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‘Doris, You Bitch’: The Sexist and Gendered Ageist Discourses of Twitter Users Concerning a Female-Named UK Storm
Get PDFThis article contains the analysis of the sexist and gendered ageist language used by Twitter users when talking about a female-named storm, Storm Doris, which took place on 23rd February and 24th February 2017. As sexist language is becoming less overt and more indirect, it is important that research is undertaken to expose its modern use (Mills 2008). This study examines representational strategies and collocates of \u27old\u27 in relation to Cuddy and Fiske\u27s (2002) stereotyping scale, using corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis approach. It concludes that sexist and gendered ageist language is used in conjunction with Storm Doris and that the two discourses are deeply intertwined
The Loss of Identity Through Abuse in Toni Morrison’s Beloved.
Get PDFWhilst it is estimated that domestic violence can occur in one quarter of all marriages,[1] it can vary in form, perpetrator, and victim. This form of abuse is often wrongly perceived as purely violence from a man directed towards a woman, often his wife, or as any behaviour by a parent that results in injury to a child.[2] This is also the case in literature, including Toni Morrison’s Beloved. Often not the primary focus of novels, and not always occurring in the stereotypical sense of physical violence between man and woman, it often goes unnoticed or misunderstood, despite being vitally important to the plot of the texts. There is often a change in self that the characters undergo that is caused by the domestic oppression that they are battling. Throughout the course of the abuse, whether mental or physical, the oppressed loses sight of themselves and their true identity. Victims often change to resemble a person that the perpetrator wishes for them to become, just as Sethe’s identity is altered by Beloved. Only when the oppression is defeated, whether that be by fight or flight, can the victim’s identity be reclaimed. The exploration of the patterns of Beloved’s abuse of Sethe, in comparison to those of real domestic abuse reveals, shows how Sethe loses her identity.
[1] Olivia Salcido, ‘Immigrant Women and Domestic Violence: Common Experiences in Different Countries’, Gender and Society, 16.6 (2002), 898 – 920 <https://doi.org/10.1177/089124302237894> [31/10/17] (p. 899).
[2] James Garbarino, Understanding Abusive Families, (Lexington: D C Heath, 1980), p. 5
Ten authors who have two lives: Pseudonyms in literary culture and why we need them
No full textAn article identifying authors who have published texts under pseudonyms, and why they chose to do so. 
Exhibit B: A Look Back at the Anger
Get PDFBrett Bailey\u27s Exhibit B art show was protested and cancelled in 2014. 4 years later we look at the issues at play leading up to the closing of the Human Zoo
A Game of Their Own
Get PDFOne of the real success stories for women in the last 100 years is the way they have made their mark in sport; and no achievement is more compelling than in football, where women have forged an extraordinary path to become part of Britain’s social history
Zenith, by Sasha Alsberg and Lindsay Cummings
Get PDFA review of Zenith, a young adult Science-Fiction novel, that is a breath of fresh air for female fans of the genre
The Journey to Self-Stigma and its Impact on ‘Recovery’ in People Experiencing Mental Distress: Fighting Back with Stigma Resistance
Get PDFResearch into the recovery model of mental health is providing more evidence of how people who are experiencing mental distress can live a life that they can define as fulfilling. It offers alternatives to the dominant biomedical approach. Through PCS analysis it was argued that self-stigma filters down through structural means such as the Mental Health Act 1983 and psychiatric institutions. The media made up the cultural domain, with sensational headlines and poor representation of people who experience mental distress. This was then internalised by the personal experiencing mental distress.
Stigma resistance was then explored as an antidote to self-stigma and the processes preceding it. Evidence suggested macro changes to the way society views mental distress was necessary to facilitating recovery. Anti-stigma campaigning can raise awareness and give a voice to those who experience mental distress. A readdressing of the biopsychosocial model gave more weight to the psychological and social domains as evidenced in a case study. The lack of progress psychiatric medicine has made over the last fifty years was evident.
There was a plethora of evidence for micro changes to society. A conceptual framework was utilised to navigate through the evidence; empowerment, personal and social identities, and connectedness. The evidence for each domain provided further argument for the importance of the role social work can play in these recovery processes.
Critics of the recovery model suggest the term ‘recovery’ has been hijacked by policymakers. The conceptual framework was criticised for becoming too rigid. However, the counterargument that social work can remedy this by applying both art and science paradigms, maintaining creativity to supplement the rigour of evidence.
With social work values and ethics aligning with the idea of the recovery model, the argument was made that social workers are in the best position to support people in facilitating recovery
Editorial
Get PDFThis special issue of Literary Cultures explores questions of identity by engaging with literary texts from multiple locations and periods. Identity is difficult to define; for some, it might be a point of pride, something that’s preserved from generation to generation. For others, rebelling against conventions of identity is necessary and, even in liberal society, this is often a point of conflict. In contexts where communities or individuals face oppression, however, identity has further resonances. In cultures that have been stripped of autonomy, forced into diaspora or otherwise persecuted, identity can be seen as a vital resource, an anchor to a heritage unwillingly left behind. In contexts such as slavery and indentured labour, individuals and communities are separated forcibly from markers of their identity: language, culture, tradition