Leena-Maija Rossi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3649232 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leena-Maija Rossi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leena-Maija |
| FAMILY NAME | Rossi |
| SIGNATURE | ROSSI L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lapland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5929-3886 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
LGBTQI+ inclusion in Finnish social work education: Reality or empty talk
This article explores how homogenising views of equality and the lack of academic research on LGBTQI+ issues in Finnish social work contributes to the invisibility of gender and sexuality topics in social work education. It discusses the Finnish historical context of LGBTQI+ legislation and the struggle for legal equality. The article considers Finnish social work research on LGBTQI+ issues highlighting the shortcomings of social work practice kn…
Everywhere you get models of what you should be like’: Ideals of masculinity and therapeutic culture constraining young men’s mental health and gendered subjectivities
This paper presents a novel approach to youth mental health by examining the connections between young Finnish men’s mental health, ideals of masculinity, and public discourses of mental health. Drawing from critical sociological and feminist theories on gender, power, and therapeutic culture, we apply a thematic discursive analysis to a questionnaire data (n = 910) about men’s mental health targeted at young men (primarily aged 15-29). The findi…
Lynn S. Chancer's After the Rise and Stall of American Feminism: Taking Back a Revolution
The result of the U.S. presidential elections 2020 included a feminist victory, also from an intersectional point of view: for the first time in the country's history the elected vice-president was a woman, and a woman with an Indian-Jamaican family history.For anybody who thinks Kamala Harris might in her new position help start a new chapter in American women's rights, Lynn S. Chancer's book After the Rise and Stall of American Feminism offers …
Pako pohjoiseen ja pohjoisesta
Vuonna 2015 Eurooppaan pyrki Lähi-idästä ja Pohjois-Afrikasta historiallisen suuri joukko turvapaikanhakijoita, pakolaisia ja siirtolaisia. Osa heistä päätyi suuntaamaan Suomeen Pohjois-Ruotsin ja Venäjän rajojen yli. Lapin sodan aikaan, vuonna 1944, pakolaisvirta kulki toiseen suuntaan: Suomesta Ruotsiin. Artikkeli tarkastelee taideteosta, jossa rinnastetaan nämä kaksi aikatasoa ja tapahtumakulkua.Minna Rainion ja Mark Robertsin lyhytelokuva The…
From arousing drawings to art to behold: Tom of Finland’s long and winding road to the art world
In the Fall of 1990, somewhere in New York’s West Village, I entered a porn store to buy an album of Tom of Finland’s Kake comics, Kake in the Wild West, which had caught my eye when walking by the
Identity politics, the ethos of vulnerability, and education
In this article, identity politics is understood as a form of politics stressing collective but malleable group identities as the basis of political action. This notion of identity politics also allows thinking of identity as intersectional. The focus of this article, and a problem related to identity politics, is that when discussed in the context of the neoliberal order, identity politics has a tendency to become harnessed by the ethos of vulne…
Happy' and 'Unhappy' Performatives: Images and Norms of Heterosexuality
As a cultural and societal system with a hegemonic status, heterosexuality is often represented and imagined as not only normal and ideal but also as fixed and monolithic. There are, however, possibilities for queering heterosexuality from within. This paper considers the ways in which heterosexuality is made into a norm through reiterative visual performatives, but also the ways in which normative heterosexuality is challenged. It is my aim to s…
Identity politics, the ethos of vulnerability, and education
In this article, identity politics is understood as a form of politics stressing collective but malleable group identities as the basis of political action. This notion of identity politics also allows thinking of identity as intersectional. The focus of this article, and a problem related to identity politics, is that when discussed in the context of the neoliberal order, identity politics has a tendency to become harnessed by the ethos of vulne…
Happy' and 'Unhappy' Performatives: Images and Norms of Heterosexuality
