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Gerephace, Mwangosi1* Mohamed Omary Maguo2. "Artists' Attitudes Concerning the Image of Women in Cultural Songs in Tanzania." ISRG Journal of Education, Humanities and Literature (ISRGJEHL) II, no. II (2025): 34–40. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15108314.

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<em>This article has examined artists' attitudes regarding the image of women by referring to Magosi songs of the Nyakyusa community in Tanzania. The primary data used in this article was obtained in the Mbeya region in the Busokelo council. Interview and discussion methods were used to obtain primary data from the target population. The review of documents used to verify the primary data was obtained through electronic and library methods. The results of the study have been presented using a descriptive method. Feminist theory was used in the analysis and discussion presented. The results of this article stimulate a strong awareness of women's thoughts in order to elevate the position, status and human value that they deserve at all levels and social institutions. The article concludes that women should not be viewed in a state of neglect and oppression; instead, they should be viewed as a strong pillar in the systems of upbringing, wealth production and economy at all levels of society and the nation. Society must oppose all things that aim to degrade women in all social institutions.</em>

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Mwangosi, Gerephace, and Mohamed Omary Maguo. "The Role of Women, Engagement, Childbirth and Instruction in Traditional Expressions." International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science IX, IIIS (2025): 755–64. https://doi.org/10.47772/ijriss.2025.903sedu0049.

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This article has examined the role of women in issues related to engagement and parenting by referring to the expressions of the traditional culture of the Nyakyusa community in Tanzania. This study was conducted in the Mbeya region, Rungwe district, in the Busokelo council. The targeted villages and wards are Isange (Mbigili), Kandete (Ndala), and Luteba (Kilasi). Interview and discussion methods were used to obtain primary data from the target audience. The target selection method was used to find wards, villages, and 48 beneficiaries. The review of the documents used to verify the basic data was obtained by electronic and library methods. The data discussion was guided by sociological theory. The results of the research have shown how the expressions of the selected community perfectly portray him in matters of parenting and upbringing. A woman is defined as a strong pillar in the system of good family formation. In addition, he has been seen as a strong tool for building family values and sustainability from one generation to the next. The result of this situation makes feminists look at women for their importance and sensitivity. Thus, she has been a permanent agenda item in political campaigns for many years. This article suggests that it is good if other researchers investigate women, customs, and other social taboos.

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Mwangosi, Gerephace. "The Role of Nyakyusa Proverbs in Behavioural Development." Jarida la Kiswahili 86, no. 2 (2024): 174–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.56279/jk.v86i2.5.

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This article examines the role of sayings in developing human behaviour in the Nyakyusa community in Tanzania. The primary data for this article were obtained by interview method in Luteba (Ipuguso), Kandete (Ipelo) and Mpombo (Lulasi) wards in Rungwe district, Mbeya region. Those areas met the data requirements presented in this article. The Sociological Theory was used in the analysis and discussion of data by looking at literature as a special unit that reflects both the science and culture of the society. Selected community sayings were examined as a special link to social relations. This article has revealed that the sayings of the selected community are a special link of social relations considering its history, philosophy, culture and economy. The sayings serve as a specific reference library for social issues, and a strong indigenous link that builds a system to train, strengthen and keep the community together in the foundations of culture and the whole philosophy of life from tradition until now. This article concludes that sayings are used as a special warehouse for reference to social issues that keep the community together in the foundations of culture and the whole philosophy of life from ancient times until now.

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Mwangosi, Gerephace. "The Guidance of Nyakyusa Sayings in Building Consciousness Against AIDS." International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science VIII, no. X (2024): 9–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.47772/ijriss.2024.8100002.

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This article examines the guidance of sayings in building consciousness against AIDS in the Nyakyusa community in Tanzania. What has been investigated is the way sayings are used to guide the community about issues related to AIDS in the community. The target sampling method was used to find study areas and respondents. Three wards were selected in (Rungwe district in the Mbeya region, Tanzania. The respondents were found in Kandete (Mwela village), Luteba (Isale village) and Mpombo (Lusanje village) wards. The sample of defendants was representative of all groups in the selected wards. A review of the documents used to clarify and verify the primary data were found through electronic and library means. The analysis and discussion of the data accessible was guided by Sociological theory. The investigated results were presented descriptively. The results show that sayings have a great role to guide the community through building consciousness against the AIDS virus. Therefore, the article concludes that it is the responsibility of every member of a specific society to be well-informed about AIDS.

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Berggren, Paula S., and Dale M. Bauer. "Feminist Dialogics: A Theory of Failed Community." American Literature 61, no. 2 (1989): 295. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2926711.

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Ceballo, Rosario. "Studying community violence: Lessons from feminist theory." Psychology of Violence 14, no. 6 (2024): 428–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/vio0000560.

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SYPNOWICH, CHRISTINE. "Justice, Community, and the Antinomies of Feminist Theory." Political Theory 21, no. 3 (1993): 484–506. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0090591793021003008.

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Healy, Devlin. "Youth Pride, INC: Serving a Visible Community." Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning & Community-Based Research 1 (November 22, 2012): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.56421/ujslcbr.v1i0.57.

