/we-are-... @ottawaartgallery.bsky.social
#unboxing advance copies of my new book!!! #TransCinema @ucpress.bsky.social
"These women used mass media to critique the damaging effects of unfettered capitalism on women’s lives." Love this piece by @laurah.bsky.social:
Moviemaking Before Men | Playgirl
Elinor Glyn, June Mathis, Alice Guy-Blaché, Lois Weber: The many women who achieved dazzling success in the first years of Hollywood.
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It was only a matter of time before the Nasty Women infiltrated Playgirl Magazine!! Great piece by our own @laurah.bsky.social. playgirl.com/entertainmen...
Moviemaking Before Men | Playgirl
Elinor Glyn, June Mathis, Alice Guy-Blaché, Lois Weber: The many women who achieved dazzling success in the first years of Hollywood.
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1910 E4 of The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever is live! @laurah.bsky.social wrote Girls Will Be Boys so it makes sense that much of our discussion deals with the transgression, or lack thereof, of cross-dressing women. It's a rich topic! Plus: the electricity of Asta Nielsen in her debut. Links 👇
Here is an excerpt from my conversation with @laurah.bsky.social about THE ABYSS for The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever: 1910. Links in quoted post!
Tristan Ettleman@ettletodd.bsky.social · 6mo agoSpotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1G3j... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1... www.the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1910!
Want to come work in my Film Studies department in Ottawa, Canada, for a year? Application deadline is March 6. All areas of specialization welcome. Please spread the word! @carleton.ca carleton.ca/deputyprovos... #filmstudies #jobopportunity
Lecturer or Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, School for Studies in Art and Culture (Film Studies) - Office of the Deputy Provost (Academic Operations and Planning)
About the Position The School for Studies in Art and Culture invites applications for a one-year appointment at the rank of Lecturer/Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, beginning 1 July 2026, from q...
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Fight trans invisibility this Giving Tuesday! The Transgender Media Portal is a free online database made and maintained by a lab of student scholars—and we need your help. Your donation will be matched, dollar for dollar! Donate today at futurefunder.carleton.ca/campaigns/su...
This was so fantastic! Lined up beautifully with some of the issues we were discussing in my Queer and Trans Art HIstories class so I might have to add it to the "Dr. R. has a problem" pile on our CMS (which already has work by @laurah.bsky.social and Eva Hayward in it!)
Transgender Media Portal@transmediaportl.bsky.social · 11mo agoNext week! Thursday at 6:30PM ET on Zoom. Free! Open to all! In English with simultaneous French interpretation. Listen to Eva Hayward and @laurah.bsky.social chat about the artist Erica Rutherford and her work, as well as trans rights today. www.gallery.ca/whats-on/cal...
