Review: Saeidzadeh, Zara. 2020. Trans and Sex Change in Contemporary Iran: A Socio-Legal Study of Gendered Policies and Practices. PhD diss. Örebro University: Centre for Feminist Social Studies. (159 pages)
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This article draws on content analysis method research (n = 78) that looks at a specific subset of fan fiction: anonymous kink meme communities where mostly women request and write erotic or pornographic fan texts. Reporting on an online survey, this article discusses what kind of role kink meme communities play in the lives of the respondents, how kink meme stories are situated in the larger framework of pornography, and how the respondents view the stories that incorporate unsettling or taboo subjects, such as sexual abuse of children, rape, or incest. This article views kink meme communities as a special subset of fan fic- tion, and in the article kink meme writing is compared to other forms of female- centric erotica or pornography. The article outlines how kink meme communities, like many other female-centric online communities, can function as places where women and gender minorities can write erotic material that better resonates with them and discuss and explore their sexualities and sexual preferences. Kink meme communities are also shown to utilise queer female writing practices in how they discuss and broaden the cultural view on female sexuality and women’s enjoyment of pornographic material. In addition to this, kink memes are also shown to function as literary communities where some fans can practise their writing.
{"title":"\"Fandom's Pornographic Subset\"","authors":"Silja Kukka","doi":"10.34041/ln.v26.721","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34041/ln.v26.721","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 \u0000 \u0000This article draws on content analysis method research (n = 78) that looks at a specific subset of fan fiction: anonymous kink meme communities where mostly women request and write erotic or pornographic fan texts. Reporting on an online survey, this article discusses what kind of role kink meme communities play in the lives of the respondents, how kink meme stories are situated in the larger framework of pornography, and how the respondents view the stories that incorporate unsettling or taboo subjects, such as sexual abuse of children, rape, or incest. This article views kink meme communities as a special subset of fan fic- tion, and in the article kink meme writing is compared to other forms of female- centric erotica or pornography. The article outlines how kink meme communities, like many other female-centric online communities, can function as places where women and gender minorities can write erotic material that better resonates \u0000with them and discuss and explore their sexualities and sexual preferences. Kink meme communities are also shown to utilise queer female writing practices in how they discuss and broaden the cultural view on female sexuality and women’s enjoyment of pornographic material. In addition to this, kink memes are also shown to function as literary communities where some fans can practise their writing. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000","PeriodicalId":33274,"journal":{"name":"Lambda Nordica","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74651595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Recension av Forsell, Linda, red. 2019. Girling together: A dialogue. Ett samverkansprojekt mellan scenkonstnärer och flickforskare om flickan i kulturen. Malmö: Universus Academic Press. (116 sidor)
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Recension av Karlsson Mery, Mikael. 2020. ”Gå eller rulla – alla vill knulla!”: Funk- tionsrättsaktivism i nyliberala landskap. Avhandling. Lund: Arkiv Förlag. (375 sidor)
{"title":"Normer snarare än kärlek och sex","authors":"Cathrin Wasshede","doi":"10.34041/ln.v26.728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34041/ln.v26.728","url":null,"abstract":"Recension av Karlsson Mery, Mikael. 2020. ”Gå eller rulla – alla vill knulla!”: Funk- tionsrättsaktivism i nyliberala landskap. Avhandling. Lund: Arkiv Förlag. (375 sidor)","PeriodicalId":33274,"journal":{"name":"Lambda Nordica","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82180823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Recension av Gunn, Olivia Noble. 2020. Empty Nurseries, Queer Occupants: Reproduction and the Future in Ibsen’s Late Plays. New York & London: Routledge. (193 sider)
{"title":"Tomromma i titteskåpet","authors":"Per Esben Myren-Svelstad","doi":"10.34041/ln.v26.725","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34041/ln.v26.725","url":null,"abstract":"Recension av Gunn, Olivia Noble. 2020. Empty Nurseries, Queer Occupants: Reproduction and the Future in Ibsen’s Late Plays. New York & London: Routledge. (193 sider)","PeriodicalId":33274,"journal":{"name":"Lambda Nordica","volume":"35 16","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72373002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
