In this paper, I seek to examine this darkness, this messiness and confusion, and to uncover how far it stretches: how much it reveals and how much it hides. I understand that this is a complex project, and I understand that I...
When one thinks of violence, one tends to assume that the perpetrator and the victim of the violence are two separate individuals. But what happens when we discuss violence committed against the self? How can we work to...
The #MeToo movement began in 2006 through the activism of Tarana Burke (MeToo 2018) and gained prominence in October 2017 when actress Alyssa Milano used the hashtag to encourage survivors of sexual violence to “share their...
Why are school shooters almost exclusively young, white men who frequently reveal contempt for women when committing their deadly crimes? I propose that the social construction of hegemonic masculinity informs perpetrators’...
This published version is made available on Dickinson Scholar with the permission of the publisher. For more information on the published version, visit GSI (Gender/Sexuality/Italy) Journal's Website....
Gendered performances of self at Dickinson College construct masculinity hierarchies within and among social groups. Masculinity hierarchies are perpetuated by perceived expectations set by those in fraternities, as well as men...
Systemic sexual violence against African American women has had pervasive, continuous effects on their bodies, identities, and notions of sexuality. It remains significant to examine the institutionalized rape of Black female...
For centuries, “women’s space” in Western culture signified the kitchens, parlors, bedrooms, nunneries, and other feminized spaces where women were expected to work and live. The doctrine of “separate spheres” codified this...
The history and ongoing engagement of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Americans in sport and leisure cultures is varied and diverse, and often reflects the ebbs and flows of openness to gender and sexual...
The Ni Una Menos (Not One Less) movement was a march of over 200,000 people that took place in front of the Argentine National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina on June 3, 2015. A group of Argentine women journalists...
Manhood and masculinity have been studied extensively in psychology and related disciplines and one focus of this work has been the way in which men must achieve their manhood and the precariousness of that achievement....
DiMuccio, Sarah H., Megan R. Yost, and Marie Helweg-Larsen. A Qualitative Analysis of Perceptions of Precarious Manhood in U.S. and Danish Men. Psychology of Men and Masculinity 18, no. 4 (2017): 331-340....
While Japanese queer subcultures is a common topic of discussion within academia, the Japanese drag queen is not. In fact, drag queens in general are often unrecognized in academic literature, let alone the Japanese drag queen....
Frohlich, Margaret G. Representation and the Politics of Visibility. In Lesbian Realities/Lesbian Fictions in Contemporary Spain, edited by Nancy Vosburg and Jacky Collins, 31-59. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press,...
This published version is made available on Dickinson Scholar with the permission of the publisher. For more information on the published version, visit New York University Press's Website., Schweighofer, Katherine. "Rethinking...
For more information on the published version, visit Palgrave Macmillan's Website., Rose, Susan D. Sex, Sin, and Social Policy: Religion and the Politics of Abstinence-Only Programs. In Fundamentalism, Politics, and the Law,...
This published version is made available on Dickinson Scholar with the permission of the publisher. For more information on the published version, visit New York University Press's Website., Farrell, Amy. '"The White Man's...
Yost, Megan R., and T. Evan Smith. Transfeminist Psychology. Feminism and Psychology 24, no. 2 (2014): 145-156., This special issue showcases feminist psychological work on the experiences of transgender-identified people as...
Tra Pham was awarded the Waidner-Spahr Library Prize for Excellence in First Year Research for this paper in 2019. Advisor: Assistant Professor Emily Pawley and This paper argues that among female adolescents, Photoshop leads...