Natalie Jovanovski
Biographic Data
| ID | 263602 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Natalie Jovanovski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Natalie |
| FAMILY NAME | Jovanovski |
| SIGNATURE | JOVANOVSKI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | RMIT University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4380-0652 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Understanding and disrupting nutrition-related (mis)information on social media using Bourdieu’s theory of practice
The mass migration to social media for nutrition advice has amplified the health risks of false or decontextualised information. Existing countermeasures such as fact-checking, boosting media literacy and behavioural 'nudges' treat the problem as one of cognitive vulnerabilities. Yet everyday interactions with social media, like scrolling, liking and posting, are mostly practices guided by platform design and social rewards. This conceptual paper…
Healthy’ food practices: Moving beyond healthy choices and food systems
Technology-facilitated sex trafficking of Asian and Pasifika women and girls: Recommendations for policy and practice
Across policy, practice and scholarship there is increasing global recognition regarding forms of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). This includes emerging concern on TFGBV and the weaponsing of technology against women and girls in the Asia-Pacific. Separate to this are nascent discussions on how digital devices and online spaces are being used in human trafficking. While the websites and technologies of the commercial sex ind…
What motivates men to not consume pornography? Moving beyond themes of addiction and abstinence
This article presents a thematic analysis of responses from an international qualitative survey of men who do not consume pornography. We find the two most common reasons given by respondents relate to sexism, misogyny and violence against women, and varied conceptualisations of harm to the self. A significant minority of responses contained interrelated or overlapping themes, attesting to the complex thinking and multiple factors that many men d…
People need to be valued because of who they are”: Self-conception and strategies of resistance in women who challenge weight-loss diet culture
This paper explores how the self-beliefs of women who have rejected weight-loss diet culture inform their strategies of resistance. We conducted a qualitative survey inviting participants to share methods they have used to challenge diet culture. One hundred and twelve women ( M age = 37.01, SD = 10.54) provided complete responses. Most were heterosexual (72%) and resided in Australia (59%). Our thematic analysis generated two themes: “diet cultu…
Unpacking the ‘anti-diet movement: Domination and Strategies of Resistance in the Broad Anti-Diet Community
This paper explores how those who adopt an ‘anti-diet’ stance use strategies to challenge weight-loss dieting norms. We used a qualitative survey to examine how a heterogenous collective of feminists, fat activists and health professionals (and those on the margins of these groups) define the source(s) of power underlying diet culture and discuss the strategies they use to challenge it. One hundred and eighteen people (Mage = 36.67, SD = 10.50) t…
Gut feelings and lived experiences: A Qualitative Study of 'Anti-Diet' Dietitians' and Psychologists' Motivations and Experiences Regarding the Weight-Neutral Approach
This paper examines whether the motivations and experiences of 'anti-diet' dietitians and psychologists represent a paradigm shift in healthcare. We conducted four 2-hour, discipline-specific focus groups with a total of 16 female participants residing in Australia. Our reflexive thematic analysis generated four themes that we consider to be stages of a weight-neutral paradigm shift: (1) a recognition of a mismatch between one's weight-centred tr…
Pornography Encouraged Me to Belittle Women”: A Thematic Analysis of Men's Reflections on Violence Against Women and Ceasing Pornography Use
Within a context of increasingly ubiquitous pornography consumption among men, little is known about men who reject pornography, their motivations to stop consuming it, and their concerns about the treatment of women. In this article, we explore the stated motivations of 124 men who have decided to stop consuming pornography, in order to understand what role-if any-concerns about violence against women and gender equality played in their decision…
Demystifying ‘diet culture’: Exploring the meaning of diet culture in online ‘anti-diet’ feminist, fat activist, and health professional communities
Exploring the relevance of intersectionality in Australian dietetics: Issues of diversity and representation
Through an exploration of the origins of dietetics in the West, and specifically in Australia, we problematise the lack of diversity within the profession through the lens of intersectionality. Dietetics in Australia continues to be dominated by Australian-born women, and ideologies about dietitians perpetuate narratives of white, young, slim, women. Intersectional approaches to critiquing diversity in dietetics provides a useful framework to ext…
How Australian welfare reforms shape low-income single mothers’ food provisioning practices and their children’s nutritional health
This paper examines the food provisioning practices of low-income single mothers affected by market-driven welfare reforms in Australia. We explore the tensions between women’s care responsibilities and the government’s welfare-to-work reform, and the effects of these tensions on the nutritional health and wellbeing of women and their children. Conducting a thematic analysis of 20 interviews with single mothers receiving either Parenting Payment …
