Outputs (4)

'It's worse for women and girls': Negotiating embodied masculinities through weight-related talk (2013)
Journal Article

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

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.

Visible lesbians and invisible bisexuals: Appearance and visual identities among bisexual women (2013)
Journal Article

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

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.