Alanna Goldstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 3920728 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alanna Goldstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alanna |
| FAMILY NAME | Goldstein |
| SIGNATURE | GOLDSTEIN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7116-9581 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“It’s kind of like a fifty-fifty”: Participant ambivalence and the queer(ed) potential of the focus group method
This paper explores the queer(ed) possibilities of the focus group method through analyzing the ambivalent responses provided by participants in a series of focus groups around their experiences with pornography. I argue that these ambivalences reflect participants’ tendencies to attach themselves to “happy affects” as they emerged within the sociality of the focus group encounter and therefore offer glimpses into the situated and relational natu…
“It's been a good time to reflect on…who isn't worth keeping around”: Covid-19, adolescent relationship maintenance and implications for health education
Purpose This paper adds to the growing body of research examining the impacts of COVID-19 physical distancing measures on the everyday lives of young people. It draws on theories of “digital intimacies” and “relationship maintenance” to argue that young people’s reflections on COVID-19, physical distancing and online relationships expose larger gaps in sex, relationships and health education pedagogies. Design/methodology/approach Five semi-struc…
Make sure I hear snoring”: Adolescent girls, trans, and non-binary youth using sound for sexual wellbeing boundary-making at home during Covid-19
To understand how COVID-19's stay-at-home orders impacted youths' sexual and social development, we conducted five virtual focus groups ( n = 34) with adolescent girls', trans', and non-binary youths' aged 16-19 between April-June 2021 in the GTA. We queried experiences of home, privacy, and sexual wellbeing during Canada's third wave. Auto-generated zoom transcripts were coded using an inductive framework with NVivo. Field notes and team discuss…
Beyond porn literacy: Drawing on young people’s pornography narratives to expand sex education pedagogies
As online pornography has become more readily available and accessible, educators have begun to grapple with how to address young people’s engagement with it. Much of this discussion centres the view that pornography is an inherently problematic genre that young people should be inoculated against through comprehensive media literacy education – an approach that often ignores the nuance of young people’s engagements with porn and which often isol…
Learner, laugher, lover, critic: Young women’s normative and emerging orientations towards pornography
This article examines young women’s common ‘orientations’ towards pornography as they appear across a range of qualitative research. These orientations, which I define as ‘learner’, ‘laugher’, ‘lover’ and ‘critic’, reflect both common understandings of pornography as a problematic object as well as normative constructions of ‘good’ female sexuality. I outline the features of these orientations and draw on them to make sense of a set of pornograph…
Some Things Just Won’t Go Back”: Teen Girls’ Online Dating Relationships during Covid-19
We conducted three online focus groups [n=25] with teen girls in Canada in May and June 2020 to explore their dating and relationship experiences during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the strict public health measures limiting physical contact, participants reported connecting primarily online with possible dating partners and others. While facilitating platforms, like Snapchat, were already part of these teen girls’ dating and …
Learner, laugher, lover, critic: Young women’s normative and emerging orientations towards pornography
This article examines young women’s common ‘orientations’ towards pornography as they appear across a range of qualitative research. These orientations, which I define as ‘learner’, ‘laugher’, ‘lover’ and ‘critic’, reflect both common understandings of pornography as a problematic object as well as normative constructions of ‘good’ female sexuality. I outline the features of these orientations and draw on them to make sense of a set of pornograph…
Some Things Just Won’t Go Back”: Teen Girls’ Online Dating Relationships during Covid-19
We conducted three online focus groups [n=25] with teen girls in Canada in May and June 2020 to explore their dating and relationship experiences during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the strict public health measures limiting physical contact, participants reported connecting primarily online with possible dating partners and others. While facilitating platforms, like Snapchat, were already part of these teen girls’ dating and …
Beyond porn literacy: Drawing on young people’s pornography narratives to expand sex education pedagogies
As online pornography has become more readily available and accessible, educators have begun to grapple with how to address young people’s engagement with it. Much of this discussion centres the view that pornography is an inherently problematic genre that young people should be inoculated against through comprehensive media literacy education – an approach that often ignores the nuance of young people’s engagements with porn and which often isol…
Learner, laugher, lover, critic: Young women’s normative and emerging orientations towards pornography
This article examines young women’s common ‘orientations’ towards pornography as they appear across a range of qualitative research. These orientations, which I define as ‘learner’, ‘laugher’, ‘lover’ and ‘critic’, reflect both common understandings of pornography as a problematic object as well as normative constructions of ‘good’ female sexuality. I outline the features of these orientations and draw on them to make sense of a set of pornograph…
Some Things Just Won’t Go Back”: Teen Girls’ Online Dating Relationships during Covid-19
We conducted three online focus groups [n=25] with teen girls in Canada in May and June 2020 to explore their dating and relationship experiences during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the strict public health measures limiting physical contact, participants reported connecting primarily online with possible dating partners and others. While facilitating platforms, like Snapchat, were already part of these teen girls’ dating and …
“It's been a good time to reflect on…who isn't worth keeping around”: Covid-19, adolescent relationship maintenance and implications for health education
Purpose This paper adds to the growing body of research examining the impacts of COVID-19 physical distancing measures on the everyday lives of young people. It draws on theories of “digital intimacies” and “relationship maintenance” to argue that young people’s reflections on COVID-19, physical distancing and online relationships expose larger gaps in sex, relationships and health education pedagogies. Design/methodology/approach Five semi-struc…
Make sure I hear snoring”: Adolescent girls, trans, and non-binary youth using sound for sexual wellbeing boundary-making at home during Covid-19
To understand how COVID-19's stay-at-home orders impacted youths' sexual and social development, we conducted five virtual focus groups ( n = 34) with adolescent girls', trans', and non-binary youths' aged 16-19 between April-June 2021 in the GTA. We queried experiences of home, privacy, and sexual wellbeing during Canada's third wave. Auto-generated zoom transcripts were coded using an inductive framework with NVivo. Field notes and team discuss…
“It’s kind of like a fifty-fifty”: Participant ambivalence and the queer(ed) potential of the focus group method
This paper explores the queer(ed) possibilities of the focus group method through analyzing the ambivalent responses provided by participants in a series of focus groups around their experiences with pornography. I argue that these ambivalences reflect participants’ tendencies to attach themselves to “happy affects” as they emerged within the sociality of the focus group encounter and therefore offer glimpses into the situated and relational natu…
Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (5 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Focus group (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Pornography (3 works)