The Feminist Academic
Changing the Conversation
Episode #1: Dr. Thekla Morgenroth
You can find Dr. Thekla Morgenroth on twitter @themorgenroth.
Content warning:
Trans exclusionary radical feminism.
Main paper:
Morgenroth, T., & Ryan, M. K. (2020). The effects of gender trouble: An integrative theoretical framework for the perpetuation and disruption of the gender/sex binary. Perspectives on Psychological Science. Published online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691620902442
Papers mentioned:
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van der Toorn, J., Pliskin, R., & Morgenroth, T. (2020). Not quite over the rainbow: The unrelenting and insidious nature of heteronormative ideology. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 34, 160-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2020.03.001
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Fahs, B. (2011). Breaking body hair boundaries: Classroom exercises for challenging social constructions of the body and sexuality. Feminism & Psychology, 22, 482-506.
Books mentioned:
"Gender Trouble" - Judith Butler
“Women, Sex, and Madness" - Breanne Fahs
Those quotes you're looking for:
"The gender binary is evil, and we need to destroy it. That's my sentence."
"Do drag, destroy the gender binary, and you will be happy. "
Andy outtakes:
Music:
"On the Verge" - Joseph McDade
Episode #2: Dr. Danielle SLaKOFF
You can find Dr. Danielle Skaloff on twitter @DSlakoffPhD.
Content warning:
Discussion of sexual violence (domestic violence, intimate partner violence – including murder), parent loss
Main paper:
Slakoff, D. C., & Fradella, H. F. (2019). Media messages surrounding missing White women and girls: The “Missing White Woman Syndrome” and other factors that influence newsworthiness. Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law, and Society, 80-102.
Papers mentioned:
1) Slakoff, D. C. (2019). The representation of women and girls of color in United States crime news. Sociology Compass, 14(1), 1-13.
2) Kulig, T. C., & Cullen, F. T. (2017). Where is Latisha’s Law? Black invisibility in the social construction of victimhood. Justice Quarterly 34(6), 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2016.1244284
Books mentioned:
“Air and Light and Time and Space” – Helen Sword
https://www.helensword.com/bookshop
Victims mentioned:
Lisa Irwin
Caylee Anthony
Shannan Wats
Kristin Smart
Susan Cox Powell
Shannan Gilbert
Jacob Wetterling
Podcast recommendations:
In the Dark
https://www.apmreports.org/in-the-dark
Your Own Backyard
https://www.yourownbackyardpodcast.com/
Beyond Fear Podcast
https://beyondfearpodcast.com/
Cold
Bear Brook Podcast
https://www.bearbrookpodcast.com/
Music:
"On the Verge" - Joseph McDade
Episode #3: Dr. Jennifer Rubin
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You can find Dr. Jennifer Rubin on Twitter at @jenn_rubin.
Content warning:
Discussion of online sexual harassment.
Main paper:
Rubin, J., Blackwell, L., & Conley, T. D. (2020, April). Fragile masculinity: Men, gender, and online harassment. Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376645
Key terms:
Doxing – revealing another person’s personal information, such as their address or phone number
Dog-piling – using a number of different strategies to harass another person online
GamerGate – a 2014 coordinated harassment campaign targeted toward women in the gaming industry, particularly Zoe Quinn, Brianna Wu, and Anita Sarkeesian; https://www.vox.com/2014/9/6/6111065/gamergate-explained-everybody-fighting
Papers and books discussed:
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Mahalik, J. R., Locke, B. D., Ludlow, L. H., Diemer, M. A., Scott, R. P. J., Gottfried, M., & Freitas, G. (2003). Development of the Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory. (1), 3-25. 10.1037/1524-9220.4.1.3
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Pleck, J. H. (1995). The gender role strain paradigm: An update. In R. F. Levant & W. S. Pollack (Eds.), A new psychology of men (p. 11–32). Basic Books.
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Vandello, J. A., Bosson, J. K., Cohen, D., Burnaford, R. M., & Weaver, J. R. (2008). Precarious manhood. (6), 1325-1339.
Music:
"On the Verge" - Joseph McDade