ABSTRACT Feminist studies have shown how societal discourse constructs entrepreneurship as a gendered field, privileging a masculine image of entrepreneurship. Grounded in this literature, we examine business incubators and accelerators (BIAs) as implicit gatekeepers for new entrants into entrepreneurship, and as heavily understudied intermediary actors within the broad entrepreneurship ecosystem. Through a critical discourse analysis of 166 Canadian BIA websites, we examine how these texts construct entrepreneurship and study these constructions through the lens of gender inclusion or exclusion. Analysing identity and relational functions of the texts we find three overarching discursive practices, two that reproduce the status quo (a masculine gendered entrepreneurship), and a third that creates a counter-discourse, pointing to the possibility for change. Based on these practices and how they are combined, we develop a critical typology of BIAs’ website discourses comprising: 1) an exclusionary discourse perpetuating a masculine gendered system that we label ‘closed entrepreneurship’; 2) a less prevalent inclusive discourse that disturbs existing structures and shifts them to ‘open entrepreneurship’, and 3) a hybrid discourse, permitting variance while sustaining the gendered status quo. Our work extends entrepreneurship discourse studies to the organizational level of analysis and has implications for ‘inclusive entrepreneurship’ theory and practice.

ABSTRACT The following research is derived from a larger study funded by a grant in response to California State Legislature Assembly Bill AB 101 mandating a public high school Ethnic Studies graduation requirement. From 927 surveys administered in introductory Ethnic Studies and Feminist Studies courses at a public Research 1 University in Winter 2021, we analyzed 524 responses by participants who identify as STEM majors. Our analysis evaluated the learning outcomes of STEM majors in university Ethnic Studies and/or Feminist Studies courses. Themes of critical thinking/analysis, societal problem-solving, and greater and/or broader understanding of social, historical, and cultural context emerged to comprise what we define as an Ethnic Studies/Feminist Studies ‘toolkit’ for STEM majors. We argue that Ethnic Studies and Feminist Studies courses are instrumental in providing STEM students access to these core elements of a liberal arts education.

Gender studies continue to gain notable scholarly attention in the contemporary society. Such studies fall in the categorisations of feminist studies, masculinity studies, queer studies and even anthropomorphic studies. While much literary scholarship has interrogated the role of the female in feminist revolutionary change, little has been done on the male as a protagonist in the feminist struggle. This paper is a gendered examination of Namina Forna’s The Gilded Ones (2021), The Merciless Ones (2022) and The Eternal Ones (2024) to address this critical gap. It interrogates the shape-shifting male and his significance in the feminist agenda in Forna’s feminist fantasy series. Basing the argument on the three selected novels, the paper is a library-based qualitative analysis that especially focuses on how the male shape-shifter acts as an agent of the revolutionary change steered by the female protagonist. The data collected is analysed through Judith Butler’s Gender performativity and Queer theoretical framework as propounded by Judith Butler, Eve Kosofsky Sedgewick and Lauren Berlant. This research aims to modestly contribute to the existing and ongoing debates on gendered power relations and issues of identity as negotiated spaces within the evolving paradigms of feminine agency

In The Revolution Will Be Improvised, Elizabeth Rodriguez Fielder creates a narrative of the civil rights movement that focuses on cultural workers over charismatic male leadership. This monograph is useful for scholars in African American Studies, American Studies, Theatre and Performance, Chicanx and Ethnic Studies, and Feminist Studies.

This paper examined feminist discourses in South Asian languages, focusing on Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, and Punjabi texts. Through a qualitative comparative analysis, it explored how gender, power, and resistance were articulated across linguistic and cultural contexts. Texts including literary works, essays, and media content were purposively selected to identify recurring themes, rhetorical strategies, and language-specific expressions of feminism. Data were analyzed using discourse analysis and feminist literary criticism, allowing for the identification of both shared and divergent patterns across languages. The findings revealed that while common themes such as female agency, resistance to patriarchy, and social inequality appeared across all languages, the modes of expression differed. Urdu and Bengali texts often employed poetic and metaphorical strategies, whereas Hindi and Punjabi texts favored direct socio-political commentary. Linguistic structures, culturally embedded idioms, and narrative techniques shaped how feminist ideas were conveyed, highlighting the influence of language on discourse. These results underscore the importance of considering linguistic and cultural contexts in feminist studies and demonstrate how comparative analyses can enrich understanding of gendered narratives in South Asia. The study contributes to feminist scholarship by providing insights into the intersection of language, culture, and gendered expression, offering a foundation for future research in multilingual feminist discourse.

Inspired by the theory of epistemic injustice, which has been popular among feminist studies, this paper seeks to unveil the constitution and effect of epistemic injustices experienced by Chinese male swimmers on a daily basis by investigating qualitative data collected through interviews with sixteen Chinese male artistic swimmers with critical discourse analysis. It is revealed that there is a systemic prejudice against male artistic swimmers, who have been constantly assigned to a marginalized position in Chinese society through various discursive dispositifs. This study also highlights the significance of testimonial and hermeneutical responsibility in deconstructing the prejudices against male swimmers in China and society. The paper emphasizes the need for reflexive awareness and structural changes to address these inequities.

