Femininities and Sexualities
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This paper seeks to develop a theory of subversive femininities or femme theory. It argues for the inclusion of femmephobia in intersectional analyses and provides the theoretical groundwork necessary for feminist theorists and... more
"One of the central aims of Ringrose’s new book is to create a more nuanced way of understanding how young girls and women are located within a knotted array of entanglements and ‘assemblages’, embodied by the cultural figures of the... more
The spectrum of practices termed “Female Genital Mutilation” (or FGM) by the World Health Organization is sometimes held up as a counterexample to moral relativism. Those who advance this line of thought suggest the practices are so... more
Since the 1970s social science researchers have documented the cultural devaluation of femininity and its impact on experiences of discrimination among sexual and gender minorities. Yet, despite the continued and accumulating evidence... more
Objectives: To help students: (1) think critically about how they perform gender through clothing choices; (2) recognize how different cultures define masculinity and femininity. Courses: Communication Theory, Gender and Communication,... more
In this chapter I address the relationship between the social space of online SNSs and schooling, focusing on how girls’ representations online relate to their experiences in ‘real life’ at school. According to Ofcom statistics, in a... more
This petition argues that erotic comics are an important cultural record of the way in which diverse sexualities are understood and portrayed, and sexual fantasies explored. An Erotic Comics Anglophone Archive (ErotiCAA) will preserve... more
Using femme theory, Foucault, and queer failure as analytical frameworks, the current paper demonstrates the role of feminine failure in resisting and subverting systems of oppression, subsequently providing the minute shifts in power... more
An essay is presented on rhetorical strategies used to create relationships between people. It offers the views of a cultural outsider observing waitresses at a Southern United States Waffle House restaurant, where staff often use the... more
This paper challenges post-feminist discourses and recuperative masculinity politics in education that have evoked mythical constructions of the successful ‘achieving’ girl in ways that flatten out social and cultural difference and... more
Narrative-works are the lifeblood of femme scholarship. Through this medium, femmes write themselves into existence. In this article, I begin with my own story of femme and examine the backdrop of patriarchal femininity that positions... more
Deadline: January 7th , 2019
"In this chapter I address the relationship between the social space of online SNSs and schooling, focusing on how girls’ representations online relate to their experiences in ‘real life’ at school. According to Ofcom... more
This paper uses close analysis of two couples to examine the micro-practices and processes of gendered power within middle-class young people's intimate partner relationships. It is based on in-depth interviews with 14–16 year old young... more
"This paper examines the growth and some of the disputes surrounding “masculinity” as a legitimate category for both social and more traditional scholars seeking to understand Late Antiquity. It shows how investigations of... more
Passing and failing: passing as that with which I disidentify, failing to approximate norms of cultural intelligibility. Through an exploratory personal essay and autoethnography, the current paper addresses the co-existence of seemingly... more
This creative piece pushes the reader to think beyond femininity's articulation as a source of oppression to, instead, consider how it can be reframed as a form of resistance.
This PhD thesis contributes to sociological understandings of how femininities are understood and experienced by Australian heterosexual women, and develops language for conceptualising the hierarchies within femininities, and... more
"The aim of this article is to demystify what we think we are doing when we engage in qualitative analysis. We illustrate the centrality of affect in meaning making, showing how interpretation is always already entangled in... more
In an increasingly visual society, beauty may seem only skin deep. This chapter considers the ethics of cosmetic surgery through the lens of posthumanism, a stance that suggests that defects of the body can be overcome through technology.... more