ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Chapter 16: “Beyond The 1-Inch-Tall Barrier: Unpacking Parasite’s US Reception” in anthology Squid Game and Beyond: Utopia and Dystopia in Contemporary Asian Popular Culture, Volume 2. Palgrave McMillian, forthcoming Dec. 2024.
Master’s thesis: “Local Detail, Universal Appeal: Parasite’s “Best Picture” Win & Trends in South Korea-US Film Exchange.” University of Southern California (USC), 2020.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2024 Pop Culture Association (PCA) National Conference in Chicago, IL.
Paper: The Kids Aren’t Alright: ‘Problem Children’ & Shifts in Child Representation in 21st Century Horror Films
2024 Society of Cinema & Media Studies (SCMS) National Conference in Boston, MA.
Paper: “Meet the Producers: Fun, Fragmentation & (Mis)Identifcations in Transmedia TV.”
2023 Squid Game & Beyond: Utopia and Dystopia in Contemporary Asian Popular Culture Conference, Central Connecticut State University (CCSU), New Britain, CT.
MA thesis: “Local Detail, Universal Appeal: Parasite’s Best Picture Win & Trends in South Korean-U.S. Film Exchange”
SELECT ARTICLES & ESSAYS
VICE
Doing Garfield Graffiti Makes Me Feel Better About Not Going to Art School
Life as a Trans Frat Bro (Book excerpt)
BITCH MAGAZINE
SALON
POPMATTERS (all essays here)
‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’: Queer Acceptance at the Edge of Oblivion
What 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Taught Me About Unlearning Toxic Masculinity
PSYCH CENTRAL & HEALTHLINE (all articles here and here)
Select queer health articles:
Everything You Need to Know About Gender Affirming Care (GAC)
'Man Enough': Why Masculinity Is a Risk to Everyone's Health
Support Hotlines for Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Expansive Folks
The Damaging Mental Health Effects of LGBTQ+ Conversion Therapy
Select mental health articles:
Select clinical articles (as updates writer):
Hyperthyroidism: Signs and Symptoms of an Overactive Thyroid
Corticosteroids: Uses, Types, Side Effects and Interactions
Other bylines include NEXT Magazine, Original Plumbing Magazine, and Beacon Broadside.
BOOK PROJECTS
At The Broken Places: A Mother & Trans Son Pick Up The Pieces
April 25, 2017, Beacon Press
A collaborative memoir by Donald and Mary Collins that honestly engages the difficult years following Donald's coming out as trans in 2011. ATBP alternates chapters from each author's point of view, and includes a substantial appendix of interviews with trans youth, parents, and professionals. → Facebook page
SELECTED PRESS
WNPR’s Where We Live
*Mary and Donald’s interview with Lucy Nalpathanchil for WNPR’s “Where We Live” won a 2020 Gracie Award!
Booklist (full review via subscription)
The Bay Area Reporter's "nonfiction matters" list
The Strand's trans lit spotlight
SCRIPTS (upon query)
PILOT: Willa Patterson’s Afterschool Special (hourlong dramedy/mystery)
PILOT: Best Work (half hour comedy/mystery)
SPECS: Our Flag Means Death, Parks & Recreation, Supernatural, Pushing Daisies