Michael Paramo
Profile
Michael Paramo is an artist and writer born on the unceded territories of the Tongva in 1993. Among other publications, his art is featured in the University of New Mexico’s Blue Mesa Review, High Shelf, and Feral Feminisms, while his writing is cited in Sexualities, Southern Cultures, and the Journal of Folklore Research. He has been interviewed for The Huffington Post, Psych Central, and Geeks OUT, while his book Ending the Pursuit (2024) was listed as a course-recommended text in Political Sociology by Ingram Academic. Paramo’s PhD dissertation focuses on intuitive mixed-media autoethnographic artmaking practices.
- Music Portfolio
- Art Portfolio
Inquiries: mdparamo@gmail.com
Select Publications:
Ending the Pursuit: Asexuality, Aromanticism, and Agender Identity. 2024, Unbound. ISBN: 9781800182868. Course-recommended text by Ingram Academic in Political Sociology (2024 catalog). Cited in Sexualities (2025) and Southern Cultures (2025)
“Beyond Sex: The Multi-Layered Model of Attraction.” Medium and AZE. 2018. Cited in Human Sexuality Counseling: A Sex Positive Approach (2023, American Counseling Association)
“Transphobia is a White Supremacist Legacy of Colonialism.” Medium and AZE. 2018. Cited in Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography (2021, Amsterdam University Press + 2025, Routledge), Queer Ecofeminism: From Binary Environmental Endeavours to Postgender Pursuits (2023, Bloomsbury Publishing), SN Social Sciences (2021), Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary (2020, University of Texas Press)