Mary Tomsic

Mary Tomsic is an ARC Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Melbourne researching the history of visual representations of child refugees. Her book Beyond the Silver Screen: A History of Women, Filmmaking and Film Culture in Australia 1920-1990 will be published in October this year. Her teaching and research interests are in cultural history, Australian film culture and history of gender and sexualities.

Articles by Mary Tomsic:

17 August 20171 May 2019 · History

Marriage stinks

Jordy Silverstein and Mary Tomsic

We need to remember the history of marriage even in the midst of making the argument for equal access. Otherwise we risk becoming inadvertently ahistorical and conservative, both in argument and politically. Looking to the history of marriage and to the history of queer liberation also helps to remind us that there are many ways to conceive of what constitutes a relationship, and many ways to express love outside of marriage, even outside of ‘relationship status’. And critically, this history helps us to imagine the vast possibilities for difference in the present and in the future.