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How do feminism and service learning intersect in a transformative way for both studentand community? The University of Rhode Island’s Gender and Women’s Studies course,Feminist Thought into Action, challenges its students to answer this question through a synthesisof the pedagogical aims of feminism and service learning carried out in a course project. Thesemester-long service project asks students to employ a practical application of their knowledgeof feminist theory through activism and service in the community. More specifically, thestudents in the class are asked to choose an organization and, through observation andinteraction, evaluate its status as feminist over the course of the semester in order to better gaugethe effectiveness of feminist methodologies. I chose to focus my project on Youth Pride, INC, alesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth center in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Silbergleid, Robin. "Women, Utopia, and Narrative: Toward a Postmodern Feminist Citizenship." Hypatia 12, no. 4 (1997): 156–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1997.tb00302.x.

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Feminist utopian novels reconstruct citizenship by interrogating ideological assumptions at the root of civil rights theory, particularly its reliance on the sexual contract and the family romance narrative. While many feminist citizenships still depend on such assumptions, utopian fictions deconstruct the logic of natural rights and replace traditional governments and nation-states with social structures based on community and global-ecological awareness. They thereby underscore the importance of narrative for feminist philosophy and political theory.

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Worell, Judith, and Claire Etaugh. "Transforming Theory And Research With Women: Themes and Variations." Psychology of Women Quarterly 18, no. 4 (1994): 443–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1994.tb01041.x.

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We look at some of the ways in which feminist theorists and researchers apply new insights to established topics in psychology, as they explore the landscape of the unknown and unspoken in the lives of girls and women. The articles in this special issue present research and reflections by a group of feminist scholars, some of us from the editorial board of the Psychology of Women Quarterly and others from the larger academic community. Each contributor, selecting from a personal interest or expertise, reconceptualizes a topical area of psychology with the intent of reframing our understanding of its meaning, its impact on women's functioning, and/or its application to feminist research and theory. To provide a background, we review a sample of contributions of feminist thought to the contemporary revolution in science. We then ask the question: In what ways have feminist perspectives and scholarship transformed psychology in the particular areas addressed by these authors?

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Gonzalez, Marc Tizoc, Saru Matambanadzo, and Sheila I. Vélez Martínez. "Latina and Latino Critical Legal Theory: LatCrit Theory, Praxis and Community." Revista Direito e Práxis 12, no. 2 (2021): 1316–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2179-8966/2021/59628.

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Abstract LatCrit theory is a relatively recent genre of critical “outsider jurisprudence” – a category of contemporary scholarship including critical legal studies, feminist legal theory, critical race theory, critical race feminism, Asian American legal scholarship and queer theory. This paper overviews LatCrit’s foundational propositions, key contributions, and ongoing efforts to cultivate new generations of ethical advocates who can systemically analyze the sociolegal conditions that engender injustice and intervene strategically to help create enduring sociolegal, and cultural, change. The paper organizes this conversation highlighting Latcrit’s theory, community and praxis.

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Ruiz, Maria R. "B. F. Skinner's Radical Behaviorism: Historical Misconstructions and Grounds for Feminist Reconstructions." Psychology of Women Quarterly 19, no. 2 (1995): 161–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1995.tb00285.x.

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Feminist critiques of traditional psychological approaches have generated feminist revisions, most notably in psychoanalytic and developmental theory. Although behaviorism has attracted strong objections from feminist critics, claims of its antithetical positioning vis-à-vis feminist theory construction have generally remained unchallenged. A preliminary step in formulating grounds for a synthesis is to clarify multiple meanings of behaviorism. Specifically, the fusion of Watson's methodological behaviorism and Skinner's radical behaviorism in the literature must be disentangled in order to address the latter's potential as a conceptual framework for constructing feminist theory. Key conceptual features of radical behaviorism that suggest its potential as a vehicle for building a feminist epistemology include: radical behaviorism's contextualistic world view, its interpretation of agency, its treatment of private experience and self knowledge, and its understanding of the pivotal functions of the verbal community.

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Maier, Friederike. "Homo Oeconomicus." PROKLA. Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialwissenschaft 23, no. 93 (1993): 551–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.32387/prokla.v23i93.1017.

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The article deals with the beginnig feminist debate on the gender-specific construction of economic theory. Economics and the development of economic theory are androcentric biased - this thesis is developed by analysing the dominant, i.e. neoclassical, economic theory. The main categories constituting economic thinking like »efficiancy«, »rationality«, »maximizing behaviour«, and »division of labour« are discussed from the point of gender-relation in market economies. The ongoing debate among feminist economists and the main lines of an emerging critique are summarized. lt comes to the conclusion that a feminist economic theory is far from being fully developed or recognized within the scientific community. but that there is a growing need to organize the discussion.

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Pabón, Jessica N. "Be About It: Graffiteras Performing Feminist Community." TDR/The Drama Review 57, no. 3 (2013): 88–116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/dram_a_00281.

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What is the future of feminist movement? What can we learn about that future by looking to the performance of feminism in purportedly “nonfeminist” approaches to women's empowerment and community-building efforts? As participants in a male-dominated, transnational subculture heavily informed by patriarchal ideologies, female graffiti artists are making their presence known in major metropolitan centers across the globe—even as many disidentify with feminist identities.

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Obbard, Kiera. "Feminist humour’s disruptive potential: Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood and Rupi Kaur’s ‘I’m taking back my body’." Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies 10, no. 2 (2021): 169–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ajms_00055_1.

