Book Review: The Feminist Pacific: International Women’S Networks In Hawai’I, 1820–1940,
2025
Amity University, Gurugram, India
Book Review: The Feminist Pacific: International Women’S Networks In Hawai’I, 1820–1940, Palak Arora, Manshi Yadav
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
Book Review: Memory, Voice, And Identity: Muslim Women’S Writing From Across The Middle East,
2025
Walailak University, Thailand
Book Review: Memory, Voice, And Identity: Muslim Women’S Writing From Across The Middle East, Mohammed Yassin Mohd Aba Sha’Ar
Journal of International Women's Studies
No abstract provided.
An Examination Of Harm During The Real-Life Experience,
2025
Antioch University Seattle
An Examination Of Harm During The Real-Life Experience, Michelle E. Balch
Antioch University Dissertations & Theses
The Real-Life Experience (RLE) has been described as a coercive and arbitrary requirement without evidence of validity or reliability. This can cause more harm than it prevents for a significant subset of transition-seeking transgender clients. For these reasons the RLE was dropped from the WPATH Standards of Care after version six. However, the RLE has been adopted by a number of health insurance companies as a measure of readiness to receive transition services. An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) and semi-structured interviews of five individuals were conducted to evaluate their perceptions of RLE and the meaning they attach to their broader …
My Body My Choice: A Qualitative Study Of Volitional Female Sterilization In The U. S. Latina And Hispanic Female Population,
2025
Antioch University Seattle
My Body My Choice: A Qualitative Study Of Volitional Female Sterilization In The U. S. Latina And Hispanic Female Population, Heather Morris Tuip
Antioch University Dissertations & Theses
This qualitative study, utilizing an interpretative phenomenological analysis methodology, elucidates the experience of Latina and Hispanic women living in the United States who have volitionally undergone sterilization or have sought the procedure out for birth control. Understanding the rich, contextual, lived experience of Latina and Hispanic women through an intersectional framework highlights how cultural influences and contemporary policies on reproductive rights informed their personal choice to undergo a female sterilization procedure. The participants of this study shared how they made meaning of their experiences. Within a homogenous sampling of study participants who share ethnicities and genders, six group experiential themes …
Living With Flying Colors: Associations Among Lgbtq+ Identity, Religiosity, Spirituality, Community, And Overall Well-Being Among Lgbtq+ Older Adults,
2025
University of Kentucky
Living With Flying Colors: Associations Among Lgbtq+ Identity, Religiosity, Spirituality, Community, And Overall Well-Being Among Lgbtq+ Older Adults, Madison T. Diomede
Theses and Dissertations--Psychology
Experiences of discrimination and prejudice place LGBTQ+ individuals in older adulthood (i.e., 55 years old and older) at risk for poor overall well-being. This risk can be especially salient in the Southern and Midwestern U.S., where LGBTQ+ individuals enjoy fewer legal protections than in the Northeast and Western regions of the U.S. In defiance of these odds, LGBTQ+ individuals in older adulthood cultivate overall well-being through psychological-level constructs, like LGBTQ+ identity affirmation, and community-level constructs, LGBTQ+ community connection. Yet, little research has examined these avenues of strength among LGBTQ+ individuals in older adulthood. Guided by Iridescent Life Course Theory and …
The Once And Future Sex: Going Medieval On Women’S Roles In Society, By Eleanor Janega,
2025
Georgetown University
The Once And Future Sex: Going Medieval On Women’S Roles In Society, By Eleanor Janega, Emily C. Francomano
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Feminist Medievalisms: Embodiment And Vulnerability In Literature And Film, By Usha Vishnuvajjala,
2025
Western Michigan University
Feminist Medievalisms: Embodiment And Vulnerability In Literature And Film, By Usha Vishnuvajjala, Lucy Barnhouse
