Gender

Designers rethink social boundaries with gender-neutral fashion

Paper

Stefan Immens

Anna Vasilenka

Tomlin Smits

Milo Miranda

12/09/2022

14 minutes to read

Society is in constant change adapting to what is happening in the global environment. The fashion industry is getting stronger every day because it has been adapting in unique ways to society such as gender-neutral fashion.

Code red: Rupi Kaur’s menstrual activism that invited online trolls

Article

Jessaline Tanjung

17/02/2023

12 minutes to read

This article breaks down Rupi Kaur's online menstrual activism. We see how menstrual activism evolved into online activism and discuss whether the negative comments and trolling Kaur experienced are inevitable consequences of activism.

What Greta Gerwig's Little Women (2019) tells us about injustice in Hollywood

Paper

Lola Vos

27/05/2022

15 minutes to read

The Academy Awards have long been criticized for their lack of diversity in their Oscars nominations. This research explores the consequences of the Academy’s Oscars nominations on Hollywood through a case study of Little Women (2019).

Being black and queer: TikTok analysis

Paper

Eline Klaessens

Xandra de Bilde

Mariët Zieleman

Ivy van Asperdt

18/05/2022

13 minutes to read

Black queer people have different experiences than White queer people. On TikTok, Black queer creators have made videos concerning three topics surrounding the black queer identity: representation, different gender norms and White privilege.

A white planetary symbol for Venus - used as a gender symbol for women - with a target on it.

Incel communities: an online renewal of the patriarchy

Paper

Jamie Demers

Joana von Borstel

Cosmina Grigorie

Kumbala Loko 🌶️🥵👌

25/03/2022

10 minutes to read

This paper is an exploration of the anti-feminism of the incel community through digital discourse analysis of incel forums.

Fairy Tales meet Girl Tales: a Feminist Children's Podcast

Interview

Katie Farmer

21/01/2022

Fairy Tales are reimgined and updated in the Girl Tales Podcast. This is an interview with podcast found and executive Producer Rebecca Cunningham and producer, writer, voice actor Tessa Flannery.

RuPaul Selling Out: Undermining the Diversity of Drag Culture

Article

Michelle Saris

Janne Dolk

Noortje Bisschop

03/05/2023

12 minutes to read

RuPaul's Drag Race brought lots of attention to drag outside of the drag community. This paper looks at how RuPaul's Drag Race takes its place in mainstream media.

Taylor Swift accepting Woman of the Decade award

Taylor Swift's “Fearless”: A feminist analysis

Article

Leonie Milder

20/01/2023

11 minutes to read

The life of the singer and songwriter, Taylor Swift, has been in the public eye for certain problematic issues over a decade. In this article, her personality and art are examined through the concepts of (cyber)sexism, stereotypes, and feminism.