Ashley O’Mara is a PhD student and teaching associate in the Syracuse University English program. She studies asexuality, celibacy, and the queer politics of Catholicism after the Reformation in Early Modern English literature. In her down time, she writes creative nonfiction and listens to Mashrou’ Leila. She has very strong opinions about hummus. Visit her website for further information.
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November 2017
Valuing Difference: An Ace on Food, Friendship, and Fluffy Companionship
Normalizing Difference: Redefining Asexuality
Abnormalizing Difference: Sexual Normativity in Asexual Sherlock Fanfic
Misrepresenting Difference: Objectifying Asexuality in Journalism
October 2017
Special Edition: How I Misplaced My Faith
January 2017
Coda: Converting Art — Literature During Political Repression
Persuasive Performance: Theater and ConversionLegalizing Repression: “Muslim Registries” and English Recusants
Un/natural Citizens: Naturalization and Conversion
January 2016
Coda: The Human in the Humanities (29 Jan. 2016)
A Match Made in the Archive: Reading and Poaching Through Ngrams and Rare Books (22 January 2016)
Common Knowledge?: EEBO, #FrEEBO, and Public Domain Information (15 Jan. 2016)
The Human in the Digital Humanities (8 January 2016)
October 2014
Coda: Asexual Awareness Week and the Future of Queer Theory
Queering LGBT History: The Case of Sherlock Holmes Fanfic
Overwriting History: “Just Reading” and the Case of John Henry Newman
