• Feminism’s ‘Official Photographer:’ Bettye Lane, News Photography, and Contemporary Feminism, 1970-1990

    Carol L Quirke

    Feminism’s ‘Official Photographer:’ Bettye Lane, News Photography, and Contemporary Feminism, 1970-1990

  • Local Paper, International News: Feminist Print Cultures and Women’s Centres Newsletters in 1970s-1980s Belgium, France and Britain

    Marie Cabadi

    Local Paper, International News: Feminist Print Cultures and Women’s Centres Newsletters in 1970s-1980s Belgium, France and Britain

  • On Emancipation: Gender and National Narratives in Romanian Periodicals of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1904)

    Georgeta Fodor

    On Emancipation: Gender and National Narratives in Romanian Periodicals of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1904)

  • Literary Responses to the Woman Question: Exploring Women’s Writing in the Greek Magazine Elliniki Epitheorisis

    Matrona Paleou

    Literary Responses to the Woman Question: Exploring Women’s Writing in the Greek Magazine Elliniki Epitheorisis

  • The Personal, the Political, and the Publishing: The International Feminist Bookfairs, 1984 to 1994

    Gail Chester

    The Personal, the Political, and the Publishing: The International Feminist Bookfairs, 1984 to 1994

  • The Struggle for Swiss Women’s Suffrage in Times of Rising Anti-feminism

    Dominique Lysser, Pauline Milani

    The Struggle for Swiss Women’s Suffrage in Times of Rising Anti-feminism

  • ‘At Bulova, 75% of the workers are women’: Workers’ Strike and Neuchâtel’s Women’s Liberation Movement Put to the Test, 1976

    Anne-Valérie Zuber

    ‘At Bulova, 75% of the workers are women’: Workers’ Strike and Neuchâtel’s Women’s Liberation Movement Put to the Test, 1976

  • Title page & table of contents

    Louise Benson James

    Title page & table of contents

  • The Perception of Women Journalists and Feminism in Belgian Newspapers (1880-1950)

    Brecht Deseure, Florence Le Cam, Isabelle Gribomont

    The Perception of Women Journalists and Feminism in Belgian Newspapers (1880-1950)

  • Editorial - Feminism(s) in the Media: Public Outreach and Cultural Transformation

    Eloise Forestier, Anna Nordenstam

    Editorial - Feminism(s) in the Media: Public Outreach and Cultural Transformation

  • Editorial

    An Van Raemdonck, Louise Benson James, Chloé Janssen

    Editorial

  • Title Page and Table of Contents

    Chloé Janssen

    Title Page and Table of Contents

  • Empowering Inclusion through Self-Advocacy: Harnessing Language to Transform Stigma into Strength for Individuals With Physical Disabilities

    Cato Denissen

    Empowering Inclusion through Self-Advocacy: Harnessing Language to Transform Stigma into Strength for Individuals With Physical Disabilities

  • Literary Resistance in Contemporary Dalit Feminist Fiction: A Study of P. Sivakami’s The Grip of Change and Meena Kandasamy’s The Gypsy Goddess

    Sharanya Devasya Ganesh

    Literary Resistance in Contemporary Dalit Feminist Fiction: A Study of P. Sivakami’s The Grip of Change and Meena Kandasamy’s The Gypsy Goddess

  • 'There is Still Time' - Queer Discomfort in I Saw the TV Glow

    Jubilee Walker Finnegan

    'There is Still Time' - Queer Discomfort in I Saw the TV Glow

  • The Queer Experience: A Phenomenological Approach to Life Trajectories from the Perspective of Diversity and Gender

    Nestor David Polo-Rojas

    The Queer Experience: A Phenomenological Approach to Life Trajectories from the Perspective of Diversity and Gender

  • Exploring Postfeminist Humor as a Collective Form of Resistance to Anti-feminism in China: A Textual Analysis of Radical Feminist Discourse on Weibo

    Qi Wu

    Exploring Postfeminist Humor as a Collective Form of Resistance to Anti-feminism in China: A Textual Analysis of Radical Feminist Discourse on Weibo

