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An open invitation to productive conversations about feminism and the spectrum of eating disorders (part 2): Potential contributions to the science of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention (2022)
Journal Article
LaMarre, A., Levine, M. P., Holmes, S., & Malson, H. (2022). An open invitation to productive conversations about feminism and the spectrum of eating disorders (part 2): Potential contributions to the science of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Journal of Eating Disorders, 10(1), Article 55. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-022-00572-3

The role of feminism in eating disorders research, treatment, and advocacy continues to be debated, with little agreement in sight about the role—or lack thereof—of feminist eating disorders work. In these debates, the opportunity to open fruitful co... Read More about An open invitation to productive conversations about feminism and the spectrum of eating disorders (part 2): Potential contributions to the science of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

An open invitation to productive conversations about feminism and the spectrum of eating disorders (part 1): Basic principles of feminist approaches (2022)
Journal Article
LaMarre, A., Levine, M., Holmes, S., & Malson, H. (2022). An open invitation to productive conversations about feminism and the spectrum of eating disorders (part 1): Basic principles of feminist approaches. Journal of Eating Disorders, 10(1), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-022-00532-x

Despite the long history of feminist research in the field and the clear relevance of questions of gender to this sphere, many continue to question the relevance of feminism for understanding and treating eating disorders in 2022. In this set of two... Read More about An open invitation to productive conversations about feminism and the spectrum of eating disorders (part 1): Basic principles of feminist approaches.

How do women make sense of their experiences with pornography? A thematic analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Lucey, C., & Malson, H. (2021). How do women make sense of their experiences with pornography? A thematic analysis. Psychology of Women and Equalities Review, 4(2), 31-42

While pornography is increasingly widespread and accessible, women’s experiences with or views about it are seldom recognised or investigated. In this paper we explore how women make sense of their experiences with pornography. The analysis is based... Read More about How do women make sense of their experiences with pornography? A thematic analysis.

Key stakeholder perspectives on primary care for young people with an eating disorder: A qualitative study (2021)
Journal Article
Malson, H., Tischner, I., Hertzig, H., Kitney, D., Phillips, C., Norweg, S., …Oldham-Cooper, R. (2022). Key stakeholder perspectives on primary care for young people with an eating disorder: A qualitative study. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 32(2), 288-301. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2575

This paper examines the provision of primary care for young people with an eating disorder within the UK from the perspectives of three key stakeholder groups: young people with an eating disorder, carers of young people with an eating disorder and G... Read More about Key stakeholder perspectives on primary care for young people with an eating disorder: A qualitative study.

Regulating ‘untrustworthy patients’: Constructions of ‘trust’ and ‘distrust’ in accounts of inpatient treatment for anorexia (2021)
Journal Article
Holmes, S., Malson, H., & Semlyen, J. (2021). Regulating ‘untrustworthy patients’: Constructions of ‘trust’ and ‘distrust’ in accounts of inpatient treatment for anorexia. Feminism and Psychology, 31(1), 41-61

Abstract Trust has been seen as a lynchpin of therapeutic relationships. Yet due to perceptions that anorexia is one of the most difficult illnesses to treat and that patients are ‘treatment resistant’, achieving trust between patient and treatment... Read More about Regulating ‘untrustworthy patients’: Constructions of ‘trust’ and ‘distrust’ in accounts of inpatient treatment for anorexia.

Leading ladies: discursive constructions of women leaders in the UK media (2019)
Journal Article
Tischner, I., Malson, H., & Fey, K. (in press). Leading ladies: discursive constructions of women leaders in the UK media. Feminist Media Studies, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2019.1640266

Women continue to be economically disadvantaged and under-represented in positions of power and leadership. A discursive disjunction between cultural and media representations of women and leadership has been implicated in these continuing inequaliti... Read More about Leading ladies: discursive constructions of women leaders in the UK media.

Qualitative story completion: Possibilities and potential pitfalls (2018)
Journal Article
Braun, V., Clarke, V., Frith, H., Hayfield, N., Malson, H., Moller, N., & Shah-Beckley, I. (2019). Qualitative story completion: Possibilities and potential pitfalls. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 16(1), 136-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2018.1536395

© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Hannah Frith, Nikki Hayfield, Helen Malson, Naomi Moller, and Iduna Shah-Beckley came together at the University of the West of England (UWE) in July 2017 to discuss and s... Read More about Qualitative story completion: Possibilities and potential pitfalls.

Hypothetically speaking: Using vignettes as a stand-alone qualitative method (2017)
Book Chapter
Gray, D., Royall, B., & Malson, H. (2017). Hypothetically speaking: Using vignettes as a stand-alone qualitative method. In V. Braun, V. Clarke, & D. Gray (Eds.), Collecting Qualitative Data: A Practical Guide to Textual, Media and Virtual Techniques. UK: Cambridge University Press

Deconstructing “real” women: Young women's readings of advertising images of “plus-size” models in the UK (2016)
Journal Article
Beale, K., Malson, H., & Tischner, I. (2016). Deconstructing “real” women: Young women's readings of advertising images of “plus-size” models in the UK. Feminism and Psychology, 26(3), 378-386. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959353516639616

© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. Critical feminist researchers and others have amply elucidated the perniciousness of contemporary Western beauty ideals and, particularly, the near-ubiquitous idealisations of slenderness. In this context, the advent of... Read More about Deconstructing “real” women: Young women's readings of advertising images of “plus-size” models in the UK.

