Brenna Artinger (they/them) is an independent Buddhist Studies scholar and journalist who received their MPhil in Buddhist Studies from the University of Oxford in 2020. Their work focuses on the intersection of Buddhism and Queer Theory, specifically the alterity contained in Pāli Vinaya texts, and the ways in which textual reorientation can lead to trans* activism. They also write often about Buddhist Nationalism and Extremism in the US and South-East Asia.