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Fat feminism, often associated with "body-positivity", is a social movement that incorporates feminist themes of equality, social justice, and cultural analysis based on the weight of a woman or a non-binary feminine person. [1] This branch of feminism intersects misogyny and sexism with anti-fat bias.
Body positivity is "the mindset that everyone is worthy of love and a positive body image, regardless of how the media and society tries to define beauty or the ideal body type." [81] When individuals have a positive body image, they reduce the development of anxiety and depression. [82]
Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy is a peer-reviewed academic journal published quarterly by Cambridge University Press. As of January 2024, the journal is led by co-editors Katharine Jenkins, Aidan McGlynn, Simona Capisani, Aness Kim Webster, and Charlotte Knowles. Book reviews are published by Hypatia Reviews Online (HRO).
Sex Roles is a peer-reviewed scientific journal.It was first published in 1975 by Plenum Publishing and is currently published by Springer, Plenum's corporate heir.Articles appearing in Sex Roles are written from a feminist perspective, and topics span gender role socialization, gendered perceptions and behaviors, gender stereotypes, body image, violence against women, gender issues in ...
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Social Sciences Citation Index and Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences. [6] According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 0.214, ranking it 37th out of 40 journals in the category "Women's Studies".
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 5.580. [8] The journal exhibited unusual levels of self-citation and its 2019 journal impact factor was suspended from the Journal Citation Reports in 2020, a sanction which hit 34 journals in total.
Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers social work practices and feminist analysis of gender inequality.The editors-in-chief are Sara Goodkind (University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work), Mimi E. Kim (California State University, Long Beach), and Jennifer Zelnick (Touro University System).
Venus with a Mirror (1555) by Titian. Body image is a person's thoughts, feelings and perception of the aesthetics or sexual attractiveness of their own body. [1] [2] The concept of body image is used in several disciplines, including neuroscience, psychology, medicine, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, philosophy, cultural and feminist studies; the media also often uses the term.