As a cultural and societal system with a hegemonic status, heterosexuality is often represented and imagined as not only normal and ideal but also as fixed and monolithic. There are, however, possibilities for queering heterosexuality from within. This paper considers the ways in which heterosexuality is made into a norm through reiterative visual performatives, but also the ways in which normative heterosexuality is challenged. It is my aim to s…
Everywhere you get models of what you should be like’: Ideals of masculinity and therapeutic culture constraining young men’s mental health and gendered subjectivities
This paper presents a novel approach to youth mental health by examining the connections between young Finnish men’s mental health, ideals of masculinity, and public discourses of mental health. Drawing from critical sociological and feminist theories on gender, power, and therapeutic culture, we apply a thematic discursive analysis to a questionnaire data (n = 910) about men’s mental health targeted at young men (primarily aged 15-29). The findi…
Happy' and 'Unhappy' Performatives: Images and Norms of Heterosexuality
As a cultural and societal system with a hegemonic status, heterosexuality is often represented and imagined as not only normal and ideal but also as fixed and monolithic. There are, however, possibilities for queering heterosexuality from within. This paper considers the ways in which heterosexuality is made into a norm through reiterative visual performatives, but also the ways in which normative heterosexuality is challenged. It is my aim to s…
Identity politics, the ethos of vulnerability, and education
In this article, identity politics is understood as a form of politics stressing collective but malleable group identities as the basis of political action. This notion of identity politics also allows thinking of identity as intersectional. The focus of this article, and a problem related to identity politics, is that when discussed in the context of the neoliberal order, identity politics has a tendency to become harnessed by the ethos of vulne…
From arousing drawings to art to behold: Tom of Finland’s long and winding road to the art world
In the Fall of 1990, somewhere in New York’s West Village, I entered a porn store to buy an album of Tom of Finland’s Kake comics, Kake in the Wild West, which had caught my eye when walking by the
Pako pohjoiseen ja pohjoisesta
Vuonna 2015 Eurooppaan pyrki Lähi-idästä ja Pohjois-Afrikasta historiallisen suuri joukko turvapaikanhakijoita, pakolaisia ja siirtolaisia. Osa heistä päätyi suuntaamaan Suomeen Pohjois-Ruotsin ja Venäjän rajojen yli. Lapin sodan aikaan, vuonna 1944, pakolaisvirta kulki toiseen suuntaan: Suomesta Ruotsiin. Artikkeli tarkastelee taideteosta, jossa rinnastetaan nämä kaksi aikatasoa ja tapahtumakulkua.Minna Rainion ja Mark Robertsin lyhytelokuva The…
Lynn S. Chancer's After the Rise and Stall of American Feminism: Taking Back a Revolution
The result of the U.S. presidential elections 2020 included a feminist victory, also from an intersectional point of view: for the first time in the country's history the elected vice-president was a woman, and a woman with an Indian-Jamaican family history.For anybody who thinks Kamala Harris might in her new position help start a new chapter in American women's rights, Lynn S. Chancer's book After the Rise and Stall of American Feminism offers …
Everywhere you get models of what you should be like’: Ideals of masculinity and therapeutic culture constraining young men’s mental health and gendered subjectivities
This paper presents a novel approach to youth mental health by examining the connections between young Finnish men’s mental health, ideals of masculinity, and public discourses of mental health. Drawing from critical sociological and feminist theories on gender, power, and therapeutic culture, we apply a thematic discursive analysis to a questionnaire data (n = 910) about men’s mental health targeted at young men (primarily aged 15-29). The findi…
LGBTQI+ inclusion in Finnish social work education: Reality or empty talk
This article explores how homogenising views of equality and the lack of academic research on LGBTQI+ issues in Finnish social work contributes to the invisibility of gender and sexuality topics in social work education. It discusses the Finnish historical context of LGBTQI+ legislation and the struggle for legal equality. The article considers Finnish social work research on LGBTQI+ issues highlighting the shortcomings of social work practice kn…
Sociology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (2 works) · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (2 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 works)