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Using Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood and Rupi Kaur’s TEDxKC performance, ‘I’m taking back my body’, as case studies, this article examines how feminist humour is used by celebrities and public intellectuals to tell personal stories of oppression, trauma and inequality. Building on humour theory, feminist humour theory and affect theory, this article examines the potential of feminist humour as a rhetorical device to help storytellers tell difficult stories, to engage in acts of community-building and world-making, to challenge social inequalities and to enable social change. Ultimately, this article asks what we can learn from these examples, and how we can employ feminist humour in our own storytelling practices not only to disrupt power relations and establish solidarity, but also to imagine new, more equitable, worlds.

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Roberts, Kelly Morris. "Integrating Feminist Theory, Pedagogy, and Praxis into Teacher Education." SAGE Open 11, no. 3 (2021): 215824402110231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440211023120.

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This article discusses suggestions for integrating feminist epistemology, theory, pedagogy, and praxis even more intentionally into existing U.S. teacher education curricula. The premise is that in light of recent 21st century women’s empowerment movements, such ideas should be examined and integrated fully in justice-oriented teacher education programs. Supporting them with a review of the relevant literature, the author offers additions to existing frames within teacher education in U.S. programs. The author suggests emphasis on establishing authentic teacher voice through intentional pedagogy that incorporates feminism, through establishment of community, and through praxis and reflection. With these aspects firmly established in teacher education as essential to justice-oriented teacher education, the author advocates for counter-hegemonic conversations and storylines that encourage feminist voice and feminist praxis in teacher education.

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Watson, Laurel B., Mirella J. Flores, Morgan Grotewiel, Jenna M. Brownfield, Sara Aslan, and Michelle Farrell. "How Do Feminist-Identified Women Cope With Discrimination? A Feminist Standpoint and Grounded Theory Study." Psychology of Women Quarterly 42, no. 3 (2018): 291–312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361684318777722.

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Women experience a higher incidence of mental health concerns compared to men, and scholars have located these challenges within a discriminatory sociocultural context. Although scholars have suggested that feminist attitudes may shield women from discrimination, research on the protective role of feminist attitudes is discrepant and suggests that there are distinct differences between those who do and do not self-identify as feminist; namely, self-identifiers may be more protected in the face of discrimination. Utilizing grounded theory and intersectional feminist standpoint methodologies, in this study we sought to understand the ways that self-identified womanist and feminist women cope with discrimination. We found that women’s feminist and cultural identities intersected, each informing the other and influencing coping mechanisms and well-being. Moreover, results demonstrated that feminist women call upon a variety of different coping mechanisms in response to discrimination, including advocacy, social support, self-care, cognitive processes, disengagement, connecting to one’s femininity, and religion and spirituality. Although possessing a feminist and/or womanist identity appeared to be protective in some cases, at other times it did not. Some participants expressed feeling marginalized from the feminist community and felt that their greater awareness of oppression was an additional source of distress. Based on these findings, we provide suggestions for mental health clinicians and research scholars.

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Koekoek, Catherine. "Return to the City to Claim It: Temporalities and Locations of Feminist Refusal." Res Publica. Revista de Historia de las Ideas Políticas 27, no. 1 (2024): 23–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.5209/rpub.90727.

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One of the main contributions of A Feminist Theory of Refusal is its connection of everyday action and prefigurative practices with an explicit commitment to structural change. But how such change happens, and what kind of relations it implies between ‘the city’ (as the existing political community) and feminist heterotopias of refusal, remains unclear. Reading Honig’s work as a prefigurative theory, I argue that it links moments of doing-otherwise with moments of institutional politics, sparking questions about the conditions of a successful return to the city. I then develop these conditions through a case study of the feminist activism of Women on Waves; and argue that feminist refusal can lead to political transformation if it durably connects practices inside and outside the city.

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Puente, Sonia Núñez, and Antonio García Jiménez. "Inhabiting Or Occupying the Web?: Virtual Communities and Feminist Cyberactivism in Online Spanish Feminist Theory and Praxis." Feminist Review 99, no. 1 (2011): 39–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/fr.2011.36.

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This article examines the relationships between gender and technology in Spanish feminist praxis online and argues that different perspectives on online feminist community-building offer distinct responses to cyberactivism, which is considered central to sustaining efforts for social change. To ascertain whether Spanish virtual communities and cyberactivism have the potential to address the challenges posed by the relations between gender and technology, we analyse feminist scholar Remedios Zafra's theoretical proposals, and the different ways in which this theory intersects with the cyberactivism put forth by two feminist web portals, Ciudad de Mujeres and Mujeres en Red. We will discuss to what degree particular Spanish feminist theory and practice online adapts to or challenges utopianism regarding the liberating potential of technology. We will also examine how, in the face of critical arguments about such liberatory possibilities, two options present themselves for women's effective use of technology: inhabiting or occupying the web through the construction of feminist communities online.

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Bickford, Susan. "Why We Listen to Lunatics: Antifoundational Theories and Feminist Politics." Hypatia 8, no. 2 (1993): 104–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1993.tb00094.x.

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In this essay, I argue that Richard Rorty's version of pragmatism focuses too much on community, and gives insufficient attention to the workings of power and the necessary relation between theory and practice. I then turn briefly to the work of Michel Foucault for a better understanding of power relations. Finally, I argue for the value of learning from a group of writers who connect theory and practice in a way that attends to both community and power relations.

