Emma Cowley
Biographic Data
| ID | 11185174 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emma Cowley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emma |
| FAMILY NAME | Cowley |
| SIGNATURE | COWLEY E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Northampton |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Reactionary aesthetics and the politics of dark femininity
In recent years, feminist politics have faced a renewed reactionary backlash. Drawing on Jilly Boyce Kay's articulation of the ‘femosphere’ and Asa Seresin's ‘heteropessimism’ as key theoretical frameworks, we explore how women in the femosphere advance reactionary politics by promoting bioessentialism, political fatalism, and neoliberal ideology. To do so, we explore the contours of ‘dark femininity,’ a digital feminine aesthetic blending femme-…
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Reactionary aesthetics and the politics of dark femininity
In recent years, feminist politics have faced a renewed reactionary backlash. Drawing on Jilly Boyce Kay's articulation of the ‘femosphere’ and Asa Seresin's ‘heteropessimism’ as key theoretical frameworks, we explore how women in the femosphere advance reactionary politics by promoting bioessentialism, political fatalism, and neoliberal ideology. To do so, we explore the contours of ‘dark femininity,’ a digital feminine aesthetic blending femme-…
Feminist Theory and Gender Studies (1 work) · Gender and Feminist Studies (1 work) · gender regulation (1 work) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (1 work) · heterosexual couples (1 work) · Instagram influencers (1 work) · manosphere (1 work) · neoliberal ideology (1 work)