Postfeminist Healthism

Understanding the Gendering of Healthism Using Menstrual Tracking Apps as an Example

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ID6453301
AutoresRiley (0000-0001-6712-6976, Massey University, autor correspondente), Sarah Riley (0000-0002-2748-9833, School of Psychology Massey University Wellington New Zealand), Adrienne Evans (0000-0002-3813-9329, Gender and Culture Coventry University Coventry UK), Martine Robson (0000-0003-2770-6292, Department of Psychology Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth UK)
Ano2025
Volume47
Fascículo8
Páginase70116-e70116
Data de publicação2025-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-9566.70116
PMID41243336
OpenAlexW7105860313
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas71

Postfeminist healthism’ offers an essential framework for understanding how healthism is gendered. In this article, we describe and advance the concept of postfeminist sensibility and its synergistic alignments with healthism. We then consider how postfeminist healthism operates as a subjectifying force for the millions of girls, women, and other feminine‐identified people globally—even when it harms their mental or physical health. We use menstrual tracking apps (MTAs) as an indicative example to both demonstrate how a postfeminist healthism acts at the intersections of bodies, subjectivity, and health, and to show the value of a postfeminist healthism in understanding MTAs. Overall, we show the importance of understanding the distinct ways in which healthism is gendered through postfeminism

Feminism · Perspective (graphical · Sensibility · Tracking (education · Value (mathematics · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Menstrual Health and Disorders · Obesity and Health Practices