Joseph Brennan (born 23 January 1986) is an Australian author, best known for his academic writing on male sexuality in the media studies fields of fan and porn studies, his work on queerbaiting,Finnagain (2017). "61B — Geek Interpreter: Queerbaiting & Transformative Fandom — Extended Cut", The Three Patch Podcast, 27 November. Retrieved 16 May 2020.Micha, Robin (2019). "Que(e)rfinanziert", Blonde, 47: 92–95. Retrieved 16 May 2020.W., Mary (2020). "Review: “Queerbaiting and Fandom”, Edited by Joseph Brennan", MuggleNet, 4 March. Retrieved 16 May 2020. slash fiction and manips,Syfret, Wendy (2015). "Fan Fiction is the Sexual Education I Gave Myself", Vice, 29 August. Retrieved 16 May 2020.Sainty, Lane (2013). "Stranger than (Fan) Fiction", Bull, 3: 17–19. Retrieved 16 May 2020.McLelland, Mark (2019). "Young People, Online Fandom and the Perils of Child Pornography Legislation in Australia", International Journal of Cultural Studies, 22(1): 102–118. and gay pornographyBlum, Steven (2017). "This Guy Gets Paid to Study Gay Porn", Vice, 29 September. Retrieved 16 May 2020.Morgan, Joe (2017). "Meet the Researcher who Gets Paid to Study Gay Porn", Gay Star News, 29 September. Retrieved 16 May 2020.Gremore, Graham (2017). "It’s this Guy’s Job to Sit About Watch Gay Adult Films All Day to Uncover Man’s Darker Impulses, Queerty, 1 October. Retrieved 16 May 2020.Villarreal, Daniel (2020). "Yep, Gay Porn Is Important, and Here are 4 Things this Professor Learned from Studying It", Hornet, 28 April. Retrieved 16 May 2020. in particular. He serves on the editorial board of Psychology and Sexuality."Psychology and Sexuality Editorial Board", Routledge.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
Career
Brennan earned a bachelor's degree in Media from Macquarie University in 2008. He then moved to the University of Sydney, where he earned a honours degree with university medal in Media and Communications in 2009, followed by a PhD in 2014.
In 2013 he chaired a panel on fan fiction at the Sydney Writers’ Festival"Sydney Writers’ Festival 2013", Fan Fiction, 23 May, (1–2pm). Retrieved 16 May 2020. devoted to the origins of E. L. James’ Fifty Shades series, which formed the basis of research published in Media International Australia.Brennan, Joseph and David Large (2014)."‘Let’s Get a Bit of Context’: Fifty Shades and the Phenomenon of ‘Pulling to Publish’ in Twilight Fan Fiction", 152(1): 27–39. Retrieved 16 May 2020. He is a frequent commentator on issues of fandom, LGBT culture and pornography, having been interviewed by Australian media outlets like ABC Radio NationalMitchell, Natasha (2012). "The Not-so-secret World of Fan Fiction", Life Matters, ABC Radio National, 22 October (9:25 am). Retrieved 16 May 2020. and SBS World News."Advocates Marvel at X Men’s Gay Marriage" (2013), SBS World News, SBS, 26 August. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
Brennan is the author of numerous academic journal articles and book chapters,Joseph Brennan ORCID Record. ORCID.org. Retrieved 16 May 2020. as well as magazine articles on gay male culture, published in venues such as DNA."Acts of Desire: Gay Porn Into the 2020s". PressReader.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020. He was guest editor of the Journal of Fandom Studies in 2018Journal of Fandom Studies Volume 6, Number 2. IngentaConnect.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020. and edited the book Queerbaiting and Fandom: Teasing Fans through Homoerotic Possibilities in 2019.Queerbaiting and Fandom: Teasing Fans through Homoerotic Possibilities, University of Iowa Press, Iowa. . Retrieved 16 May 2020.
In 2020, Brennan participated in episode six of the ABC Television series Reputation Rehab, in which a journal articleBrennan, Joseph (2016). The Todd Carney “bubbling” social media scandal, Popular Communication, 14(4): 199–211. he had authored on the viral image scandal of Australian rugby league player Todd Carney was a focus.Is the Todd Carney “bubbler” photo similar to revenge porn? | Reputation Rehab, YouTube, 3 December. Retrieved 12 January 2021.Knox, David (2020). Reputation Rehab: Dec 2, TV Tonight, 2 December. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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