Soraya Cipolla is originally from Catania, a town in Sicily. She earned her Bachelor’s in Italian Literature and Linguistics at University of Catania. Then she completed her Master’s in Linguistics and Communications at the University of Siena, in Tuscany. She is a graduate student in the French and Italian Department, where she earned an MA in Italian Studies in 2019. Now she is working toward her PhD. Her research examines the representation of lesbians and women with a non-normative sexuality in contemporary Italian literature and cinema. Her work is strongly influenced by Queer Theory and Critical Race Theory.

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