Contributions to bisexual erasure : the (mis)representations of bisexuality in Netflix's 'Orange is the new black' and BBC's 'Torchwood'

This dissertation analyses how bisexuality is misrepresented in Netflix's Orange is the New Black and BBC's Torchwood. Focusing on the main bisexual characters of each television series, I argue that in Orange is the New Black there is no possibility of a bisexual identity in its own right, since the vast majority of the characters consider sexuality as a binary system of two mutually exclusive categories, homosexual or heterosexual, without any other possibility. Conversely, Torchwood indeed succeeds in presenting a bisexual identity without it being understood as a bridge towards a more stable identity, but even if this representation is more positive, it is cut short by the limited on-screen time it is given, showing only partially this bisexual identity. Through my analysis of these two texts, I seek to undo, if only a little, bisexual erasure.