Aysen Gerlach harnesses several levels of queer experience from her own and others’ lives in her Just Lookin’ publications. Strategically designed to celebrate alternative and queer-leaning subtexts in popular culture, Just Lookin’ humorously engages with media archetypes that are overlooked by some and heralded as icons by others.

Issue No. 1 of Just Lookin’ investigates the historical significance of KISS as a lightning rod for queer visuals in a hetero-centric music industry. Gerlach identifies My Chemical Romance, Panic at the Disco!, and Pete Wentz as the protégés of aesthetic signifiers like ‘guy’ liner, platform boots, and skin-tight clothing – delivering gay and bi-sexual overtones to otherwise fairly heteronormative material.

Full of entertaining quips and detailed analysis, Where Did Glam Rock Go? posits a question that is consequently answered compassionately and with great zeal.