Welcome to Dear Diary, This is My Gender Today

Dear Diary, This is My Gender Today is a research-informed community arts project that reflects on gender variance in everyday dress through arts-based methods such as scrapbooks and zines.

About the project

Dear Diary Volume 1

Official final zine in culmination of the author’s Master of Arts Major Research Project (2024). Best viewed on desktop for viewing double paged spreads in full; mobile reduces reading to page-by-page.

Read Dear Diary Volume 1

Dear Diary Volume 1 (Web)

Web-optimized, digitally accessible, and screen-readable version of Dear Diary Volume 1.

Coming Soon

Dear Diary, This is My Gender Today: Scrapbooking Gender-Variant Dressed Identities as a Vehicle for Queer Empowerment

Academic article detailing the research process of developing Dear Diary Volume 1, published to Fashion Studies Special Issue: Unravelling Fashion Narratives.

Read a rticle on Fashion Studies

Dear Diary DIY

A How-To guide for executing the research process of Dear Diary from the comfort of your own home, on your own timeline, just for you. Learn from the techniques and research developed in Volume 1 and scrapbook your own gender and dressed identities.

Coming Soon