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Dossa, Shama. "Arts-Informed Inquiry: Possibilities and Potential for Decolonising Methodology." Kohl: A Journal for Body and Gender Research 5, Spring (2019): 45–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.36583/kohl//5-1-6.

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This paper explores the potential and contextual difficulties of experimenting with arts-informed research as a methodology through a decolonizing transnational feminist lens in the context of Pakistan. The approach was applied as part of a study with community development workers to explore the theory and practice or praxis of empowerment in development discourse. Although challenging, I believe that the approach has the potential to make research more relevant, accessible, and community-centered, honouring diverse ways of knowing. It can facilitate critical collaborative meaning-making in every day contexts, which is important for community development, women’s movements, and feminist theorizing.

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Bracken, Susan J. "Understanding Program Planning Theory and Practice in a Feminist Community-Based Organization." Adult Education Quarterly 61, no. 2 (2010): 121–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0741713610380446.

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Bell, Emma, Susan Meriläinen, Scott Taylor, and Janne Tienari. "Time’s up! Feminist theory and activism meets organization studies." Human Relations 72, no. 1 (2018): 4–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018726718790067.

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Feminism is a long established, often neglected empirical and theoretical presence in the study of organizations and social relations at work. This special issue provides a space for research that focuses on contemporary feminist practice and theory. We suggest that now is a new time for feminism, noting very recent examples of sexist oppression in social relations to illustrate why this rejuvenation is happening now. We then reflect on the process of knowledge production involved in guest editorial work for an organization studies journal like Human Relations, to address the issue of why feminism is so poorly represented in the journals that our academic community constructs as prestigious. We suggest that feminism provides opportunities for distinctive practices of knowledge production that challenge the patriarchal social formations which characterize academic work. We conclude with speculations about the future of feminism in organization studies.

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Himley, Margaret. "Facing (Up To) ‘The Stranger’ in Community Service Learning." College Composition & Communication 55, no. 3 (2004): 416–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.58680/ccc20042761.

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This essay turns to feminist ethnography and postcolonial theory to address how the figure of “the stranger” haunts the project of community service learning. By explicating the immediate and broader relations of power that structure these “strange(r) encounters,” we are more likely to produce the kind of agitated pedagogy that creates opportunities for progressive practices and effects.

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Seidman, Gay W. "Class, Gender, and Utopian Community: In Memory of Erik Olin Wright." Politics & Society 48, no. 4 (2020): 505–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0032329220965395.

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This essay, written in memory of Erik Olin Wright (1947–2019), explores Wright’s shift from a decades-long effort to map class structures in industrial societies to a search for paths to a more egalitarian future, pointing to the key role of feminist theory in that shift.

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Cruz, Joëlle M., Oghenetoja Okoh, Amoaba Gooden, Kamesha Spates, Chinasa A. Elue, and Nicole Rousseau. "The Ekwe Collective." Departures in Critical Qualitative Research 5, no. 3 (2016): 77–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/dcqr.2016.5.3.77.

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While making clear that black femininity exists and is located in multiple spaces, this essay brings out the intellectual and cultural presence and voices of black women in both national and international feminist communities. We engage black feminist thought (BFT) by offering the example of our community—the Ekwe Collective—a sisterhood of six feminist scholar–activists and their daughters. This essay offers insights on how BFT translates to the lived experience of communities of color in the twenty-first century. In particular, we draw upon and extend three dimensions of the theory: experience, generation, and space.

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Hall, M. Ann. "Women’s Sport and Feminist Praxis: Bridging the Theory/Practice Gap." Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal 6, no. 2 (1997): 213–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/wspaj.6.2.213.

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Using my own experience in sport, I explore two themes in this paper. One is that sport and feminism are often seen as incompatible. This means that sport is often overlooked, or at best underestimated, as a site of cultural struggle where gender relations are reproduced and sometimes resisted. The second is that there is a seemingly impervious border within sport feminism between academics and activists, between theory and practice, between the academy and the community, between researchers and the researched. The “Beckwith Belles” are women’s lived experience in sport and the context in which I examine the implication of these two themes.

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Suryanti, Suryanti. "KEKERASAN DALAM RUMAH TANGGA (ANALISIS FAKTA SOSIAL BERBASIS KONSELING FEMINIS TERHADAP KETIMPANGAN GENDER)." Musawa: Journal for Gender Studies 10, no. 1 (2019): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.24239/msw.v10i1.385.

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Domestic violence (KDRT) is the most common violence of women in Indonesia. This occurs because of gender imbalances that differentiate women's and men's roles and rights in the community that places women in a lower status than men. The privilege of men as if they make women the property of men who are entitled to be treated arbitrarily, including by violence. The counseling theory approach that is considered relevant to domestic violence cases is feminist counseling. Concepts built in feminist theory use a system perspective, meaning that the process of counseling intervention is not only to individuals but the individual environment is given the treatment to ensure the solution of the root of the problem. The ability of counselors to empower individuals/communities within the victim's environment is a skill that must be sharpened by counselors who use feminist counseling. This theory is based on the principles of the personal is political, egalitarian relationship and the valuing perspective. The three concepts that become pillars of feminist counseling become an essential indicator in determining the ability of counselor in assisting women victims of domestic violence.

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Genc, Elif. "Commoning the Komal: The Toronto Kurdish Community Centre." Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies 6, no. 2 (2019): 105. http://dx.doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/276.