På såväl ungdomsmottagningar som inom den gynekologiska vården används begreppet samlagssmärta på ett självklart sätt för att klassificera smärtor i underlivet. Samlagssmärta som begrepp beskriver smärtor i slidmynningen som försvårar vaginalsamlag eftersom de sitter där en penis ska passera vid hetero- sexuellt sex. Genom begreppet samlagssmärta sätts vaginalsamlaget i centrum för den diskurs som formas om smärtorna i underlivet. Därutöver innebär den heteronormativa bilden av sex som likställt med vaginalsamlag att personer med vulvasmärtor som har lesbiskt eller queert sex, eller som lever asexuellt, osynlig- görs. Personalen på ungdomsmottagningarna har formell expertmakt i hur de definierar, kategoriserar och förklarar vulvasmärtor. Därmed är det intressant att analysera hur begreppet samlagssmärta och dess konnotationer är verksamma i personalens arbete med dem som lider av vulvasmärtor. I den här artikeln analyserar jag hur personal på ungdomsmottagningar talar om samlagssmärta och hur de därigenom formar en diskurs som bygger på sam- manlänkningar av unga kvinnor, vulvasmärtor och sexuell praktik. Genom teorier om heteronormativitet, samlagsimperativ och expertmakt visar jag på hur vaginal- samlaget blir det nav som smärtan i underlivet kategoriseras och förklaras utifrån. Diskursen om samlagsmärta diskuteras främst med utgångspunkt i hur barnmor- skor, kuratorer och gynekologer på ungdomsmottagningar i sin roll som experter använder begreppet, men även utifrån hur den formats historiskt och medicinskt. Artikeln innehåller också material ur ett tidigare projekt om dem som är drab- bade av vulvasmärtor, men detta material står inte i centrum för analysen.
{"title":"Vaginalsamlagets självklarhet","authors":"Renita Sörensdotter","doi":"10.34041/ln.v26.722","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34041/ln.v26.722","url":null,"abstract":"På såväl ungdomsmottagningar som inom den gynekologiska vården används begreppet samlagssmärta på ett självklart sätt för att klassificera smärtor i underlivet. Samlagssmärta som begrepp beskriver smärtor i slidmynningen som försvårar vaginalsamlag eftersom de sitter där en penis ska passera vid hetero- sexuellt sex. Genom begreppet samlagssmärta sätts vaginalsamlaget i centrum för den diskurs som formas om smärtorna i underlivet. Därutöver innebär den heteronormativa bilden av sex som likställt med vaginalsamlag att personer med vulvasmärtor som har lesbiskt eller queert sex, eller som lever asexuellt, osynlig- görs. Personalen på ungdomsmottagningarna har formell expertmakt i hur de definierar, kategoriserar och förklarar vulvasmärtor. Därmed är det intressant att analysera hur begreppet samlagssmärta och dess konnotationer är verksamma i personalens arbete med dem som lider av vulvasmärtor. I den här artikeln analyserar jag hur personal på ungdomsmottagningar talar om samlagssmärta och hur de därigenom formar en diskurs som bygger på sam- manlänkningar av unga kvinnor, vulvasmärtor och sexuell praktik. Genom teorier om heteronormativitet, samlagsimperativ och expertmakt visar jag på hur vaginal- samlaget blir det nav som smärtan i underlivet kategoriseras och förklaras utifrån. Diskursen om samlagsmärta diskuteras främst med utgångspunkt i hur barnmor- skor, kuratorer och gynekologer på ungdomsmottagningar i sin roll som experter använder begreppet, men även utifrån hur den formats historiskt och medicinskt. Artikeln innehåller också material ur ett tidigare projekt om dem som är drab- bade av vulvasmärtor, men detta material står inte i centrum för analysen.","PeriodicalId":33274,"journal":{"name":"Lambda Nordica","volume":"80 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90841654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Recension av Boyce, Paul, Gonzalez-Polledo E. J. och Posocco, Silvia (red.). 2020. Queering Knowledge: Analytics, Devices and Investments after Marilyn Strathern. London och New York: Routledge. (208 sidor)
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EN AV DE starkaste förkämparna för homosexuellas rättvisa plats inom Svenska kyrkan har gått bort i sviterna av covid-19: Anna Mohr, tidigare ordförande 1980-85 för EKHO, ekumeniska grupperna för kristna hbtq-personer.
{"title":"In memoriam","authors":"Göran Söderström","doi":"10.34041/ln.v25.679","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34041/ln.v25.679","url":null,"abstract":"EN AV DE starkaste förkämparna för homosexuellas rättvisa plats inom Svenska kyrkan har gått bort i sviterna av covid-19: Anna Mohr, tidigare ordförande 1980-85 för EKHO, ekumeniska grupperna för kristna hbtq-personer.","PeriodicalId":33274,"journal":{"name":"Lambda Nordica","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89529884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}