Document Type
Honors Thesis
Major
Psychology
Advisor(s)
Jeremy Parker
Committee Members
Sabrina DeTurk, Elizabeth Neiman
Graduation Year
May, 2025
Publication Date
2025
Abstract
This thesis is a body horror novella with a pseudo choose-your-own-adventure style that details one character’s experiences throughout developmental life stages. This novella was born from dwellings on gender dysphoria and existential discomfort with the realities of inhabiting a physical form. The accompanying disquisition extrapolates on the queer and trans themes that remain allegorical within the novella and places the novella in the context of the limited subgenre of trans body horror.
Recommended Citation
Flaherty, Rory, "A Critical Analysis of Yourself: The Examination of a Multicellular Organism Belonging to the Species Known Colloquially as “Human”" (2025). Honors College. 937.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/honors/937
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