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Nascere. Il Parto Dalla Tarda Antichità All’Età Moderna Edited By Alessandra Foscati, Costanza Gislon Dopfel, And Antonella Parmeggiani,
2025
Université de Liège / Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès
Nascere. Il Parto Dalla Tarda Antichità All’Età Moderna Edited By Alessandra Foscati, Costanza Gislon Dopfel, And Antonella Parmeggiani, Marjolaine Raguin
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Marian Maternity In Late-Medieval England By Mary Beth Long,
2025
Western Michigan University
Marian Maternity In Late-Medieval England By Mary Beth Long, Sarah Friedman
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Remember The Hand: Manuscription In Early Medieval Iberia By Catherine Brown,
2025
West Virginia University
Remember The Hand: Manuscription In Early Medieval Iberia By Catherine Brown, Lara Farina
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Gender And The ‘Natural’ Environment In The Middle Ages, Edited By Theresa L. Tyers And Patricia Skinner,
2025
Haverford College
Gender And The ‘Natural’ Environment In The Middle Ages, Edited By Theresa L. Tyers And Patricia Skinner, Danielle Allor
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Reclaiming Myth: Feminist Reinterpretations And The Creation Of A More Inclusive Narrative,
2025
Governors State University
Reclaiming Myth: Feminist Reinterpretations And The Creation Of A More Inclusive Narrative, Isabella Iurillo
All Student Theses and Dissertations
This thesis examines the role of mythological reinterpretation and its expansion of the literary canon to inclusively reflect human experiences. According to scholars of myth such as Kalloli, Tyagi, and Armstrong, myths are meant to reflect enduring human experiences, making them relatable classics even after thousands of years. However, as the majority of mythological women are largely silenced, misrepresented, or villainized in ancient myth, this reflection is both incomplete and distorted. This thesis examines three contemporary feminist reinterpretations-- Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes, Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker, and Circe by Madeline Miller—each of which gives a voice …
From Affirmation To Equity: The Spiral Of Congregational Empowerment For Women In Baptist Congregations,
2025
Binghamton University
From Affirmation To Equity: The Spiral Of Congregational Empowerment For Women In Baptist Congregations, Heather E. Deal, Will Ward, Gaynor I. Yancey
Funded Scholarship
Patriarchy has long structured Christian life and practice. In many Baptist settings, even formal affirmations of women in leadership leave a gap between stated commitments and women’s lived experience. This study investigates how Baptist congregations cultivate empowering environments for women by tracing the interplay of beliefs, practices, and processes through which theology is enacted in congregational life. Drawing on feminist theology and lived-religion perspectives, and using constructivist grounded theory, we conducted nine semi-structured interviews with 15 women clergy across seven U.S. Baptist congregations. Analysis proceeded through iterative initial, focused, and theoretical coding with attention to reflexivity and trustworthiness. Findings highlight …
Clinical Implications For Helping Professionals Learned From The Pastoral Care Of Lgbtq+ Youth,
2025
Belmont University
Clinical Implications For Helping Professionals Learned From The Pastoral Care Of Lgbtq+ Youth, John Willis Ward, Heather Deal, Gaynor Yancey
Funded Scholarship
This qualitative article is informed by queer theory, and more specifically queer theology, and explores how youth ministers in various denominations care for LGBTQ+ teenagers in their congregations. Seven youth pastors from three major denominational groups were interviewed from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF), Alliance of Baptists, and Presbyterian Church, USA (PC-USA). Participants had to identify as LGBTQ+ affirming, though their congregations could be in various states of affirmation. Thematic analysis found the following significant categories: confidentiality, implications of whole church engagement, student-led engagement, theology/image of God, and degree of support for identity development.
