Essays about: "female body activists"

Found 4 essays containing the words female body activists.

  1. 1. Trust in Brand Activism: A look at self-love campaigns of beauty brands

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Ngoc Nguyen; [2022]
    Keywords : brand activism; brand trust; activism campaign; beauty brands; controlled communication; argument strength; activism activities; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In recent years, brand activism has been mentioned as a new evolution in corporate sociopolitical involvement. From the customers’ perspective, they expect brands to be more vocal and take a stance to tackle challenges. They do not want neutral brands anymore. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Underdogs Strike Back : Usage of socialmedia platforms by female body activists to resist stigmatization

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Cansu Elmadagli; [2016]
    Keywords : body activism; social media; disciplinary practices; stigma; online movements; resistance; body hair; body fat; female body activists; exposure;

    Abstract : This study explores what female body activists aim to achieve by initiating and carrying out their movements on social media platforms. It also explores how female body activists make use of social media in their favor to challenge normative ideals of femininity and resist stigmatization of female body fat and hair. READ MORE

  4. 3. Hembros : A thematized queer phenomenologic study on the lived experiences of trans-people in Quito-Ecuador

    University essay from Institutionen för genus, kultur och historia

    Author : Susana Romero; [2012]
    Keywords : Hembros; gender identity; Proyecto Transgenero; female masculinity; pathology; trans- sexuality; body;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to examine the narrated experiences of three Trans- masculine activists in relationship to the emergence of a new term "hembros" as a forum for diverse forms of gender expression and subjectivity. The present study is an attempt to examine gender expression from a nomadic subjective approach and a queer phenomenological theoretical framework. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Struggle for Independence: A Young Woman’s Coming of Age as National Allegory in Laṭīfa al-Zayyāt’s al-Bāb al-maftūḥ

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arabiska

    Author : Sandra Buijsse; [2010]
    Keywords : national allegory; modern Arabic literature; Egypt; feminism; Laṭīfah; Zayyat; The Open Door; arabisk litteratur; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Without question, Laṭīfa al-Zayyāt (1923-96), ranks among the most important Egyptian and Arab writers, critics, and activists of the 20th century. Published in 1960, her breakthrough novel al-Bāb al-maftūḥ [The Open Door] chronicles the emotional, psychological, and political growth of Layla, daughter of a conservative, Egyptian middle-class family. READ MORE