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"Just Don't Frighten The Horses": Discussing Porn And Kink In Fandom Spaces, Hillary Hencely
"Just Don't Frighten The Horses": Discussing Porn And Kink In Fandom Spaces, Hillary Hencely
English MA Theses
My thesis discusses why the banning of sexually explicit content is occurring in fandom spaces, who is trying to ban this content, and why it should matter to people both inside and outside of fandom. This thesis looks at these answers within the framework of feminism and fandom culture. When fanfiction is considered to be literature, it is easy to see why fanfiction matters. This is especially true when the authors of fanfiction are primarily women and are told that their content might be harmful to others through the reasoning that pornography is anti-feminist. I wanted to explore why these …
Moving Toward Global Feminism: Consciousness Of Borders And Implementing Angry Feminism, Cameron Hallman
Moving Toward Global Feminism: Consciousness Of Borders And Implementing Angry Feminism, Cameron Hallman
English MA Theses
In this Thesis, I argue that in order to get to global feminism, there must be a consciousness of borders, such as racism, islamophobia, sexism, etc, and there must be an implementation of angry feminism to combat patriarchal systems. In "Chapter One: Moving Toward A More Global Feminism," I introduce theorists Said, Djebar, Spivak, and Mohanty, to lay the groundwork for understanding those borders. In "Chapter Two: Under The Western Gaze: An Example of One Arab-American Woman's Experience in the United States," I examine Laila Lalami's The Other Americans and apply the theorists' ideas from Chapter One: Moving Toward A …