The vulnerable-empowered mother of academic food discourses: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis of Studies of Low-Income Mothers and Food Provisioning
The nutritional health and wellbeing of children, and by extension their weight, is a heated topic in contemporary discussions of food and health, particularly for low-income populations. Despite contrary understandings, there remains a dominant societal framing that parents – in particular low-income mothers – are solely responsible for the status of their children’s health and wellbeing. In this paper, we examine how low-income mothers are posi…
Bitch, You Got What You Deserved!”: Violation and Violence in Sex Buyer Reviews of Legal Brothels
In this article, we use feminist critical discourse analysis to examine online brothel reviews (148 reviews and 2,424 reply posts) of sex buyers in the context of debates surrounding harm minimization. Our findings show that sex buyers actively construct and normalize narratives of sexual violation and violence against women in licensed brothels through their language, referencing objectification, unsafe sex practices, and, in more extreme cases,…
The limits of ethical consumption in the sex industry: An analysis of online brothel reviews
Bitch, You Got What You Deserved!”: Violation and Violence in Sex Buyer Reviews of Legal Brothels
In this article, we use feminist critical discourse analysis to examine online brothel reviews (148 reviews and 2,424 reply posts) of sex buyers in the context of debates surrounding harm minimization. Our findings show that sex buyers actively construct and normalize narratives of sexual violation and violence against women in licensed brothels through their language, referencing objectification, unsafe sex practices, and, in more extreme cases,…
The limits of ethical consumption in the sex industry: An analysis of online brothel reviews
Demystifying ‘diet culture’: Exploring the meaning of diet culture in online ‘anti-diet’ feminist, fat activist, and health professional communities
Unpacking the ‘anti-diet movement: Domination and Strategies of Resistance in the Broad Anti-Diet Community
This paper explores how those who adopt an ‘anti-diet’ stance use strategies to challenge weight-loss dieting norms. We used a qualitative survey to examine how a heterogenous collective of feminists, fat activists and health professionals (and those on the margins of these groups) define the source(s) of power underlying diet culture and discuss the strategies they use to challenge it. One hundred and eighteen people (Mage = 36.67, SD = 10.50) t…
The vulnerable-empowered mother of academic food discourses: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis of Studies of Low-Income Mothers and Food Provisioning
The nutritional health and wellbeing of children, and by extension their weight, is a heated topic in contemporary discussions of food and health, particularly for low-income populations. Despite contrary understandings, there remains a dominant societal framing that parents – in particular low-income mothers – are solely responsible for the status of their children’s health and wellbeing. In this paper, we examine how low-income mothers are posi…
People need to be valued because of who they are”: Self-conception and strategies of resistance in women who challenge weight-loss diet culture
This paper explores how the self-beliefs of women who have rejected weight-loss diet culture inform their strategies of resistance. We conducted a qualitative survey inviting participants to share methods they have used to challenge diet culture. One hundred and twelve women ( M age = 37.01, SD = 10.54) provided complete responses. Most were heterosexual (72%) and resided in Australia (59%). Our thematic analysis generated two themes: “diet cultu…
Gut feelings and lived experiences: A Qualitative Study of 'Anti-Diet' Dietitians' and Psychologists' Motivations and Experiences Regarding the Weight-Neutral Approach
This paper examines whether the motivations and experiences of 'anti-diet' dietitians and psychologists represent a paradigm shift in healthcare. We conducted four 2-hour, discipline-specific focus groups with a total of 16 female participants residing in Australia. Our reflexive thematic analysis generated four themes that we consider to be stages of a weight-neutral paradigm shift: (1) a recognition of a mismatch between one's weight-centred tr…
Exploring the relevance of intersectionality in Australian dietetics: Issues of diversity and representation
Through an exploration of the origins of dietetics in the West, and specifically in Australia, we problematise the lack of diversity within the profession through the lens of intersectionality. Dietetics in Australia continues to be dominated by Australian-born women, and ideologies about dietitians perpetuate narratives of white, young, slim, women. Intersectional approaches to critiquing diversity in dietetics provides a useful framework to ext…
The limits of ethical consumption in the sex industry: An analysis of online brothel reviews
Bitch, You Got What You Deserved!”: Violation and Violence in Sex Buyer Reviews of Legal Brothels
In this article, we use feminist critical discourse analysis to examine online brothel reviews (148 reviews and 2,424 reply posts) of sex buyers in the context of debates surrounding harm minimization. Our findings show that sex buyers actively construct and normalize narratives of sexual violation and violence against women in licensed brothels through their language, referencing objectification, unsafe sex practices, and, in more extreme cases,…
How Australian welfare reforms shape low-income single mothers’ food provisioning practices and their children’s nutritional health
