When# MeToo exploded onto social media in October 2017, it dramatically ruptured public
consciousness in revealing the widespread nature of sexual harassment and violence …

The# MeToo movement created more opportunities for women to speak up about sexual
assault. But we are also living in a time when “fake news” and “alternative facts” call into …

Examining women's magazines and lifestyle coaching, the article explores how positivity
imperatives in contemporary culture call forth a happy, confident, hopeful, and vibrant …

This chapter questions why, in contemporary culture, involuntary celibacy is so narrowly
associated with white masculinity. To this end, it explores the hyper-visible figure of the white …

Gossiping has historically been constructed as a morally problematic and evil-natured
activity in ways that stigmatize and oppress the communicative activities of women. The …

This paper considers the rise of “reactionary feminism” within popular culture, suggesting a
possible departure from, or mutation of, the hegemony of neoliberal and postfeminisms of …

After the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October 2012,
the leader of the People's Republic of China, President Xi Jinping, delivered a series of …

Unruly Speech explores how Uyghurs in China and in the diaspora transgress sociopolitical
limits with" unruly" communication practices in a quest for change. Drawing on research in …

This qualitative textual analysis considers “voice” in a new sports media platform Just
Women's Sports. Using communicative injustice and collective voice as its theoretical …

In this article I argue that non-disclosure agreements represent the latest in a continuum of
tools used to silence women who seek justice in response to the misconduct of those in …