Click for PDF. Wouldn’t You Like to Know? Reading Queer Theory in Pop TV By Mitch Kellaway   Introduction: Revisiting Xena: Warrior Princess “Are you two . . . lovers?” This question, posed in 2001 in a farcical exposé interview, was directed at the main characters—female fighting duo Xena and Gabrielle—of the long-running action-adventure series Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001).1 Smirking and nudging each other, the pair look back at their inquisitor with “wouldn’t you like to know?” plainly written across […]

Categories: Article, Fall 2013 Issue • Tags: bisexual, homosexuality, queer theory, sexual difference, sexuality, Xena: Warrior Princess