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#genderstudies

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Martine Mussies :verified:

So happy that my article "Mad mermaids vs. beauty standards: Examining the intersection of gender, sexuality, race, and dis/ability in online mermaid fan art (2010-2020)" was published in First Monday - one of the first openly accessible, peer–reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet. ^_^

Direct link: doi.org/10.5210/fm.v30i7.14230

#MermaidFanart #Academia
#academicmastodon #FanStudies
#DisabilityStudies #CulturalStudies
#GenderStudies #QueerMermaids
#RepresentationMatters

CGI

Unsere letzte Gender Lecture vor dem Sommer mit María do Mar Castro Varela hat den Hörsaal gefüllt.

Von einem historischen Rückblick zum Jubiläum der Bauernkriege, über intersektionale Analysen globaler Krisen bis zu feministisch-postkolonialen Zukunftsperspektiven gegen Gewalt und Ungerechtigkeit war bei unserer 88. #GenderLecture alles mit dabei.

#bauernkrieg#gender#genderstudies
Shared Future News

Valuing the civilian man: rethinking masculinity in transitional justice

“Not because masculine man equals bad, civilian man equals good, but because in valuing civilian masculinity we create options for men and we challenge those who profit from essentialised ideas of masculinity.”

Read our article by Myfanwy CARVILLE 👉 sharedfuture.news/valuing-the-

#SharedFuture#NorthernIreland#peacebuilding
Hacker News

The Gender Attractiveness Gap

biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20

bioRxiv · The Gender Attractiveness GapWriters from Darwin to Dawkins have noted that, in humans, women are considered the “beautiful sex,” whereas in most species, it is the males who display more elaborate and visually striking traits. This reversal of typical sex roles is a peculiarity of the human species and has been the focus of extensive theoretical debate. Yet, it has never been systematically examined or empirically verified. Here, we present a comprehensive cross-cultural meta-analysis of same-sex and opposite-sex ratings of facial attractiveness from around the globe. Our findings confirm the existence of a robust “Gender Attractiveness Gap” (GAP), with female faces rated significantly more attractive than male faces across rater genders, cultural backgrounds, and portrayed ethnicities. Notably, the effect is more pronounced among female than male raters, suggesting gender-specific modulation. We show that approximately two-thirds of the GAP is mediated by structural facial sex-typicality. However, this mediation is asymmetric: controlling for facial dimorphism substantially reduces the attractiveness of female—but not male—faces, indicating a specific aesthetic preference for structural femininity by both male and female raters. This suggests that attractiveness judgments are driven by general aesthetic evaluation processes that extend beyond heterosexual mate choice. We also observe a general tendency for greater stringency among male raters. Overall, these findings contribute to evolutionary psychology and social perception, offering new insights into mate selection theories and underscoring the importance of accounting for gender-specific and cultural influences in attractiveness judgments. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest.
#HackerNews#GenderAttractivenessGap#GenderStudies
entschwört.Berlin

"Wann immer der Faschismus droht, denunzieren seine Vertreter und Förderer Universitäten und Schulen als Quellen „marxistischer Indoktrination“, des klassischen Schreckgespenstes faschistischer Politik. In der Regel ohne jeglichen tatsächlichen Bezug zu Marx oder dem Marxismus; er dient lediglich als Mittel zur Verunglimpfung des Konzepts der Gleichheit."

blaetter.de/ausgabe/2024/oktob

www.blaetter.deDer Campus als Schlachtfeld | Blätter für deutsche und internationale PolitikTrumps Regierung hat der Wissenschaft den Krieg erklärt. Die Taktik, Institutionen anzugreifen, die für eine vernünftige und transparente Debatte eintreten, folgt einem gefährlichen Plan.
#rechtsextremismus#university#usa
BG · berlinergazette.de

Attacks on individual academics and universities are becoming increasingly frequent and unabashed. They are not only attacking so-called ‘woke’ subjects but also university autonomy. What can be done about this threat to ? berlinergazette.de/why-we-need

