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Head of School

Professor Bill Fish
Turitea Site
Palmerston North
Phone: +64 6 951 6559
Email: W.J.Fish@massey.ac.nz

Contact details +64 (06) 356 9099

Dr Gwyn Easterbrook-Smith PhD

Tutor

Doctoral Co-Supervisor
School of People, Environment and Planning

Professional

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy - Victoria University (2018)

Certifications and Registrations

  • Licence, Co-Supervisor, Massey University

Research Expertise

Research Interests

sex work, gendered labour, postfeminism, transgender studies 

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Communication and Media Studies (200100): Cultural Studies (200200): Culture, Gender, Sexuality (200205): Languages, Communication And Culture (200000): Media Studies (200104)

Research Outputs

Journal

Easterbrook-Smith, G. (2025). Pornographic aura, AI and the value of authenticity. Porn Studies.
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Easterbrook-Smith, G. (2025). “I’ve adopted it as my smell”: transgender identity and the olfactory. Senses and Society. 20(1), 49-61
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Easterbrook-Smith, G., & Weinhold, C. (2025). Upmarket boudoirs and red lights: the physical environment of sex workplaces in New Zealand. Social and Cultural Geography. 26(4), 480-499
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Easterbrook-Smith, G. (2025). ‘Boy smell’: transgender and nonbinary people’s experiences of bodily smell. Culture Health and Sexuality. 27(4), 421-435
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Easterbrook-Smith, G. (2023). Sex Workers’ Online Humor as Evidence of Resilience. Sexes. 4(2), 310-326 Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5118/4/2/21
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Easterbrook-Smith, G. (2022). Stigma, invisibility and unattainable ‘choices’ in sex work. Sexualities. 25(8), 1006-1020
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Easterbrook-Smith, G. (2021). Shame, subjectivity, and pandemic productivity. Acta Academica. 53(2), 164-174
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Easterbrook-Smith, G. (2021). By Bread Alone: Baking as Leisure, Performance, Sustenance, During the COVID-19 Crisis. Leisure Sciences. 43(1-2), 36-42
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Easterbrook-Smith, G. (2020). “Change can never be ‘complete’”: the legal right to self-identification and incongruous bodies. International Journal of Gender, Sexuality and Law. 1(1), 134-158 Retrieved from https://www.northumbriajournals.co.uk/index.php/IJGSL/article/view/976
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Teaching and Supervision

Contact Supervisor

Summary of Doctoral Supervision

Position Current Completed
Co-supervisor 3 0

Current Doctoral Supervision

Co-supervisor of:

  • Hanwei Wu - Doctor of Philosophy
    Resistance Through Queer Laughter: The Role of Humour in Identity Politics in Chinese Gay Vlogs
  • Max Zhang - Doctor of Philosophy
    Untying Women's Shackles, Breaking Gender Stereotypes - Creative Adaptation of Yue Opera (1949-2025)
  • Hiraly Asabahebwa - Doctor of Philosophy
    The Experiences of HIV-Diagnosed University Students Living with HIV in Kampala, Uganda.

Media and Links

Media

  • 23 Oct 2023 - Online
    Migrants still prohibited from sex industry
  • 21 Jan 2024 - Newspaper, Online
    How viable is it to make a living off OnlyFans?
  • 13 Aug 2025 - Online
    Why you think OnlyFans is easy money
  • 08 Mar 2022 - Radio, Online
    Representing Sex Work in Aotearoa Media
  • 03 Jun 2023 - Newspaper, Online
    OnlyFans model turns viral video into lucrative...

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