Homonormativity, Homonationalism, and Pinkwashing in “Heated Rivalry”

Home Subscribe Donate Merchandise Books Login Account Podcasts Magazine Archive CP+ Perks Archives Pinkwashing in “Heated Rivalry” Homonormativity and Homonationalism Ian Barnard July 26, 2026 Amidst all the celebratory brouhaha around HBO’s megasuccsssful queer hockey streaming series Heated Rivalry, I feel called upon to be the party pooper. As a queer English professor who works in queer theory, I see two related concepts developed by queer theorists and activists as offering vital interventions into the dominant discourse around Heated Rivalry: […]

Ian Barnard is Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at Chapman University, and the author of three books, including Sex Panic Rhetorics, Queer Interventions (University of Alabama Press, 2020).