Strategic sisterhood and the girlfriend gaze: Representation of girlfriendship in the Chinese TV drama Ode to Joy

2011 ◽

pp. 126-152 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Amy Shields Dobson

Keyword(s):

Young Women ◽

Female Representation ◽

Self Presentation ◽

Family Ties ◽

Female Friendship ◽

Friendship Groups ◽

Political Implications ◽

Female Friendships ◽

And Performance ◽

Second Wave

This chapter examines the representation of female friendship on MySpace, based on a sample of 45 public MySpace profiles owned by young Australian women, aged between 18 and 21 years old. Two prominent constructions of female friendship on this social network site are outlined: firstly, female friendships as idealistically party-oriented, ‘wild’, and rowdy; and secondly, female friendships as close, loyal, and intimate — comparable in the depth of feeling and connection expressed to romantic partnerships or family ties. These idealised, performative constructions of female friendship, in the context of online self-presentation, also seem to rely on exclusivity, and opposition of selves and friendship groups to a feminised outsider/‘other’. Some of the political implications of such representation are discussed from a feminist perspective. I suggest some ways in which ideals and goals of female representation to emerge from second-wave feminist media and performance critique might be said to have actualised and failed to actualise in these online performances of friendship and identity created by young women.

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The "sell-out girl" in contemporary Hollywood cinema : training future generations of capitalist consumers

10.32920/ryerson.14647608.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Anne Elizabeth Dollack

Keyword(s):

Young Women ◽

Theoretical Foundation ◽

Future Generations ◽

Critical Examination ◽

Female Characters ◽

Gender Expectations ◽

Perfect Score ◽

Hollywood Cinema ◽

Teen Films ◽

Class Status

Contemporary Hollywood teen films are laden with ideological themes that advertise socially appropriate behaviours for young women. The following study, using a theoretical foundation in Marxism, presents a critical examination of the naturalized codes of consumerism, femininity, and adolescent subcultures found within the medium of film. The study of "alternative" female characters in Clueless (1995), 10 things I hate about you (1999), She's all that (1999), Ghost world (2001), Thirteen (2003), Mean girls(2004) and The perfect score (2004), reveals some of the hegemonic processes of capitalism that commodify potential forms of social opposition while reinforcing dominant norms about gender expectations, class status, and conspicuous consumption.

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The "sell-out girl" in contemporary Hollywood cinema : training future generations of capitalist consumers

10.32920/ryerson.14647608 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Anne Elizabeth Dollack

Keyword(s):

Young Women ◽

Theoretical Foundation ◽

Future Generations ◽

Critical Examination ◽

Female Characters ◽

Gender Expectations ◽

Perfect Score ◽

Hollywood Cinema ◽

Teen Films ◽

Class Status

Contemporary Hollywood teen films are laden with ideological themes that advertise socially appropriate behaviours for young women. The following study, using a theoretical foundation in Marxism, presents a critical examination of the naturalized codes of consumerism, femininity, and adolescent subcultures found within the medium of film. The study of "alternative" female characters in Clueless (1995), 10 things I hate about you (1999), She's all that (1999), Ghost world (2001), Thirteen (2003), Mean girls(2004) and The perfect score (2004), reveals some of the hegemonic processes of capitalism that commodify potential forms of social opposition while reinforcing dominant norms about gender expectations, class status, and conspicuous consumption.

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I resent society's irrational fear of sex: An intersectional inquiry into youth sexuality in two Indian states

Sexualities ◽

10.1177/1363460719876812 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 23 (7) ◽

pp. 1039-1059

Author(s):

Sunita Manian

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Sexual Health ◽

Young Women ◽

Sexual Pleasure ◽

Sexual Education ◽

Sexually Active ◽

Indian States ◽

Reproductive And Sexual Health ◽

Access Information ◽

Class Status

This research investigates attitudes about sex, sexuality and sexual pleasure, as well as awareness regarding reproductive and sexual health among Indian youth. The study takes place against the backdrop of a sea change in India in the last few decades brought about by economic liberalization, accompanied by rapid commercialization and consumerism. This has in turn been accompanied by changes in sexual mores especially among youth in India. Most of the young people I interviewed were either sexually active or would like to be sexually active, outside of the socially prescribed conjugal context. Some of the young men shared with great candor their immense frustration at being unable to find sexual pleasure with a partner. Others had the freedom to explore various aspects of their sexuality; however their sexual behavior was often dangerous because of their lack of knowledge about safe-sex. The experiences of young women were shaped both by their gender and their families' class status. The young people I interviewed, regardless of whether they were sexually active, had one thing in common—namely a profound ignorance about issues related to sex, sexuality and sexual health. Girls and young women in most cases were either denied sexual education or found their ability to access information about sex highly curtailed. However, the narratives presented in this article also problematize easy categorizations of India as being homophobic and intolerant of non-heteronormative sexualities.

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Severe Paradoxical Dysphonia in Two Young Women

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology ◽

10.1044/1058-0360.0203.52 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 52-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Michael Collins ◽

Robert McDonald ◽

Robert Stanley ◽

Timothy Donovan ◽

C. Frank Bonebrake

Keyword(s):

Young Women ◽

Theoretical Basis ◽

Therapeutic Regimen ◽

Instrumental Data ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

This report describes an unusual and persistent dysphonia in two young women who had taken a therapeutic regimen of isotretinoin for intractable acne. We report perceptual and instrumental data for their dysphonia, and pose a theoretical basis for the relationship of dysphonia to this drug. We also provide recommendations for reducing the risk of acquiring a dysphonia during the course of treatment with isotretinoin.

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What Do We Want Them To Be When They Grow Up?

Perspectives on Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood ◽

10.1044/hhdc20.1.27 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 27-31

Author(s):

Lyn Robertson

Keyword(s):

Hearing Loss ◽

Social Development ◽

Young Women ◽

Hearing Aids ◽

Test Scores ◽

Spoken Language ◽

Language Therapy ◽

Profound Hearing Loss ◽

Children With Hearing Loss ◽

Learning To Listen

Abstract Learning to listen and speak are well-established preludes for reading, writing, and succeeding in mainstream educational settings. Intangibles beyond the ubiquitous test scores that typically serve as markers for progress in children with hearing loss are embedded in descriptions of the educational and social development of four young women. All were diagnosed with severe-to-profound or profound hearing loss as toddlers, and all were fitted with hearing aids and given listening and spoken language therapy. Compiling stories across the life span provides insights into what we can be doing in the lives of young children with hearing loss.

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