Violence And Taoist Ethics In Ursula K. Le Guin’S The Word For World Is Forest,
2025
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India
Violence And Taoist Ethics In Ursula K. Le Guin’S The Word For World Is Forest, Aleena Achamma Paul, Swathi Krishna S
UKL: The Journal of Ursula K. Le Guin Studies
This note critically investigates the ethico-moral intricacies of violence/peace in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Word for World is Forest (1976) while arguing that her radical political sensibilities are informed by her ardent Taoist worldview. Amidst the urgent tussle for domination by the colonizing Terrans and the struggle for survival by the native Athsheans in the fictional planet Athshe, Le Guin incorporates her incisive critique of imperialist exploitation and militarism while upholding the non-dualistic ethics of Taoism. Moving beyond the moral imperatives and either/or debates, Le Guin illustrates how from time-to-time violence turns to be the singular means of self-preservation …
Intersectionality And The Canon Of Romanticism,
2025
Illinois State University
Intersectionality And The Canon Of Romanticism, Serenah Minasian
Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation discusses the origins of the canon and the place it has in British Romanticism studies both past and present. This research begins unpacking what has already been done in this sector of study and takes it steps further by the use of Crenshaw’s “intersectionality” theory. The “Introduction” unpacks past scholarly work and its role in the present studies and how we must move beyond the past. “Chapter I” serves as a historical breakdown of the canon’s role and impact in both literary studies and Romanticism studies in specific. “Chapter II” provides an in depth analysis of two major …
Challenging Motherhood And Analysing Cultural Differences: A Review Of The Film Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway (2023),
2025
Al-Barkaat College of Graduate Studies, India
Challenging Motherhood And Analysing Cultural Differences: A Review Of The Film Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway (2023), Sana Hashmi
Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence
No abstract provided.
The Perceived Internalized Sexual Stigma Measure (Prissm): A New Sexual Stigma Measure For Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Individuals,
2025
Old Dominion University
The Perceived Internalized Sexual Stigma Measure (Prissm): A New Sexual Stigma Measure For Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Individuals, Miguel A. Padilla, Lacey M. Schlappi, Evelyn S. Chiang
Psychology Faculty Publications
Society has long held negative beliefs and attitudes, in the form of sexual stigma, towards sexual minorities (e.g., lesbian, gay, and bisexual; LGB). Sexual stigma can be adopted and internalized by LGB individuals as their own beliefs and attitudes. In LGB individuals, internalized sexual stigma can result in psychological distress such as low self-esteem, depression, shame, and feelings of rejection. However, an instrument to assess internalized sexual stigma specifically developed for LGB individuals is lacking. The present study focuses on the development of a new instrument, the Perceived Internalized Sexual Stigma Measure (PrISSM), that is inclusive of LGB individuals who …
An Ethnography Of Love Jihad: The Governance Of Interfaith Marriages In Times Of Hindutva,
2025
University of Kentucky
An Ethnography Of Love Jihad: The Governance Of Interfaith Marriages In Times Of Hindutva, Snehal Sharma
Theses and Dissertations--Gender and Women's Studies
My doctoral research focuses on the violations of human and citizenship rights of women and religiously marginalized communities (based on religious differences) in the backdrop of right-wing movements in India. I assess the Hindu nationalist propaganda named “love jihad” to demonstrate the way it weaponizes religious exogamy. This propaganda legitimizes violence against Indian religious minorities and women as it claims that marriages between Hindu women and Muslim men are acts of terrorism against Hindus with the sole aim of increasing the Muslim population using Hindu women's bodies. I have used ethnographic research methods to explore the legal process of interfaith …
How To Eat Right And Why We Ask That Question,
2025
University of Kentucky
How To Eat Right And Why We Ask That Question, Heather N. Carpenter
Theses and Dissertations--Gender and Women's Studies
What does it mean to “eat right?” The notion is, of course, culturally, historically, nationally, politically, ethnically, and class determined. For the purposes of this project, however, I am particularly interested in changing notions of what it means to “eat right” within the post-World War II to the early new millennium American context, as such notions are represented within the prescriptions of popular culture. I turn to popular culture because this is the commons of the hegemonic call to “normalcy”—this is where we all learn to imitate, aspire, or rebel against a generic American consumer-self in conformity with the biases, …