  • Kimmerer, R. W. (2024). The Serviceberry. An Economy of Gifts and Abundance. London: Allen Lane. Review by Teun van Son

    Teun van Son

    Kimmerer, R. W. (2024). The Serviceberry. An Economy of Gifts and Abundance. London: Allen Lane. Review by Teun van Son

  • Lewis, B., Ali, A. and Russell, J. (2025). Mad Studies Reader: Interdisciplinary Innovations in Mental Health. New York: Routledge. Review by Lieve Carette and Liorah Hoek 

    Lieve Carette, Liorah Hoek

    Lewis, B., Ali, A. and Russell, J. (2025). Mad Studies Reader: Interdisciplinary Innovations in Mental Health. New York: Routledge. Review by Lieve Carette and Liorah Hoek 

  • Schulman, S. (2012). Israel/Palestine and the Queer International. Duke University Press. Review by Femke Beutels 

    Femke Beutels

    Schulman, S. (2012). Israel/Palestine and the Queer International. Duke University Press. Review by Femke Beutels 

  • Nishida, A. (2022). Just Care: Messy Entanglements of Disability, Dependence, and Desire. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. Review by Kaat Kenis

    Kaat Kenis

    Nishida, A. (2022). Just Care: Messy Entanglements of Disability, Dependence, and Desire. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. Review by Kaat Kenis

  • Hedva. J. (2025). How To Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom. New York: Hellman Grad Books. Review by Josefien Cornette

    Josefien Cornette

    Hedva. J. (2025). How To Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom. New York: Hellman Grad Books. Review by Josefien Cornette

  • Bogaert, K. (2023). In het Spoor van Fanon: Orde, Wanorde, Dekolonisering. Berchem: Uitgeverij EPO. Review by Jemma Vercruysse

    Jemma Vercruysse

    Bogaert, K. (2023). In het Spoor van Fanon: Orde, Wanorde, Dekolonisering. Berchem: Uitgeverij EPO. Review by Jemma Vercruysse

  • Martínez, M-A. (2018). Storyworld Possible Selves. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. Review by Jante Borremans

    Jante Borremans

    Martínez, M-A. (2018). Storyworld Possible Selves. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. Review by Jante Borremans

  • Smilges, J. L. (2022). Queer Silence: On Disability and Rhetorical Absence. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Review by David Lombard

    David Lombard

    Smilges, J. L. (2022). Queer Silence: On Disability and Rhetorical Absence. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Review by David Lombard

  • Editorial - Paradoxes in the Far Right’s gender and sexuality politics: Nationalism, Islamophobia and multiple positionings on gender

    An Van Raemdonck, Katja Kahlina, Aleksandra Sygnowska

    Editorial - Paradoxes in the Far Right’s gender and sexuality politics: Nationalism, Islamophobia and multiple positionings on gender

  • Resistant vulnerability: Voices of feminist dissent from the Panjabi minority in Italy

    Sara Ahimsa Bonfanti

    Resistant vulnerability: Voices of feminist dissent from the Panjabi minority in Italy

  • The brotherhood of hate: Hyper-masculinity, same-sex desire and far-right identity in Brotherhood

    Paris Cameron-Gardos

    The brotherhood of hate: Hyper-masculinity, same-sex desire and far-right identity in Brotherhood

  • ‘Where are the equal rights?’ Far-right women challenging gender equality and human rights in Greece

    Marianthi Anastasiadou, Jasmine Samara

    ‘Where are the equal rights?’ Far-right women challenging gender equality and human rights in Greece

  • Women and nationalism in Poland: Defending the dignity of Polish women

    Aleksandra Sygnowska

    Women and nationalism in Poland: Defending the dignity of Polish women

  • Ageivism Roundtable

    Katrien De Graeve, Anja Meulenbelt, Ryan Backer, Sara De Vuyst, Katrien Jacobs, Aagje Swinnen

    Ageivism Roundtable

  • Beyond burnout culture? Artistic imaginations of care (crisis) in Barbara Raes' Zon dag kind and Els Dietvorst's Field Guide

    Sarah De Mul

    Beyond burnout culture? Artistic imaginations of care (crisis) in Barbara Raes' Zon dag kind and Els Dietvorst's Field Guide