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Within the walls of this two-story storefront, a distinct alternative practice of radical politics and life is taking place. In fact, what would appear to be an extension of the Kurdish social movement, as it is understood, is being practiced against a backdrop of the refugee experience within the metropolitan city limits of Toronto. This practice of what is arguably feminist anarchism has become known in the recent years by the title “Democratic Confederalism” (Öcalan 2011). Democratic Confederalism in its feminist anarchist framework reflects our understanding of what is known within the Marxist tradition today as “the commons” (Federici & Linebaugh 2018). This paper seeks to show that the Kurdish Community Centre has, over nearly three decades, established for its members within Toronto a space that attempts to practice a radical feminist politics mirroring our understanding of “the commons”. However, similar to the dilemma of most leftist social movements, struggles with the divide between theory and praxis across space and time mark the centre’s main concerns. Exclusive to the diasporic experince, the Kurdish refugees are faced with trying to navigate their anti-state Kurdish revolutionary struggle within a nation that has provided them refuge. This paper will explore what is understood as “komal” (community) and how have these community centres come to represent the Kurdish social movement in diaspora spaces through refugee lived experiences—particularly the Kurdish woman’s.

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Hussayn, U. Idris (Ph.D.) Jude Inegbeboh Giwa Christiana NJ. "The Loss of Female Personality andSelf-identity in Community Development Activity: A Theory-Practice Gap in Nigeria." International Journal of Business Management and Technology 2, no. 1 (2023): 46–52. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7646309.

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Drawing upon research undertaken with community development practitioners in the North Central of Nigeria, this article argues that feminist community development processes have been undermined by the application of policy initiatives which were designed to achieve equality and fairness. The application of targeted and technically neutral systems has resulted in a managerialist approach to community development which has privileged masculinist practices and marginalized the intersubjective, consciousness-raising practices which are central to feminism. The consequence is that the broader emancipatory principles of community development practice have been distorted within a policy discourse of equality

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Amina Mama. "The Challenges of Feminism: Gender, Ethics and Responsible Academic Freedom in African Universities." Journal of Higher Education in Africa 9, no. 1-2 (2011): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.57054/jhea.v9i1-2.1571.

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Feminist theory and ethics have enormous potentials to transform and ener- gize the discourse on academic freedom and social responsibility. As a theory of knowledge and an intellectual practice, feminism deconstructs the episte- mological foundations of patriarchy and contributes to the emancipation of women as subjects and studies on and about women as critical intellectual engagements. Despite this potential, the discourse on academic freedom and intellectual responsibility in African universities has rarely yielded ground for feminist ethics, and feminist intellectuals within the universities have had to struggle for space. This article discusses these struggles to insert feminism as part of the intellectual discourse on academic freedom within Africa’s scholarly community between 1990 – the year of the Aca- demic Freedom Conference in Kampala – and 2010. The institutional and intellectual challenges that have been encountered by feminist-inspired aca- demics are highlighted. Finally, the author discusses the imperatives to move the discourse on gender in African scholarly communities beyond the nor- mative policy rhetoric to tackling the gendered configuration of academic institutions.

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Omojemite, Matthew Damilola. "Unpacking Gender Inequality in Education: A Theoretical Exploration." Journal of Culture and Values in Education 7, no. 4 (2024): 103–16. https://doi.org/10.46303/jcve.2024.43.

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This paper examines gender inequality in education in Ekiti State, Nigeria, using feminist and critical theories as frameworks. Gender inequality, driven by societal norms and power dynamics, appears in areas such as access, curriculum bias, and socio-cultural expectations. The study identifies key causes, measures, and impacts of this disparity on individuals and communities through a literature review and theoretical analysis. Feminist theory highlights patriarchal structures, gender socialization, and cultural norms, while critical theory examines institutional processes and power dynamics. Both theories stress the need for policy reforms, challenging norms, and promoting inclusivity to address gender disparities. The analysis underscores the complex interplay of institutional, cultural, and socioeconomic factors, necessitating comprehensive interventions. Despite challenges like limited resources and entrenched beliefs, collaboration among policymakers, educators, and communities is essential. Integrating feminist and critical perspectives can foster equitable learning environments, essential for social justice, community prosperity, and sustainable development.

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Robson, S., and J. Spence. "The erosion of feminist self and identity in community development theory and practice." Community Development Journal 46, no. 3 (2011): 288–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsr037.

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Harrer, Theresia. "The Positive Side of Feminist Theory in Entrepreneurial Finance: Feminist Themes and Tropes in Crowdfunding for Social Change." ACRN Journal of Finance and Risk Perspectives 8, no. 1 (2019): 275–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.35944/jofrp.2019.8.1.017.

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Following literature that already reframes entrepreneurship as a social change activity, we consider the societal change potential of entrepreneurial narratives in crowdfunding pitches of predominantly female-run ventures. We understand the community-driven phenomenon crowdfunding therefore as a vehicle to transcend and change the predominantly masculine entrepreneurial discourse of innovation and business success. Following an idiographic methodology, we analyse the discourse in crowdfunding video-representations of female-run ventures and explore structure, linguistic usage, visual artefacts and the implied intentions towards social change from a feminist perspective. From the sampling set of 42 crowdfunding campaigns, we use the resulting discursive elements and tropes to identify feminist themes that drive the success of these campaigns through connecting with immanent societal values. With this we contribute to the social change perspective in entrepreneurship research by addressing epistemological issues within prevailing paradigms.

