This book takes up the queer girl as a represented and rhetorical figure within film, television and video. In 1987, Canada s Degrassi Junior High featured one of TV s first queer teen storylines. Contained to a single episode, it was promptly forgotten within both the series and popular culture more generally. Cut to 2016 queer girls are now major characters in films and television series around the globe. No longer represented as subsidiary characters within forgettable storylines, queer girls are a regular feature of contemporary screen media. Analysing the terms of this newfound...