  • Home and belonging: African women in 'crisis' Greece

    Viki Zaphiriou-Zarifi

    Home and belonging: African women in 'crisis' Greece

  • Sex and desire on the dancefloor: A queer post-structuralist approach on reclaiming erotic dances

    Nina Poels, Carine Plancke

    Sex and desire on the dancefloor: A queer post-structuralist approach on reclaiming erotic dances

  • Trans persons on trans representations in popular media culture: A reception study

    Hanne Van Haelter, Frederik Dhaenens, Sofie Van Bauwel

    Trans persons on trans representations in popular media culture: A reception study

  • Allies, access and (collective) action: Young refugee women’s navigation of gendered educational constraints in Greece

    Lucy Hunt

    Allies, access and (collective) action: Young refugee women’s navigation of gendered educational constraints in Greece

  • Negotiating two worlds: An exploration of Moroccan Belgian youths’ lived experience of gender identity

    Hanne Dewinter, Hanne Dehertog, Lucia De Haene

    Negotiating two worlds: An exploration of Moroccan Belgian youths’ lived experience of gender identity

  • Queer asylum seekers in Belgium: Navigating reception centers

    Anna Ropianyk, Serena D’Agostino

    Queer asylum seekers in Belgium: Navigating reception centers

  • Gendered aspects of distress migration: Taking note of Rohingya voices

    Vasileia Digidiki, Jacqueline Bhabha

    Gendered aspects of distress migration: Taking note of Rohingya voices

  • Editorial: Studying diversity and gender in times of Corona

    Florian Vanlee, Mieke Vandenbroucke, Tina Goethals

    Editorial: Studying diversity and gender in times of Corona

  • Language attitudes towards Serbian Sign Language and experiences with deaf education in Serbia

    Dragana Raicevic Bajic, Gordana Nikolic, Mihailo Gordic, Kimberley Mouvet, Mieke Van Herreweghe

    Language attitudes towards Serbian Sign Language and experiences with deaf education in Serbia

  • Superheroines and superstereotypes? Queer postfeminism, intersectionality and female superheroes in Supergirl

    Maxine De Wulf Helskens, Frederik Dhaenens, Sarah Van Leuven

    Superheroines and superstereotypes? Queer postfeminism, intersectionality and female superheroes in Supergirl

  • ‘The Great Replacement’: Reproduction and Population Policies of the Far Right, Taking the Identitarians as an Example

    Judith Goetz

    ‘The Great Replacement’: Reproduction and Population Policies of the Far Right, Taking the Identitarians as an Example

  • The visual digital self: A discourse theoretical analysis of young people’s negotiations on gender, reputation and sexual morality online

    Burcu Korkmazer, Sander De Ridder, Sofie Van Bauwel

    The visual digital self: A discourse theoretical analysis of young people’s negotiations on gender, reputation and sexual morality online

  • The populist far-right and the intersection of antiimmigration and antifeminist agendas: the Portuguese case

    Rita Santos, Sílvia Roque

    The populist far-right and the intersection of antiimmigration and antifeminist agendas: the Portuguese case

  • Breaking the cycle: Solidarity with care-leaver mothers

    Jenny Krutzinna

    Breaking the cycle: Solidarity with care-leaver mothers

  • Constructs and contradictions of mothering identities as experienced by new mothers in the postnatal period in a contemporary urban setting

    Mavis Machirori

    Constructs and contradictions of mothering identities as experienced by new mothers in the postnatal period in a contemporary urban setting

  • Editorial - Parenthood: Norms and experiences

    Seppe Segers, Giulia Cavaliere

    Editorial - Parenthood: Norms and experiences

  • “My emotions on the backseat”. Heterosexually partnered men’s experiences of becoming fathers through surrogacy

    Christina Weis, Wendy Norton

    “My emotions on the backseat”. Heterosexually partnered men’s experiences of becoming fathers through surrogacy

  • Parenthood and the concept of the biological tie

    Hane Maung

    Parenthood and the concept of the biological tie

  • Unseen? A qualitative study on how mothers and fathers living with a visual impairment experience parenthood