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Martin, Mary Anne. "Digging through urban agriculture with feminist theoretical implements." Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation 6, no. 3 (2019): 88–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v6i3.356.

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This article considers the value of using tools from feminist theory to explore the efforts of urban agriculture initiatives that practice to some extent outside the formal economy. Such a lens looks beyond the presence of women in specific projects to the value, extent, purpose, and principles of these projects’ efforts. These community-based food initiatives strive to provide alternatives to dominant food production practices, but their efforts are often constrained by limited access to financial, labour, time, and political resources. Despite parallels between their work and what has traditionally been dubbed “women’s work,” the feminization of urban agriculture initiatives in Canada has received little attention in the academic literature. In this article, I revisit a case study of Durham Integrated Growers (DIG), an umbrella organization supporting urban agriculture projects, practices, and values across Durham Region, Ontario. This case study represents one of several conducted through Nourishing Communities Research Group to explore the potential of food systems groups working in the social economy to benefit local communities and the environment. This earlier research on DIG revealed themes involving the need for community expertise to be recognized, the role of public policy, the effects of relying on unpaid labour, and the centrality of building community. By exploring these themes within feminist framings of knowledge, work, power, care, and community, I find many areas where DIG’s work could be better understood through feminist theoretical lenses. Although more study is required on a broader range of community-based food initiatives, this research suggests that a feminist theoretical lens may provide a useful resource for illuminating and revaluating the practical, educational, and relational efforts of those working in them.

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Penrod, Lynn K. "Translating Hélène Cixous: French Feminism(s) and Anglo-American Feminist Theory." TTR : traduction, terminologie, rédaction 6, no. 2 (2007): 39–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/037150ar.

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Abstract Translating Hélène Cixous: French Feminism(s) and Anglo-American Feminist Theory — The works of H. Cixous in English translation represent an interesting case study to examine the relevant choice factors which enter into the project of translation. Cixous, as a representative of what the Anglo-American feminist community has described as "French Feminism" remains best known for two works, both written nearly twenty years ago, "Le Rire de la Méduse" (1975) and La Jeune Née (1976). Although the former text was translated almost immediately, the latter waited a decade before reaching an English reading audience. Compared to Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva, Cixous remains the least available in translation to an English audience despite a prolific output over the course of her career. The politics of choice, the décalage factor, the problems of academic translators and the "difficulty factor" are discussed as they relate to Cixous's translated works.

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Wacker, Emily C., and Megan L. Dolbin-MacNab. "Feminist-Informed Protective Factors for Subthreshold Eating Disorders." Qualitative Health Research 30, no. 10 (2020): 1546–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732320921832.

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Despite knowledge that the larger sociocultural context contributes to the development of eating disorders, few studies have examined protective factors for women with subthreshold eating disorders. Using feminist-informed constructivist grounded theory methodology, 15 women (ages 18–25 years) with subthreshold eating disorders were interviewed. Results suggest that participants spoke of their subthreshold eating disorders in an externalized way and used protective factors to guide decision making toward their preferred values. A grounded theory model was developed to illustrate this process. Protective factors included (a) people who provide emotional and tangible support, (b) support people who challenge the eating disorder, (c) personal sense of agency, and (d) community activism and involvement. Participants experiencing subthreshold eating disorders demonstrated a capacity to distinguish their own thoughts and values from those of the “eating disorder voice,” and protective factors facilitated this process. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

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Dobrich, Emily. "Exploring Women’s Transformative Learning and Community Building through Practicing Martial Arts to Disrupt Gendered and Hetero-Patriarchal Norms." International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity 12, no. 1 (2024): 63–77. https://doi.org/10.7202/1115469ar.

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This article explores the potential for martial arts to support transformation and community building for women. Findings indicate women can derive many individual benefits from learning martial arts. Yet, the benefits must extend beyond the individual level to create social change. Based on an evaluation of literature on women’s experiences learning martial arts, I use my perspective as an adult education researcher and a feminist lens to propose creative approaches to supporting women in learning martial arts. Supporting women in learning martial arts requires promoting creativity and invention in practice. Feminist new materialism, transformative learning theory, and communities of practice are the theories that guide the direction of this article. The major contribution of this article is to offer creative approaches for imagining a feminist praxis through martial arts that could foster learning environments that encourage self-determination and build social support and resistance to hetero-patriarchal power and gender inequity, which has relevance to broader educational settings and communities.

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Qibtiyah, Alimatul. "Pedagogy of Equality in the Family, Schools, and Society: Self-Reflection as Muslim Feminist in Aisyiyah." Jurnal Perempuan 21, no. 3 (2016): 315–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.34309/jp.v21i3.137.

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Feminist pedagogy is one of strategies to reach gender equality in education process whether in the family, school or society. Implementing feminist pedagogy not only benefits women’s lives better but also men’s as well as childrens’ lives. For me, feminist pedagogy and the struggle of gender equality is not only just as a slogan but it must be implemented on daily basis. This paper explores my experiences in implementing feminist pedagogy in family, school, and community. I argues that every single experience is worthy and recogined as a theory. This article is based on library research and a reflection from my experiences. The author has been marriage for 19 years, become a lecturer for 20 years and been involved as a woman activist for 23 years in Muhammadiyah’s woman organization, Aisyiyah. In every implementation of feminist pedagogy, I face challenges from audiences which relates to a variety of gender thought in the society. Based on testimonies from my spouse, students also audiences, it can be cocluded that the implementation of feminist pedagogy lead to the convenience in the process of transferring knowledge. It also contributes to change their perspective into Islamic progressive thought.

