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Current theme: The body

Who gets to define the body?

From discipline and ageing to the internalised gaze, this issue follows the forces that watch, name and reclaim the body.

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Connections & Further Reading

Cover storyThe Substance
BooksThe Beauty MythNaomi WolfPapersVisual Pleasure and Narrative CinemaLaura MulveyPapersThrowing Like a Girl: A Phenomenology of Feminine Body Comportment Motility and SpatialityIris Marion YoungPapersFeminist Disability StudiesRosemarie Garland-ThomsonConceptMedia Representation CritiqueConceptBody Politics

Beyond the Cover

29 · Who gets to define the body?

BooksThe Beauty MythNaomi WolfFilmsCléo from 5 to 7ArticlesMoving Toward the UglyVideosstop denying women their autonomyPodcastsDecolonizing Sex

Books5

  1. Naked Feminism: Breaking the Cult of Female ModestyVictoria Bateman · 2023
  2. The Body Liberation Project: How Understanding Racism and Diet Culture Helps Cultivate Joy and Build Collective FreedomChrissy King · 2023
  3. Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged WomenVictoria Smith · 2023
  4. All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us about Women's Bodies and Why It Matters TodayElizabeth Comen · 2024
  5. Trans Bodies, Trans SelvesLaura Erickson-Schroth · 2022

Films4

  1. Real Women Have CurvesPatricia Cardoso · 2002
  2. HappeningAudrey Diwan · 2021
  3. Poor ThingsYorgos Lanthimos · 2023
  4. Are You There God? It's Me, MargaretKelly Fremon Craig · 2023

Articles4

  1. Forced Intimacy: An Ableist NormMia Mingus · 2017
  2. Changing the Framework: Disability JusticeMia Mingus · 2011
  3. Reproductive Rights in the Digital Surveillance Era: When Technology Becomes a Tool of OppressionElectronic Frontier Foundation & Privacy International · 2024
  4. The US War on Reproductive Rights Should Concern Women EverywhereMariam Khan · 2024

Videos3

  1. Woman: Global Women's Voices and ResilienceYann Arthus-Bertrand & Anastasia Mikova · 2019
  2. I'm Not Your Inspiration, Thank You Very MuchStella Young · 2014
  3. I Got 99 Problems... Palsy Is Just OneMaysoon Zayid · 2014

Podcasts3

  1. The Fat Feminist WitchPaige Vanderbeck · 2025
  2. Feminist WellnessVictoria Albina · 2025
  3. Masala Podcast: The South Asian feminist podcastSangeeta Pillai / Soul Sutras · 2025

Papers5

  1. Visual Pleasure and Narrative CinemaLaura Mulvey · 1975
  2. Throwing Like a Girl: A Phenomenology of Feminine Body Comportment Motility and SpatialityIris Marion Young · 1980
  3. Feminist Disability StudiesRosemarie Garland-Thomson · 2005
  4. Reproductive Justice as Intersectional Feminist ActivismLoretta J. Ross · 2017
  5. Toward a Feminist Theory of DisabilitySusan Wendell · 1989