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Journal of Femininities
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The first academic journal devoted to the study of femininities.

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My new article with James Messerschmidt just came out in @femininities.bsky.social building on Raewyn Connell's theorization of "emphasized femininity."

I'm including a link here and quoting the @socarxiv.bsky.social's bot sharing our preprint online as well.

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September 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Through three contemplative vignettes, Scott examines her experiences working in academia. Her article sheds light on the underlying femmephobia in academic workplaces. 

Read Scott’s work here: doi.org/10.1163/2950.... Read ✨FREE✨on Brill using the access code FEM4U. 📚
July 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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The US military enforces hyper-masculine ideals—but what happens to those who don’t fit the mold?

Bonnes explores how femmephobia and gender essentialism shape servicewomen’s experiences.

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July 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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July 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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What happens when girls read YA erotic romance? They build communities that challenge norms and claim sexual agency—through fiction.

Medrano-Gonzáles’ article examines publisher trends and girls’ own words to imagine femininity beyond the rules.

🔗 Read for ✨FREE✨ on Brill with code FEM4U.
July 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Femininity is for everyone and that’s why we strive to make our content as accessible as possible. Articles from the Journal of Femininities are available FOR FREE on Brill using the code FEM4U.
June 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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CALL FOR BOOK REVIEWERS

We’re seeking a reviewer for Beyond the Feminine: The Politics of Skin Colour and Gender in Visual Culture by Ope Lori.

Interested in reviewing this book? Email your CV to fem@uwaterloo.ca and indicate the book title.
May 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Harkin (2024) explores the evolution of the Pink PC—from Apple’s iconic G3 to today’s custom-built pastel gaming rigs. Once at the forefront of programming, women’s role in tech has been erased, but hyperfeminine PC builds challenge dominant narratives of technology as inherently masculine.
March 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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My new article with @klbresearch.bsky.social is out! Check out “Mind the (Feminine) Gap: Documenting Femmephobic Knowledge Production and the Masculinization
of Expertise”
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Mind the (Feminine) Gap: Documenting Femmephobic Knowledge Production and the Masculinization of Expertise Abstract The field of femininities has arguably existed for over six decades, but it was not until 2024 that a journal emerged as a home for scholarship in the field. In contrast, the field of masculinities has had a journal since 1998. Likely owing to the greater number of academic structures supporting the field, scholars produce masculinity research at a rate 2.77 times higher than femininity research, and they face negative career consequences when focusing their research on femininity or using methods deemed to be feminine. In this article, we explore the potential reasons for, and consequences of, this ‘feminine gap,’ with a focus on femmephobic processes of knowledge production and the masculinization of expertise. We then introduce the Journal of Femininities as a partial remedy to this gap through its aim to provide a home for femininities scholarship and a reexamination of the world through a feminine lens of inquiry.
November 21, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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🚨 FINAL CALL - Call for Papers: Special Issue on Digital Femininities – Journal of Femininities – ABSTRACT DUE NOVEMBER 20th 🚨 brill.com/fileasset/do...
November 15, 2024 at 8:07 PM