This article conceptualizes a Haitian feminist praxis of negotiation of systems of power and inequality through their transformation in everyday experiences and knowledges. The title, ‘Creole epistemologies’, has a double meaning: it highlights how feminist perspectives can push back against the structuring effects of traditional political economy that often make marginalized people passive in their own struggles. At the same time, it recognizes the power of everyday, collective practices in decolonial and grassroots movements. I take inspiration from Haitian American activist and scholar Marie Lily Cérat to insist on the intellectual, interdisciplinary and political charges of everyday struggles for existence in enabling collective action grounded in hope, healing and transformation. Drawing on both Cérat's activism in Brooklyn and her literary work, I explore how everyday struggles for survival can also be acts of resistance and transformation. Especially, a close reading of Cérat's short story ‘Maloulou’ helps explore these ideas in practice, using insights from Black feminist studies, Afro-Caribbean literature and decolonial thought. Ultimately, this article proposes a Haitian feminist praxis that focuses on how people create change through their daily lives and shared experiences in societies marked by their long history of enslavement and colonialisms.

Nayantara Sahgal is one of the most prominent Indian writers, whose works are predominant in raising voices against patriarchal society and gender marginalization in Indian writing in English.She is a journalist, political columnist, and writer and her

This roundtable features a conversation with three scholar-activists Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Margo Okazawa-Rey, and Matt Richardson, each of whom engaged deeply with Minnie Bruce Pratt’s work and life in different ways. Mohanty and Okazawa-Rey were both faculty members with Pratt at Hamilton College in New York and the Union Institute in Ohio and Mohanty later worked with her at Syracuse University. The three sustained a friendship spanning across decades and different geographic locations. Richardson first met Pratt in the 1990s at a writing workshop he organized and then worked with her through the Feminist Studies editorial collective; although Richardson did not have the same sustained relationship with Pratt, he was shaped by her work and her presence in his life. Together, roundtable participants reflect on their relationships with Pratt, draw our attention to the nuanced ways Pratt theorized identity, and discuss how she might make sense of our current moment, remembering that for Pratt theory was connected to everyday life and thus, immensely political and personal.

This article builds on scholarship in the social sciences, ethnic and feminist studies, and education to examine methodological innovations and ethical considerations for conducting research with immigrant populations. Specifically, it focuses on those who received protections through Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the 2012 program implemented by President Barack Obama providing young immigrants relief from deportation, work permits, and access to higher education. The article is organized around three central methods: (1) interviews, which provide rich insights into young immigrants' lived experiences; (2) testimonios , which document immigrants' experiences in their own voices and call for collective forms of resistance; and (3) participant observation, which reveals the everyday negotiation of illegality and belonging. Across each section, I address the ethical considerations involved when studying marginalized immigrant populations and draw connections to my own research on DACA recipients living in Colorado. The paper concludes with a discussion of how qualitative research can be understood not only as knowledge production but also as a potential site of empowerment and resistance for undocumented immigrants to document injustice, contest their erasure, and challenge anti-immigrant discourses.

ABSTRACT This article problematizes the intertwining of Islamic traditions and cultural norms in the Swat Valley of Pakistan, examining how an intricate analogy of religious practices, Taliban-imposed Sharia law, and tribal patriarchy marginalizes women’s access to education as portrayed in Malala Yousafzai’s memoir I Am Malala. It argues that cultural politics in Swat infringe women’s right to education and overlook Islam’s potential for gender equality. The study challenges essentialist views of gender by presenting it as a dynamic societal construct and further arguing that women in the Swat Valley suffer oppression and trauma due to the Taliban’s politicizing of Islam and patriarchal ideologies masked under the notion of Islamisation. Through a transnational feminist lens, the study highlights how Islam supports women’s education without any gender discrimination. The article concludes that women’s mired access to education in Swat is a result of cultural politics, the Taliban’s religiopolitical discourse, and its distorted alignment with Islamic traditions.

This article explores how racialized constructions of time and space shape the lived experiences of Muslim immigrant women in Norway, revealing how welfare institutions reproduce colonial hierarchies through temporal and spatial regulation. Drawing on biographical interviews and decolonial feminist theory, the analysis challenges Nordic exceptionalism and calls for a reimagining of care and relationality. It contributes to decolonial feminist studies of aesthesis by centering relational, embodied knowledge and amplifying the voices and epistemologies of those structurally marginalized within dominant welfare and social imaginaries.

