Jennifer Mcclearen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3488243 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Mcclearen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcclearen |
| SIGNATURE | MCCLEAREN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
“If You Let Me Play”
This chapter examines (cisgender) girl empowerment discourses in American sports, as well as concurrent legislative debates in US politics about exclusion of trans girls from gender-affirming teams. I use discourse analysis to examine Nike advertisements featuring sportswomen and female athletes, as well as political debates in state legislatures about transgender inclusion in sports. One discourse is based on the affective circulation of hope an…
Neoliberal masculinity in the Ultimate Fighting Championship
In this article, the author examines neoliberal masculinity in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in the aftermath of Donald Trump's election. She uses neoliberal masculinity as a framework for understanding how and why the UFC promotes diverse masculinities—including alt-right white masculinity—who can brand themselves for an array of domestic and international markets. She argues that neoliberal masculinity requires entrepreneurial subjec…
If you let me play”: Girls’ empowerment and transgender exclusion in sports
This article examines discourses of (cisgender) girls’ empowerment in American sports and the concurrent legislative debates in U.S. politics to exclude trans girls from gender affirming teams. I deploy discourse analysis of Nike advertising featuring sportswomen and girl athletes and the political debates in state governments about transgender inclusion in sports. One discourse relies on affective circulation of hope and positivity generated fro…
On the Sidelines: Gendered Neoliberalism and the American Female Sportscaster
Dossier: Field Goals—New Directions and Intersections
Transgender Athletes and the Queer Art of Athletic Failure
Fallon Fox became the first openly transgender fighter in professional mixed-martial arts (MMA) in 2013. Her outing elicited fervent responses from the MMA community, reflecting the barriers many transgender women encounter in sex-segregated sports. Fox frequently faced pseudoscientific arguments alleging innate physical advantages over cisgender women, which are deeply entangled with sexist and racist assumptions about trans identity. For Fox, t…
Introduction: Women in sports media: new scholarly engagements
Feminist scholarship on sports media has long examined how women negotiate femininity and athleticism, how they contend with sexism in their professions, and how sports media trivializes, sexualize
The Paradox of Fallon's Fight: Interlocking Discourses of Sexism and Cissexism in Mixed Martial Arts Fighting
This article examines a particular cultural context where transgender acceptance and inclusion are fiercely contested: women’s professional sports. More specifically, I highlight the interlocking discourses of cissexism and sexism surrounding Fallon Fox, professional mixed martial arts’ (MMA) first openly transgender male-to-female (MTF) fighter. The interplay between arguments for transgender acceptance and assumptions of fixed sexual difference…
Unbelievable bodies: Audience readings of action heroines as a post-feminist visual metaphor
This article employs a feminist approach to audience research and examines the interviews of women who regularly watch and enjoy action heroine films. I argue that participants in this study draw from ambivalent post-feminist discourses to negotiate the contradictions they find embedded in the representation of powerful women in action. The women interviewed are reluctant to believe that the female bodies onscreen are physically capable of the ac…
Transgender Athletes and the Queer Art of Athletic Failure
Fallon Fox became the first openly transgender fighter in professional mixed-martial arts (MMA) in 2013. Her outing elicited fervent responses from the MMA community, reflecting the barriers many transgender women encounter in sex-segregated sports. Fox frequently faced pseudoscientific arguments alleging innate physical advantages over cisgender women, which are deeply entangled with sexist and racist assumptions about trans identity. For Fox, t…
If you let me play”: Girls’ empowerment and transgender exclusion in sports
This article examines discourses of (cisgender) girls’ empowerment in American sports and the concurrent legislative debates in U.S. politics to exclude trans girls from gender affirming teams. I deploy discourse analysis of Nike advertising featuring sportswomen and girl athletes and the political debates in state governments about transgender inclusion in sports. One discourse relies on affective circulation of hope and positivity generated fro…
Introduction: Women in sports media: new scholarly engagements
Feminist scholarship on sports media has long examined how women negotiate femininity and athleticism, how they contend with sexism in their professions, and how sports media trivializes, sexualize
Neoliberal masculinity in the Ultimate Fighting Championship
In this article, the author examines neoliberal masculinity in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in the aftermath of Donald Trump's election. She uses neoliberal masculinity as a framework for understanding how and why the UFC promotes diverse masculinities—including alt-right white masculinity—who can brand themselves for an array of domestic and international markets. She argues that neoliberal masculinity requires entrepreneurial subjec…
Unbelievable bodies: Audience readings of action heroines as a post-feminist visual metaphor
This article employs a feminist approach to audience research and examines the interviews of women who regularly watch and enjoy action heroine films. I argue that participants in this study draw from ambivalent post-feminist discourses to negotiate the contradictions they find embedded in the representation of powerful women in action. The women interviewed are reluctant to believe that the female bodies onscreen are physically capable of the ac…
The Paradox of Fallon's Fight: Interlocking Discourses of Sexism and Cissexism in Mixed Martial Arts Fighting
This article examines a particular cultural context where transgender acceptance and inclusion are fiercely contested: women’s professional sports. More specifically, I highlight the interlocking discourses of cissexism and sexism surrounding Fallon Fox, professional mixed martial arts’ (MMA) first openly transgender male-to-female (MTF) fighter. The interplay between arguments for transgender acceptance and assumptions of fixed sexual difference…
Unbelievable bodies: Audience readings of action heroines as a post-feminist visual metaphor
This article employs a feminist approach to audience research and examines the interviews of women who regularly watch and enjoy action heroine films. I argue that participants in this study draw from ambivalent post-feminist discourses to negotiate the contradictions they find embedded in the representation of powerful women in action. The women interviewed are reluctant to believe that the female bodies onscreen are physically capable of the ac…
Introduction: Women in sports media: new scholarly engagements
Feminist scholarship on sports media has long examined how women negotiate femininity and athleticism, how they contend with sexism in their professions, and how sports media trivializes, sexualize
Transgender Athletes and the Queer Art of Athletic Failure
Fallon Fox became the first openly transgender fighter in professional mixed-martial arts (MMA) in 2013. Her outing elicited fervent responses from the MMA community, reflecting the barriers many transgender women encounter in sex-segregated sports. Fox frequently faced pseudoscientific arguments alleging innate physical advantages over cisgender women, which are deeply entangled with sexist and racist assumptions about trans identity. For Fox, t…
Dossier: Field Goals—New Directions and Intersections
If you let me play”: Girls’ empowerment and transgender exclusion in sports
This article examines discourses of (cisgender) girls’ empowerment in American sports and the concurrent legislative debates in U.S. politics to exclude trans girls from gender affirming teams. I deploy discourse analysis of Nike advertising featuring sportswomen and girl athletes and the political debates in state governments about transgender inclusion in sports. One discourse relies on affective circulation of hope and positivity generated fro…
On the Sidelines: Gendered Neoliberalism and the American Female Sportscaster
Neoliberal masculinity in the Ultimate Fighting Championship
In this article, the author examines neoliberal masculinity in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in the aftermath of Donald Trump's election. She uses neoliberal masculinity as a framework for understanding how and why the UFC promotes diverse masculinities—including alt-right white masculinity—who can brand themselves for an array of domestic and international markets. She argues that neoliberal masculinity requires entrepreneurial subjec…
“If You Let Me Play”
This chapter examines (cisgender) girl empowerment discourses in American sports, as well as concurrent legislative debates in US politics about exclusion of trans girls from gender-affirming teams. I use discourse analysis to examine Nike advertisements featuring sportswomen and female athletes, as well as political debates in state legislatures about transgender inclusion in sports. One discourse is based on the affective circulation of hope an…
Political science (7 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social science (3 works)