GENDER AND THE BODY

Volume 1, Issue 1
December 2004

Editorial

Editor’s Column: Gender and the Body, An American Perspective
by Lynda Hinkle

Articles

Tough and Tender, Buff and Brainy: A New Breed of Female Television Action Hero Blurs the Boundaries of Gender
by Diana Dominguez

Sluts, Ho’s and Circuit Boys: Gay Gossip in a Bar-Going Community in Tucson, Arizona
by Brian Adams-Theis

The Portrayal of PMS on Television Sitcoms
by Rhea Parsons

Masquerade, The Female Body in Postmodern Films
by Kathleen Barbara

The Shaping of the New Woman in The Rise of Silas Lapham
by Andrea Powell

(Dis)Locating the Male Body in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
by Yetta Howard

Portrait of a Lady and the Male Gaze
by Anna Phelan-Cox

Parodying Lesbiansim: Deconstruction in Djuna Barnes’s Ladies Almanack
by Susanne Hamscha

Reviews

DVD Review: The Films of Marjorie Sturm Volume 1
by Kerri Provost

Book Review: Cunt: A Declaration of Independence by Inga Muscio. Second Edition
by Alison Edwards

Art Review: Gender – Double Trouble and Transgression: Yasumasa Morimura’s appropriation of a desirable body
by Barbara Wagner

Writings
Staff Editorials

For Baby and Me: Tales of a Feminist Mother
by Alison Edwards

MP BLOG Featured Posts

Participating in the Sculptures of Sarah Sze

Guest blog writer Emily L. Newman holds a Ph.D. from The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and is currently Assistant Professor of Art History at Texas A&M University – Commerce. Often exploring the intersections between popular culture and art, her research focuses on the way contemporary artists have addressed female body image. Known [...]
Welcome, New Board Members!

Please join me in an extending a warm welcome to our new board members, Courtney McDermott, Katie Elson Anderson, and Jessica Gildersleeve! You can find out more about our new and existing board members on our About Us page.
New Women’s Media Center Guide Available

The Women’s Media Center’s Media Guide to Gender Neutral Coverage of Women Candidates + Politicians By Rachel Joy Larris and Rosalie Maggio is now freely available as a 29 page pdf. It is sponsored by Name It. Change It., a collaborative project of The Women’s Media Center and She Should Run. The guide gives suggestions [...]
Open Call for Papers: Fall 2012 Issue

MP: An Online Feminist Journal is seeking submissions for its fall issue. We seek scholarly articles, book reviews, and short essays that engage any aspect of feminism or feminist scholarship. Interdisciplinary and international submissions are highly encouraged. We recently have published essays about the body, the academy, religion, girls’ studies, work, activism, and agency. Maximum [...]
Seeking Blog Writers

MP: An Online Feminist Journal seeks contributions for our blog. Blog posts can address feminism(s), feminist issues, women’s issues, and / or gender issues grounded in any disciplinary and / or theoretical perspective. Writers can take any perspective so long as it is well argued and well written, and that information is cited where necessary. [...]