What is up with this vague queerbaiting term? Is it worse than queer erasure? What's it got to do with intent and most importantly, should we even still debate queerbaiting criticisms, or does it shift the conversation away from moreimportant topics?

All that and more in today's “Snackview” of Neffviews International.

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Mentioned literature on the topic:

• Fathallah, J. (2014). Moriarty’s Ghost: Or the Queer Disruption of the BBC 2019’s Sherlock. Television & New Media, 16(5), 490-500.

• Brennan, J. (2018). Queerbaiting: The ‘playful’ possibilities of homoeroticism. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 21(2), 189-206.

• Brennan, J. (Ed.). (2019). Queerbaiting and Fandom: Teasing Fans through Homoerotic Possibilities. University of Iowa Press.

Outro music by Domenic Häberer and Celina Lukosz.