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Research paper thumbnail of Affect, identity, and conceptualizations of feminism and feminists on the antifeminist r/MensRights subreddit

This thesis explores identity, affect, and discourses within the antifeminist r/MensRights commun... more This thesis explores identity, affect, and discourses within the antifeminist r/MensRights community. By focusing on the discursive and affective treatment of the 'feminist' within the men's rights movement, it identifies the ways in which the feminist movement is framed within men's rights discourses. Particular attention is paid to how members of the movement carefully construct a broad and highly skewed understanding of 'feminism' as a dangerous ideological force that can radicalize and corrupt those it comes in contact with. The thesis identifies the properties, roles and locations of feminists within the feminist movement, and in relation to the men's rights movement. By exploring the ways in which affective themes and utterances are made with reference to the men's rights movements conceptions of feminism and 'the feminist', it becomes possible to tease out the roles of these carefully constructed (mis)representations. This exploration t...

Research paper thumbnail of Book Review: Men’s Rights, Gender, and Social Media

Research paper thumbnail of ‘If i cannot have it, i will do everything i can to destroy it.' the canonization of Elliot Rodger: ‘Incel’ masculinities, secular sainthood, and justifications of ideological violence

Research paper thumbnail of Affect, identity, and conceptualizations of feminism and feminists on the antifeminist r/MensRights subreddit

This thesis explores identity, affect, and discourses within the antifeminist r/MensRights commun... more This thesis explores identity, affect, and discourses within the antifeminist r/MensRights community. By focusing on the discursive and affective treatment of the 'feminist' within the men's rights movement, it identifies the ways in which the feminist movement is framed within men's rights discourses. Particular attention is paid to how members of the movement carefully construct a broad and highly skewed understanding of 'feminism' as a dangerous ideological force that can radicalize and corrupt those it comes in contact with. The thesis identifies the properties, roles and locations of feminists within the feminist movement, and in relation to the men's rights movement. By exploring the ways in which affective themes and utterances are made with reference to the men's rights movements conceptions of feminism and 'the feminist', it becomes possible to tease out the roles of these carefully constructed (mis)representations. This exploration t...

Research paper thumbnail of Book Review: Men’s Rights, Gender, and Social Media

Research paper thumbnail of ‘If i cannot have it, i will do everything i can to destroy it.' the canonization of Elliot Rodger: ‘Incel’ masculinities, secular sainthood, and justifications of ideological violence

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