Laura Jane Bower
Biographic Data
| ID | 1250713 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Jane Bower |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura Jane |
| FAMILY NAME | Bower |
| SIGNATURE | BOWER L J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1496-210X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Shifting the Focus Towards “Tradhusbands
Scholarship has seen recent growth in the study of the tradwife movement, yet the “tradhusband” has received almost no mention. Although tradhusbands rarely appear in tradwives’ content, when they do, they are only seen through the gaze of the tradwife. The tradhusband plays an integral but largely invisible role in facilitating the more visible figure of the tradwife. Adopting a postmodern and Black feminist lens, this theoretical article argues…
What does the tradwife movement have to do with superheroes? A review of the depiction of the tradwife movement in Gen V
What does the tradwife movement have to do with superheroes? The latest season of the satirical comedy show Gen V tackles this head on in Episode 2. The character, Modesty Monarch, is emblematic of the growing interest in the tradwife movement in social media. The show effectively captures the tension between housewives and feminists in the postfeminist, digital age, particularly regarding the tradwife movement’s perpetuation of traditional gende…
A Day in the Life of a Rubbish Feminist
Is ‘Victim-Survivor’ Our Imperfect Alternative to Describing People with Lived Experience of Sexual Violence? A Feminist Symbolic Interactionist Analysis, Considering How Ethnicity, Gender, and Disabi…
Feminist violence and abuse literature is caught in the grips of a debate surrounding the most appropriate language to describe people with lived experiences of sexual violence. This article offers a theoretical tracing of the history of the normative framings of "victim" and "survivor," and the emerging alternative "victim-survivor," through a symbolic interactionist lens. Given that both "victim" and "survivor" labels hold distinct disadvantage…
The thorn in feminism's side
Tradwives have been the thorn in feminism’s side ever since they exploded onto the social media landscape in 2013, attracting considerable media attention post-COVID. With their growing popularity in the online influencer space, the movement has been a critical focus of feminist academic discourse, given their promotion of ‘traditional’ values. Adopting a black feminist lens, this article traces the construction of the tradwife as anti-feminist p…
The Woman in Black
Trigger warnings have been at the heart of a heated debate within academic circles since they burst into higher education in 2013.Using an intersectional feminist disability studies pedagogy, this article traces the ableist assumptions underscoring anti-trigger warning concerns around avoidance, coddling of students, and "overcoming" impairment language.It also examines the misconstructions in anti-trigger warning arguments centered on academic f…
Is ‘Victim-Survivor’ Our Imperfect Alternative to Describing People with Lived Experience of Sexual Violence? A Feminist Symbolic Interactionist Analysis, Considering How Ethnicity, Gender, and Disabi…
Feminist violence and abuse literature is caught in the grips of a debate surrounding the most appropriate language to describe people with lived experiences of sexual violence. This article offers a theoretical tracing of the history of the normative framings of "victim" and "survivor," and the emerging alternative "victim-survivor," through a symbolic interactionist lens. Given that both "victim" and "survivor" labels hold distinct disadvantage…
The thorn in feminism's side
Tradwives have been the thorn in feminism’s side ever since they exploded onto the social media landscape in 2013, attracting considerable media attention post-COVID. With their growing popularity in the online influencer space, the movement has been a critical focus of feminist academic discourse, given their promotion of ‘traditional’ values. Adopting a black feminist lens, this article traces the construction of the tradwife as anti-feminist p…
The Woman in Black
Trigger warnings have been at the heart of a heated debate within academic circles since they burst into higher education in 2013.Using an intersectional feminist disability studies pedagogy, this article traces the ableist assumptions underscoring anti-trigger warning concerns around avoidance, coddling of students, and "overcoming" impairment language.It also examines the misconstructions in anti-trigger warning arguments centered on academic f…
The thorn in feminism's side
Tradwives have been the thorn in feminism’s side ever since they exploded onto the social media landscape in 2013, attracting considerable media attention post-COVID. With their growing popularity in the online influencer space, the movement has been a critical focus of feminist academic discourse, given their promotion of ‘traditional’ values. Adopting a black feminist lens, this article traces the construction of the tradwife as anti-feminist p…
A Day in the Life of a Rubbish Feminist
Is ‘Victim-Survivor’ Our Imperfect Alternative to Describing People with Lived Experience of Sexual Violence? A Feminist Symbolic Interactionist Analysis, Considering How Ethnicity, Gender, and Disabi…
Feminist violence and abuse literature is caught in the grips of a debate surrounding the most appropriate language to describe people with lived experiences of sexual violence. This article offers a theoretical tracing of the history of the normative framings of "victim" and "survivor," and the emerging alternative "victim-survivor," through a symbolic interactionist lens. Given that both "victim" and "survivor" labels hold distinct disadvantage…
Shifting the Focus Towards “Tradhusbands
Scholarship has seen recent growth in the study of the tradwife movement, yet the “tradhusband” has received almost no mention. Although tradhusbands rarely appear in tradwives’ content, when they do, they are only seen through the gaze of the tradwife. The tradhusband plays an integral but largely invisible role in facilitating the more visible figure of the tradwife. Adopting a postmodern and Black feminist lens, this theoretical article argues…
What does the tradwife movement have to do with superheroes? A review of the depiction of the tradwife movement in Gen V
What does the tradwife movement have to do with superheroes? The latest season of the satirical comedy show Gen V tackles this head on in Episode 2. The character, Modesty Monarch, is emblematic of the growing interest in the tradwife movement in social media. The show effectively captures the tension between housewives and feminists in the postfeminist, digital age, particularly regarding the tradwife movement’s perpetuation of traditional gende…
Gender Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Feminism (2 works) · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (1 work)