in rural Washington. The testimonios were shared in the aftermath of a 6-month campaign (October 2017–March 2018) for the DREAM Act. The purpose of a testimonio is to tell stories of oppression through a particular individual who bears witness
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“Because There Are Young Women Behind Me”
Learning from the Testimonios of Young Undocumented Women Advocates
Carolina Silva
In Girlhood Studies
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- 01 Jun 2020
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- Research Article
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- 69–85 (17 total)
The Saint Mary's Rape Chant
A Discourse Analysis of Media Coverage
Lyndsay Anderson and Marnina Gonick
of rape culture, in the aftermath of the chant, much of the concern and outrage in the media seemed to suggest we were witnessing something that emerged from nowhere. The media was reproducing what Red Chidgey (2018) calls “organized forgetting
In Girlhood Studies
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2021
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 52–67 (16 total)
Enacting inclusivity in the preparation of emerging scholars
A response to programme reform in higher education
Saran Stewart, Chayla Haynes, and Kristin Deal
days but with the hope for brighter ones to follow. It is thus a time of anticipation, of living in the paradox of ‘now and not yet’. Of learning to find joy in the realized justices, mercies, and changes that we have witnessed and can look back on to
In Learning and Teaching
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- 01 Mar 2020
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- Research Article
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- 24–41 (18 total)
Riding alone on the elevator
A class experiment in interdisciplinary education
Anna M. Frank, Rebecca Froese, Barbara C. Hof, Maike I. E. Scheffold, Felix Schreyer, Mathias Zeller, and Simone Rödder
not to talk to strangers’ (Maike Scheffold). The unusual situation established a collective, similar to witnesses of a car accident or fire. This collective usually included the observer. After overcoming an initial hesitation, the observers mostly
In Learning and Teaching
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- 01 Dec 2017
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- Research Article
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- 1–19 (19 total)
(Para)normalizing Rape Culture
Possession as Rape in Young Adult Paranormal Romance
Annika Herb
narrative intimacy and recognition of problematic tropes, she may dismantle the eroticized violence of possession, bearing witness to the victim's trauma and resisting narratives of romanticization and normalization. In reading Malkin's and Fitzpatrick
In Girlhood Studies
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- 01 Mar 2021
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 68–84 (17 total)
Shailendra Kumar Singh
. 2018 . “ India Witnesses One of the Highest Female Infanticide Incidents in the World: Study .” Down to Earth , 19 September . Finkelhor , David , and Kersti Yllo . 1985 . License to Rape: Sexual Abuse of Wives . New York : The Free
In Girlhood Studies
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- 01 Dec 2021
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 55–71 (17 total)
Katie Scott Newhouse
Educational Programs .” (EdD diss., Teachers College, Columbia University , 2020 .) https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-bfky-7s66 Pillow , Wanda S. 2019 . “ Epistemic Witnessing: Theoretical Responsibilities, Decolonial Attitude and Lenticular Futures
In Girlhood Studies
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2022
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 71–88 (18 total)
“Dreamland”
Black Girls Saying and Creating Space through Fantasy Worlds
S.R. Toliver
on police brutality and social justice. I say their names to bear witness to joys, dreams, and hopes dashed by a bullet. I say their names to negate stereotypes that situate Black female bodies as monstrous and deserving of death at the hands of
In Girlhood Studies
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2022
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 17–33 (17 total)
Sexual Abuse of Girls in Post-Revolutionary Mexico
Between Legitimation and Punishment
Susana Sosenski
witnessed, every day, the conduct and impunity of agents who were, in theory, supposed to protect the public. They also saw how judges sent most abusers back home, even if this brought them closer to their victims. Newspapers carried stories of police
In Girlhood Studies
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- 01 Mar 2021
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 36–51 (16 total)
“Stumbling Upon Feminism”
Teenage Girls’ Forays into Digital and School-Based Feminisms
Crystal Kim and Jessica Ringrose
”). The hashtag offers a connective way to plug into a wider discussion and try out body confidence online, with humor and irony about sexy selfies. We witness a vibrant micro-community space in which girls’ selfie culture is not reducible to feminine
In Girlhood Studies
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2018
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- Research Article
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- 46–62 (17 total)