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"I'm Not A Girl": Examining Multimodal Constructions of Femme Transmasculinity on Tiktok

Johanek, Tate
http://orcid.org/0009-0001-3171-6867
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1713279096204389

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2024, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Transmasculine identities on the social media app TikTok have recently popularized use of the app’s video-centered format to perform masculinity in more fluid and/or anarchistic ways. One result is an increase in femme expressions of transmasculinity which minimize or even directly contradict hegemonic masculine norms. To explore how femininity is constructed to assert one’s transmasculinity, I will analyze the ways TikTok’s multimodality as well as creators’ visual gendered performances serve as tools for constructing an online trans identity beyond a gender binary. This thesis defines multimodal constructions of transmasculinity, theorizes potential effects of femme transmasculinity, and assesses how differences in racial identity influence presentation of femme transmasculinity. In doing so, I determine that the multimodality of TikTok allows transmasculine TikTok creators to construct counter-hegemonic performances that guide viewers on how to read and interpret gender existing beyond the gender binary.
Mary Thomas (Advisor)
Jian Neo Chen (Committee Member)
61 p.
Gender; Gender Studies; Multimedia Communications; Womens Studies
TikTok, femme, transmasculinity, femme transmasculinity, multimodality, media studies, trans studies

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  • Johanek, T. (2024). "I'm Not A Girl": Examining Multimodal Constructions of Femme Transmasculinity on Tiktok [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1713279096204389

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Johanek, Tate. "I'm Not A Girl": Examining Multimodal Constructions of Femme Transmasculinity on Tiktok . 2024. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1713279096204389.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Johanek, Tate. ""I'm Not A Girl": Examining Multimodal Constructions of Femme Transmasculinity on Tiktok ." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1713279096204389

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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