BG · berlinergazette.de · EN|DE · Why We Need to Resist Systematic Attacks on Socially Critical Research at Universities: The Case of Gender Studies · BG · berlinergazette.de · EN|DEThe independence of knowledge production is under pressure. In Germany and Austria, critical cultural analysis approaches, such as gender and postcolonial studies, are particularly affected. Advocating for equality and criticizing structurally entrenched monopolies of violence, these approaches provoke people across the political spectrum, from conservatives to neo-fascists. Attacks on individual academics and universities are becoming increasingly frequent and unabashed. In doing so, they are not only attacking so-called ‘woke’ subjects but also university autonomy. These worrying developments come on top of the already precarious employment conditions of most university staff and raise fears that critical spaces at universities will be shut down by the right in the future. Who will protect them? Katharina Seibert, Melanie Konrad, and Laura Katharina Mücke search for answers.
WerkstattGeschichte

Am »Herrentag« wünschen wir anregende Lektüre mit #WerkstattGeschichte 29/2001 »#Männer«. Der Thementeil bietet Beiträge zur historischen #Männlichkeitsforschung von den beiden Herausgebern Jürgen Martschukat & Olaf Stieglitz sowie von Maren Möring, Norbert Finzsch & Michaela Hampf:
➡ werkstattgeschichte.de/alle_au

@histodons @historikerinnen @genderhistory

#histodons#GenderHistory#GenderStudies
J.-J. Aumercier

Je suis ici en compagnie de @mtriclot pour une autoethnographie croisée autour du jeu The Operator. On explore la possibilité d'une éthique du play en repartant des exercices spirituels de Pierre Hadot.
Et dans un deuxième temps c'est Fanny Lignon qui étudie les stéréotypes de genre et leurs évolutions dans les jeux vidéo #gamestudies #genderstudies #ethics #philosophy #playstudies
youtube.com/watch?v=zkCGZogcvs

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ScienceOpen

The University of the West Indies Press is a not-for-profit scholarly publisher of books and journals particularly well known for its work in #CaribbeanHistory, #Caribbean cultural studies, Caribbean #Literature, #GenderStudies, #Education and #PoliticalScience: scienceopen.com/collection/UWI

ScienceOpenUniversity of the West Indies Press - Books<p>The University of the West Indies Press’s mission is to be the premier scholarly book publisher in the Caribbean, to enhance and encourage research and publication of Caribbean scholarship, to promote the global reputation of the University of the West Indies by empowering the scholarly community it serves, and to disseminate Caribbean scholarship to the world within a cost-effective environment.</p>
Julia

Save the date, Dress History friends, for another "At Home with C19th Dress and Textiles Reframed" online event on Sunday, May 25!

"This themed session focuses on the development of the chemisette, the male shirt and the blouse in relation to themes of innovation, consumption, manufacture and the historic display of classed and gendered bodies. All welcome!"

Speakers:
👕 Hilary Davidson - When is a Chemisette a Chemisette?
👕 John Finkelberg - Inventing Modern Masculinity and the White Shirt
👕 Suzanne Rowland - Unpacking the fashionable 'Edwardian' Blouse

Read more and register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/at-home-wit

#DressHistory #FashionHistory #TextileHistory #19thCentury #Edwardian #GenderStudies #History @historikerinnen @histodons

EventbriteAt Home with c19th Dress and Textiles Reframed - 25th May 2025 - 3.00pm BSTJoin us for this special themed session focusing on the development of the chemisette, the shirt and the blouse!
craige

The 2nd of this month's care package of #literaryLoot from @pmpress 🎉

All of Me: Stories of Love, Anger, and the Female Body:
"Through personal essays and interviews about what it is like to live as a woman (cis + trans) in this modern world—with all of our love, anger, complexities, and desires for justice [this book] includes vulnerable, painful truths and bold inspiration."

pmpress.org/index.php?l=produc

2/3

#genderStudies#biography#memoir
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