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Yao, Hetong. "Analysis of the Impact of International Engagement on Womens Rights." Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media 5, no. 1 (2023): 179–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/5/20220457.

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Womens issues began to be discussed more and more concerning international relations after the conclusion of the Cold War, and feminism has grown to be a significant theory in the field. At the same time, the reconstructed international pattern after the Cold War also provides a new perspective for feminist research. Using documentary analysis, this paper seeks to show the reader the positive impact of international engagement on the feminist movement from three perspectives: the United Nations, international feminist NGOs, and women in diplomacy. In general, the rise of feminism has become a significant trend in a global community that is interdependent but divided, rapidly developing but in crisis, and eager to cooperate but still in need of communication. Feminism is a vital force in the governance of the international community. From the programmatic documents adopted by the United Nations to the unifying role played by NGOs and the strong presence of women in diplomacy, it has made a remarkable contribution to building an equal future for humanity.

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Forsgren, La Donna L. "Violence, Ritual, and Vogue: Black Queer Feminist Praxis in Motion." MELUS 46, no. 4 (2021): 37–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/melus/mlac004.

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Abstract As an unapologetically Black feminist artist, Ntozake Shange furthered the cause of black girl representation on Broadway stages with the 1976 debut of for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf. Shange’s award-winning choreopoem eschews the masculinist liberation discourse of the Black Power era and instead centers the concerns of Black girls within the freedom struggle. Using twenty poems interlaced with dance and music, Shange illuminates the subjectivity of seven “colored girls” who experience sexual, emotional, and physical violence in their communities. Committed to the health and safety of the entire Black community, Shange concludes the performance with a ritual dance to foster unity and community healing from violence. Her early Black feminist intervention serves as a foundation for the artistic work of Black Lives Matter activists today, many of whom continue to use ritual performances to promote community healing in the wake of white-authored violence. Black Lives Matter movement artists and activists Gorgeous Mother Karma Gucci, Adonte Prodigy, and Amya Miyake-Mugler, for example, performed ritual Voguing at a Chicago demonstration on 3 June 2020 to bring greater visibility to the intracultural violence reaped upon Black queer and transgender girls. Their ritual Voguing, which I situate as Black queer feminist praxis in motion, reimagines the Black radical tradition as collective liberation. Collectively, the work of Shange, Gucci, Prodigy, and Mugler affirms the vital truth that none of us are free until all of us are free.

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Barth, Tom. "Applying farmer’s lenses: Two illustrations." Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management 28, no. 1 (2016): 16–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpbafm-28-01-2016-b002.

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This article reflects on how Farmer’s writing on the use of multiple lenses informs two writing projects, one on values-based decision making and the other on lessons from intensive community engagement activities. Farmer’s use of the business, ethical, critical theory and feminist lenses are found to be particularly relevant and useful to these writing projects, providing a deeper understanding of organizational theory and practice than reliance on any single lens.

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Barth, Tom. "Applying farmerʼs lenses: Two illustrations". International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior 19, № 1 (2016): 16–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijotb-19-01-2016-b004.

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This article reflects on how Farmerʼs writing on the use of multiple lenses informs two writing projects, one on values-based decision making and the other on lessons from intensive community engagement activities. Farmerʼs use of the business, ethical, critical theory and feminist lenses are found to be particularly relevant and useful to these writing projects, providing a deeper understanding of organizational theory and practice than reliance on any single lens.

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Hassan, Mariam. "Islamic Feminism and Gender Equality in Modern Egypt." Journal of Philosophy, Culture and Religion 7, no. 2 (2024): 13–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.47604/jpcr.2605.

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Purpose: The aim of the study was to analyze the Islamic feminism and gender equality in modern Egypt. Methodology: This study adopted a desk methodology. A desk study research design is commonly known as secondary data collection. This is basically collecting data from existing resources preferably because of its low cost advantage as compared to a field research. Our current study looked into already published studies and reports as the data was easily accessed through online journals and libraries. Findings: Islamic feminism in modern Egypt challenges patriarchal norms through reinterpretations of religious texts, empowering women to advocate for their rights within religious and legal frameworks. Despite barriers, Islamic feminist organizations mobilize women, raise awareness, and lobby for legal reforms. These efforts contribute to a more inclusive movement for gender equality, highlighting the potential of Islamic feminism in shaping Egypt's social landscape. Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: Intersectionality theory, postcolonial feminist theory & critical legal theory may be used to anchor future studies on analyze the Islamic feminism and gender equality in modern Egypt. Support grassroots feminist organizations and networks that work at the community level to address gender-based discrimination and violence Advocate for the implementation and enforcement of laws that protect women's rights and promote gender equality.

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O’Meara, Victoria, and Jaigris Hodson. "“This Is My House!”: Producing and Protecting Intimacy in the Platformed Cancer Community." TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies 48 (March 1, 2024): 39–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/topia-2023-0038.