This paper examines the food provisioning practices of low-income single mothers affected by market-driven welfare reforms in Australia. We explore the tensions between women’s care responsibilities and the government’s welfare-to-work reform, and the effects of these tensions on the nutritional health and wellbeing of women and their children. Conducting a thematic analysis of 20 interviews with single mothers receiving either Parenting Payment …
The vulnerable-empowered mother of academic food discourses: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis of Studies of Low-Income Mothers and Food Provisioning
The nutritional health and wellbeing of children, and by extension their weight, is a heated topic in contemporary discussions of food and health, particularly for low-income populations. Despite contrary understandings, there remains a dominant societal framing that parents – in particular low-income mothers – are solely responsible for the status of their children’s health and wellbeing. In this paper, we examine how low-income mothers are posi…
Pornography Encouraged Me to Belittle Women”: A Thematic Analysis of Men's Reflections on Violence Against Women and Ceasing Pornography Use
Within a context of increasingly ubiquitous pornography consumption among men, little is known about men who reject pornography, their motivations to stop consuming it, and their concerns about the treatment of women. In this article, we explore the stated motivations of 124 men who have decided to stop consuming pornography, in order to understand what role-if any-concerns about violence against women and gender equality played in their decision…
Demystifying ‘diet culture’: Exploring the meaning of diet culture in online ‘anti-diet’ feminist, fat activist, and health professional communities
Exploring the relevance of intersectionality in Australian dietetics: Issues of diversity and representation
Through an exploration of the origins of dietetics in the West, and specifically in Australia, we problematise the lack of diversity within the profession through the lens of intersectionality. Dietetics in Australia continues to be dominated by Australian-born women, and ideologies about dietitians perpetuate narratives of white, young, slim, women. Intersectional approaches to critiquing diversity in dietetics provides a useful framework to ext…
People need to be valued because of who they are”: Self-conception and strategies of resistance in women who challenge weight-loss diet culture
This paper explores how the self-beliefs of women who have rejected weight-loss diet culture inform their strategies of resistance. We conducted a qualitative survey inviting participants to share methods they have used to challenge diet culture. One hundred and twelve women ( M age = 37.01, SD = 10.54) provided complete responses. Most were heterosexual (72%) and resided in Australia (59%). Our thematic analysis generated two themes: “diet cultu…
Unpacking the ‘anti-diet movement: Domination and Strategies of Resistance in the Broad Anti-Diet Community
This paper explores how those who adopt an ‘anti-diet’ stance use strategies to challenge weight-loss dieting norms. We used a qualitative survey to examine how a heterogenous collective of feminists, fat activists and health professionals (and those on the margins of these groups) define the source(s) of power underlying diet culture and discuss the strategies they use to challenge it. One hundred and eighteen people (Mage = 36.67, SD = 10.50) t…
Gut feelings and lived experiences: A Qualitative Study of 'Anti-Diet' Dietitians' and Psychologists' Motivations and Experiences Regarding the Weight-Neutral Approach
This paper examines whether the motivations and experiences of 'anti-diet' dietitians and psychologists represent a paradigm shift in healthcare. We conducted four 2-hour, discipline-specific focus groups with a total of 16 female participants residing in Australia. Our reflexive thematic analysis generated four themes that we consider to be stages of a weight-neutral paradigm shift: (1) a recognition of a mismatch between one's weight-centred tr…
Technology-facilitated sex trafficking of Asian and Pasifika women and girls: Recommendations for policy and practice
Across policy, practice and scholarship there is increasing global recognition regarding forms of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). This includes emerging concern on TFGBV and the weaponsing of technology against women and girls in the Asia-Pacific. Separate to this are nascent discussions on how digital devices and online spaces are being used in human trafficking. While the websites and technologies of the commercial sex ind…
What motivates men to not consume pornography? Moving beyond themes of addiction and abstinence
This article presents a thematic analysis of responses from an international qualitative survey of men who do not consume pornography. We find the two most common reasons given by respondents relate to sexism, misogyny and violence against women, and varied conceptualisations of harm to the self. A significant minority of responses contained interrelated or overlapping themes, attesting to the complex thinking and multiple factors that many men d…
Understanding and disrupting nutrition-related (mis)information on social media using Bourdieu’s theory of practice
The mass migration to social media for nutrition advice has amplified the health risks of false or decontextualised information. Existing countermeasures such as fact-checking, boosting media literacy and behavioural 'nudges' treat the problem as one of cognitive vulnerabilities. Yet everyday interactions with social media, like scrolling, liking and posting, are mostly practices guided by platform design and social rewards. This conceptual paper…
Healthy’ food practices: Moving beyond healthy choices and food systems
Sociology (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Obesity and Health Practices (6 works) · Qualitative research (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social science (5 works)