    Jentel Van Havermaet, Elisabeth De Schauwer, Geert Van Hove

    Unseen? A qualitative study on how mothers and fathers living with a visual impairment experience parenthood

  • A visitor in your house? Letters about non/normative family lives from sisters becoming mothers

    Marieke Vandecasteele, Ted Oonk, Elisabeth De Schauwer, Geert Van Hove

    A visitor in your house? Letters about non/normative family lives from sisters becoming mothers

  • Integrating intersectionality into autonomy: Reflections on feminist bioethics and egg freezing

    Michiel De Proost

    Integrating intersectionality into autonomy: Reflections on feminist bioethics and egg freezing

  • Beyond Persecution: Exploring Alternative Refugee Narratives in Jenny Erpenbeck

    Jessy Carton

    Beyond Persecution: Exploring Alternative Refugee Narratives in Jenny Erpenbeck

  • ‘Deviant’ or the consequence of social evolution? Discourses of intentional ‘multiple parenthood practices’ in the Dutch and the Flemish press

    Nola Cammu

    ‘Deviant’ or the consequence of social evolution? Discourses of intentional ‘multiple parenthood practices’ in the Dutch and the Flemish press

  • LGBT+ televisibility in Flanders: The presence of sexual and gender diversity in Flemish television fiction (2001-2016)

    Florian Vanlee, Frederik Dhaenens, Sofie Van Bauwel

    LGBT+ televisibility in Flanders: The presence of sexual and gender diversity in Flemish television fiction (2001-2016)

Volume 12 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Feminism(s) in the Media: Public Outreach and Cultural Transformation

Autumn 2025 Special Issue of DiGeSt: Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies

Editors: Eloise Forestier (Guest Editor), Anna Nordenstam (Guest Editor)

Front Matter

Title page & table of contents

  • Louise Benson James

Volume 12 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Feminism(s) in the Media: Public Outreach and Cultural Transformation

Editorial - Feminism(s) in the Media: Public Outreach and Cultural Transformation

  • Eloise Forestier
  • Anna Nordenstam

Volume 12 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Feminism(s) in the Media: Public Outreach and Cultural Transformation • 1-4

Articles

On Emancipation: Gender and National Narratives in Romanian Periodicals of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1904)

  • Georgeta Fodor

Volume 12 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Feminism(s) in the Media: Public Outreach and Cultural Transformation • 5-25

Literary Responses to the Woman Question: Exploring Women’s Writing in the Greek Magazine Elliniki Epitheorisis

  • Matrona Paleou

Volume 12 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Feminism(s) in the Media: Public Outreach and Cultural Transformation • 26-44

The Perception of Women Journalists and Feminism in Belgian Newspapers (1880-1950)

  • Brecht Deseure
  • Florence Le Cam
  • Isabelle Gribomont

Volume 12 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Feminism(s) in the Media: Public Outreach and Cultural Transformation • 45-67

Local Paper, International News: Feminist Print Cultures and Women’s Centres Newsletters in 1970s-1980s Belgium, France and Britain

  • Marie Cabadi

Volume 12 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Feminism(s) in the Media: Public Outreach and Cultural Transformation • 68-84

Feminism’s ‘Official Photographer:’ Bettye Lane, News Photography, and Contemporary Feminism, 1970-1990

  • Carol L Quirke

Volume 12 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Feminism(s) in the Media: Public Outreach and Cultural Transformation • 85-106

The Struggle for Swiss Women’s Suffrage in Times of Rising Anti-feminism

  • Dominique Lysser
  • Pauline Milani

Volume 12 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Feminism(s) in the Media: Public Outreach and Cultural Transformation • 107-124

‘At Bulova, 75% of the workers are women’: Workers’ Strike and Neuchâtel’s Women’s Liberation Movement Put to the Test, 1976

  • Anne-Valérie Zuber

Volume 12 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Feminism(s) in the Media: Public Outreach and Cultural Transformation • 125-137

The Personal, the Political, and the Publishing: The International Feminist Bookfairs, 1984 to 1994

  • Gail Chester

Volume 12 • Issue 2 • 2025 • Feminism(s) in the Media: Public Outreach and Cultural Transformation • 138-154

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