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Based upon a series of in-depth, semi-structured interviews with popular cancer influencers, this paper examines the practices by which intimacy is co-produced and managed in the online cancer community. Drawing theoretically from feminist theory, affect theory and cultural studies, the authors explore the complex boundary work that cancer survivors and caregivers engage in to establish, sustain, and protect themselves as an intimate public. The findings show that outsiders, difference, and the threat such things pose to community harmony are actively operationalized to sustain intimacy among cancer community insiders. In the discussion, the authors reflect on what these findings suggest about the politics, possibilities, and limits of platform-mediated forms of intimacy.

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Shaw, Frances. "The Politics of Blogs: Theories of Discursive Activism Online." Media International Australia 142, no. 1 (2012): 41–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878x1214200106.

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Many discussions of discursive politics online take a deliberative democracy, or public sphere, approach. Public sphere theory has had value for the discussion of discursive politics online, but I argue that the problems of public sphere theory have led to the neglect of counter-hegemonic political projects in understandings of online deliberative democracy. Agonistic democracy should be explored further as an alternative framework for the study of online political communities. In addition, I propose that this conception be modified with greater analysis of the affective dimensions of online politics, the productive uses of conflict, the role of political listening and an understanding of discursive activism informed by feminist philosophy. The Australian feminist blogging community, a network comprising group and individual blogs, provides a case study for my research into discursive activism in online contexts.

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Heyer-Cáput, Margherita. "Female Theology Meets Poietic Writing: Michela Murgia’s L’incontro (2012)." Quaderni d'italianistica 41, no. 1 (2020): 69–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.33137/q.i..v41i1.35895.

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One of the most acclaimed (female) voices of contemporary Sardinian and Italian literature, Michela Murgia offers in her short novel L’incontro a powerful expression of poietic writing. Writing as poiēsis, as creative force capable of shaping reality through theoretical reflection, expresses itself in the in-between space of literal and metaphorical orders. In particular, L’incontro represents an expression of poietic writing in its combination of female theology and community activism. This contribution reads L’incontro, a novel of formation unfolding along the preparations for the traditional Sardinian Easter ritual of S’incontru, through the lens of feminist theology and within the theoretical framework provided by the theorization of sexual difference. Marina Warner’s (1976) and Virginia Ramsey Mollenkott’s (1983) feminist biblical exegesis, in conversation with the “teologia al femminile” elaborated by Marinella Perroni and Cristina Simonelli, connect Murgia’s L’incontro to her theological essay, Ave Mary: E la Chiesa inventò la donna (2011). In this context Murgia’s writing articulates a concept of poiēsis that intertwines thinking and doing, transcendence and immanence while shaping a more open and inclusive community.

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Lykes, M. Brinton, and Geraldine Moane. "Editors' Introduction: Whither Feminist Liberation Psychology? Critical Explorations of Feminist and Liberation Psychologies for a Globalizing World." Feminism & Psychology 19, no. 3 (2009): 283–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959353509105620.

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This article explores the roots of feminist and liberation psychologies, positioning examples of contemporary praxis that are deeply informed by today's complex global realities. Examining the consequences of academic and professional women's accompaniment of women `on the margins', that is, those living in `limit situations' deeply affected by global realities of poverty, gender-based violence and structural inequalities, we argue that activist scholars are developing feminist liberationist psycholog(ies) within and beyond the borders of psychology that respond to and incorporate these lived experiences. Through participatory research, pedagogy and community-based workshops, this special issue demonstrates this new praxis. Thus, critical reflexivity and `just enough trust' enable engagement across differences, creating in-between spaces for dialogue, appreciation, and contestation as well as alliances and solidarity — values for a renewed and transformed praxis of psychology with and for those historically marginalized and excluded from our theory and practice.

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DHARMAYA, AZURA, SHANAZ MUTIA, and RAHMADSYAH RANGKUTI. "A FEMINIST STYLISTICS ANALYSIS IN TAYLOR SWIFT’S SONG “THE MAN”." LINGUISTICA 13, no. 1 (2024): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.24114/jalu.v13i1.56471.

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Feminist stylistic analysis of song lyrics can reveal how gender and power relations are represented in music. This research uses observation methods in collecting data by note-taking techniques. The analysis of transitivity choices using Halliday's systemic functional grammar theory can provide a deeper perspective on the relationship between language structure and meaning in the context of feminist song lyrics. The song aims to talk about a strong feminist message, permeating the narrative of gender inequality in society. The highlight of the song which is also the key reason for the stigma and stereotypes that arise in the society was found through the technique of portraying women's experience and their comparison with men's experiences in the community and because this through the desire to "be a man" the song wants to convey the message of gender equality.

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Veralda, Monica. "Semiotics Theory Analysis in the Movie “Ave Maryam” (2018)." IMOVICCON Conference Proceeding 2, no. 1 (2021): 130–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.37312/imoviccon.v2i1.62.

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A movie must have a purpose and a message according to the directors’ vision and plans. There are many ways to convey the message to viewers around the world, explicitly or implicitly. Yet, every individual has their own perspective, ideology, opinion, and culture background, and this diffence results in different interpretation of a movie. Nevertheless, viewers can still analyze a movie with theories that has been studied for generations, for instance semiotics theory, feminist film theory, psychoanalysis, etc. We will analyze how Robby Ertanto, as the director, the writer, and the producer of Ave Maryam, conveys messages through symbols, or as we call it the semiotics theory.

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