‘It’s worse for women and girls’: Negotiating embodied masculinities through weight-related talk (2014)
Book Chapter
Monoghan, L., & Malson, H. (2014). ‘It’s worse for women and girls’: Negotiating embodied masculinities through weight-related talk. In L. Monoghan, R. Colls, & B. Evans (Eds.), Obesity, Discourse and Fat Politics. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315795645

Numerous critical analyses have already established the profoundly gendered nature of normative body ‘ideals’ and weight-management practices in Western cultures. Such studies have, amongst other things, elucidated how body dissatisfaction, ‘dieting’... Read More about ‘It’s worse for women and girls’: Negotiating embodied masculinities through weight-related talk.

The experience of mothers caring for a child with a brain tumour (2013)
Journal Article
Malson, H., Beringer, A., Shortman, R. I., Shortman, R., Beringer, A., Penn, A., …Sharples, P. M. (2013). The experience of mothers caring for a child with a brain tumour. Child: Care, Health and Development, 39(5), 743-749. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12005

Background: Brain tumours are the second most common form of childhood cancer, accounting for over 20% of all cases in European children. Understanding the impact of diagnosis and treatment of a brain tumour on the family is an essential pre-requisit... Read More about The experience of mothers caring for a child with a brain tumour.

'It's worse for women and girls': Negotiating embodied masculinities through weight-related talk (2013)
Journal Article
Monaghan, L. F., Monoghan, L., & Malson, H. (2013). 'It's worse for women and girls': Negotiating embodied masculinities through weight-related talk. Critical Public Health, 23(3), 304-319. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2012.754843

Numerous critical analyses have already established the profoundly gendered nature of normative body 'ideals' and weight-management practices in Western cultures. Such studies have, amongst other things, elucidated how body dissatisfaction, 'dieting'... Read More about 'It's worse for women and girls': Negotiating embodied masculinities through weight-related talk.

Visible lesbians and invisible bisexuals: Appearance and visual identities among bisexual women (2013)
Journal Article
Hayfield, N., Clarke, V., Halliwell, E., & Malson, H. (2013). Visible lesbians and invisible bisexuals: Appearance and visual identities among bisexual women. Women's Studies International Forum, 40, 172-182

A number of feminist scholars have argued that dress and appearance can be used to critique the dominant culture and explore alternative subjectivities. Research on non-heterosexual visual identities has explored the role that appearance and clothing... Read More about Visible lesbians and invisible bisexuals: Appearance and visual identities among bisexual women.

A critical exploration of lesbian perspectives on eating disorders (2013)
Journal Article
Jones, R., & Malson, H. (2013). A critical exploration of lesbian perspectives on eating disorders. Psychology and Sexuality, 4(1), 62-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2011.603349

There is now a considerable body of research exploring how culturally dominant gendered norms are implicated in mobilising girls' and women's 'anorexic' and 'bulimic' experiences and practices. However, much less is known about lesbian experiences of... Read More about A critical exploration of lesbian perspectives on eating disorders.

Deconstructing Health and the Un/Healthy Fat Woman (2012)
Journal Article
Tischner, I., & Malson, H. (2012). Deconstructing Health and the Un/Healthy Fat Woman. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 22(1), 50-62. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.1096

Dominant discourses represent body weight as a consequence of lifestyle, equating 'fatness' with 'disease' and 'thinness' with 'health'. Consequently, fat subjects become framed as lazy and not willing to follow a 'healthy' lifestyle. In neoliberal s... Read More about Deconstructing Health and the Un/Healthy Fat Woman.

Feeding a fear of fatness? A preliminary investigation of how women with a history of eating disorders view ‘anti-obesity’ health promotion campaigns (2012)
Journal Article
Catling, L., & Malson, H. (2012). Feeding a fear of fatness? A preliminary investigation of how women with a history of eating disorders view ‘anti-obesity’ health promotion campaigns. Psychology of Women Section Review, 14(1),

In recent years concerns about an ‘epidemic of obesity’ and its associated implications for health have led to national and global health promotion campaigns seeking to encourage weight-loss through healthier eating and exercise. Whilst intended as h... Read More about Feeding a fear of fatness? A preliminary investigation of how women with a history of eating disorders view ‘anti-obesity’ health promotion campaigns.

Post-feminist advertising laid bare: Young women's talk about the sexually agentic woman of 'midriff' advertising (2011)
Journal Article
Rúdólfsdóttir, A., Malson, H., Halliwell, E., & Tischner, I. (2011). Post-feminist advertising laid bare: Young women's talk about the sexually agentic woman of 'midriff' advertising. Feminism and Psychology, 21(1), 74-99. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959353510370030

This paper presents a feminist Foucauldian analysis of women's interpretations of images of women in post-feminist advertising. Building on Ros Gill's analysis of post-feminist advertising images of women, and more specifically the figure of 'the mid... Read More about Post-feminist advertising laid bare: Young women's talk about the sexually agentic woman of 'midriff' advertising.

Un/imaginable future selves: A discourse analysis of in-patients' talk about recovery from an 'eating disorder' (2011)
Journal Article
Lin, B., Malson, H., Bailey, L., Clarke, S., Treasure, J., Anderson, G., & Kohn, M. (2011). Un/imaginable future selves: A discourse analysis of in-patients' talk about recovery from an 'eating disorder'. European Eating Disorders Review, 19(1), 25-36. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.1011

Background: The limited efficacy of treatments for eating disorders has been well documented. Yet few studies have explored patients' views about recovery or how culturally dominant ideas might be implicated in recovery or failure to recover. Aims Th... Read More about Un/imaginable future selves: A discourse analysis of in-patients' talk about recovery from an 'eating disorder'.