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The Power of Qing : The Guardian Web Series and Queer Worldmaking in Chinese Danmei “清”的力量:《卫报》网络系列与中国“酷儿世界”的建构

Women's Studies in Communication Pub Date : 2023-10-27 DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2023.2261190

Wei Luo

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Dobbs , Reproductive Justice, and the Promise of Decolonial and Black Trans Feminisms 多布斯，生殖正义，以及非殖民化和黑人跨性别女权主义的承诺

Women's Studies in Communication Pub Date : 2023-10-26 DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2023.2264144

Shui-yin Sharon Yam, Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz

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Thingified Flesh: A Womanist Approach to De/Colonial Reproductive Politics and Research 物化的肉体:一个女性主义的方法去/殖民生殖政治和研究

Women's Studies in Communication Pub Date : 2023-10-24 DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2023.2264138

Lisa B. Y. Calvente

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Can You Tell by Looking at Me? 你看着我就知道吗?

Women's Studies in Communication Pub Date : 2023-10-24 DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2023.2264140

Billy Huff

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Crafting a Critical Pedagogical Landscape in a Post- Roe Dystopia 在后罗伊案反乌托邦中打造批判性教学景观

Women's Studies in Communication Pub Date : 2023-10-24 DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2023.2264149

Elise Higgins, Meggie Mapes, Lore/tta LeMaster

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After Roe : Teaching and Researching Reproductive Justice 罗伊案之后:生殖正义的教学与研究

Women's Studies in Communication Pub Date : 2023-10-19 DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2023.2264134

Lore/tta LeMaster

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Singled Out and Mocked: Intersection of (Hetero)Sexism and Ableism and Mobilization of Anti-Discourses in Online Hatred towards Hypervisibilized Youth Activists 挑选和嘲笑:(异性恋)性别歧视和残疾歧视的交集，以及网络仇恨中对过度可见的青年活动家的反话语动员

Women's Studies in Communication Pub Date : 2023-10-19 DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2023.2258862

Lenka Vochocová

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Care and Constraints in the Climate Crisis: An Intersectional Rhetorical Analysis of News Comments about the El Dorado Fire 气候危机中的关怀与约束:对埃尔多拉多火灾新闻评论的交叉修辞分析

Women's Studies in Communication Pub Date : 2023-10-10 DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2023.2259844

Emma Frances Bloomfield, Rebecca M. Rice

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