Modern academic literature finds self-esteem in women as not a fixed character trait, but as a dynamic psychological construct, influenced by socio-cultural, institutional, and emotional forces. Feminist academic interest in understanding self-esteem in gender aspects has produced a critical understanding of the psychological experiences of women in patriarchal cultural structures. This paper analyses the images of female interiority in the works of Virginia Woolf, especially the theme of silence as a way of self-experience and silent psychological resistance. The study applies qualitative textual analysis based on feminist literary criticism and feminist psychology in exploring how male-dominated institutional formations affect the emotional agency and self-image of women. Closer examinations of A Room of One’s Own and To the Lighthouse follow the subtle descriptions of feminine selfhood, artistic independence, and emotional strength by Woolf. The results prove that Woolf constructs self-esteem based on a cycle of self-reflection, purposeful goal-setting, and self-protective response to restrictive interpersonal contexts. This research will combine feminist psychological theory and feminist literary analysis as an interdisciplinary contribution to feminist studies, defining the interiority of females as a central place of independence, rebellion, and self-definition in the modernist feminist discourse.

This article aims to describe the manifestations of racism experienced by a group of Zapotec women during their time in university and their effects on the processes of subject materialization. The methodology was qualitative and consisted of applying semi-structured interviews to women from the isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca. Through a theoretical approach drawn from body studies, feminist studies, and studies on racism in Mexico, this article shows that the experience of racism produces corporeal practices of erasure (borramiento). These are modifications in the ways of speaking, dressing, and expressing oneself, whose intention is to discipline and normalize the body. The testimonies reveal that the experience of racism produces feelings of loneliness, anger, and grief, hence the necessity to avoid it. However, this erasure has long-term effects: upon finishing university and returning to their communities of origin, the body is read as "suspicious," having erased the corporeal characteristics that constitute identity and belonging, such as the Zapotec language, accent, and the use of traditional clothing. This text intends to name the influence of racism on the becoming of subjects and its long-term effects, even after the university trajectory has concluded.

This paper addresses a topic linked to research for the Professional Master's Program in Public Policies and Educational Management, within the research line of Pedagogical Management and Educational Contexts (LP2) at the Federal University of Santa Maria. The theme, involving the issue of domestic violence, is one that demands a critical perspective. Today, the number of cases involving violence against women has increased significantly in various places, and even with a protective law, the rates remain high. This study uses a bibliographic approach and engages with feminist studies to understand gender issues, their relationship with patriarchy, and how domestic violence constitutes itself as a social phenomenon and a problem of health and public policy. To contextualize this study, the research references feminist authors such as Saffiotti, bell hooks, among others. This work provides a theoretical overview and also presents discussions about how domestic violence manifests itself in different spaces and in various forms, highlighting an emerging problem that remains a challenge requiring urgent attention focused on public policy investment and open dialogue from all of society.

This article examines the perspectives of middle- and upper-class “young-old” women (aged 60 to 69) in Thailand on “wellness” amidst the country’s rapidly aging population. Drawing upon findings from my interviews with sixteen older women, it explores how self-reliance has become central to their pursuit of decent physical and mental health. Participants strived to maintain their health, preserve mobility, and reduce dependence on family members. At the same time, some served as caregivers for their families in a culture that emphasizes familial interdependence. Additionally, this paper analyzes how “mental wellness” is framed within self-reliance, shaped by Buddhist teachings and neoliberal ideals, as these women navigate life transitions and sustain their well-being amidst the disruptions of COVID-19. The study further demonstrates their rising concerns and demands for essential resources for their wellness, including health insurance, professional caregiving, and adequate housing, in the absence of sufficient public welfare. The paper offers a nuanced understanding of self-reliance and wellness in later life and promotes interventions to support older individuals. It does so by foregrounding the classed, gendered, and culturally specific experiences of aging women in the Global South, a topic rarely studied in fields such as gerontology and feminist studies.

This article offers a reading of Chloé Delaume’s Le Cri du sablier Delaume (2001) from the perspective of performativity theory and feminist studies. For Chloé Delaume, autofiction becomes a form of resistance to the domestic and societal violence that has rendered her a secondary character and left her voiceless. Le Cri du sablier is the story in which she reinvents herself to regain control of her life. We propose to examine how the writer uses the performativity of literature to reinvent herself as a fictional character. The aim is therefore to show how Chloé Delaume uses her own experience to serve an esthetic project capable of driving societal transformation.

Radical Feminist Study of Ill-Formed Love in Ibsen, Lawrence, Tolstoy, and Williams

Pratibha Ray’s “Yajnaseni” (1984) and Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own” (1929) are both powerful feminist texts. Although they emerge from different cultural and historical backgrounds, they share strong concerns related to women’s voice, freedom, and space. This paper compares how Ray and Woolf present feminist ideas through the central female figures of Draupadi in “Yajnaseni” and the woman writer in Woolf’s essay. Few studies have compared these texts to examine feminist themes of voice and space across cultures. This study highlights how an Indian mythological narrative and a modern feminist essay both explore women’s search for identity and autonomy. The research uses a qualitative comparative literary method and feminist theoretical approaches. It analyses Ray’s use of myth, memory, and interior monologue alongside Woolf’s argumentative and analytical style. Ray employs myth, memory, and interior monologue, while Woolf uses argument, social critique, and analytical prose. Key themes explored include gender inequality, the silencing of women’s voices and the desire for autonomy. Both texts show how social expectations restrict women while they strive for dignity and freedom. Despite differences in style and contexts, both authors emphasise that the struggle for voice and space is central to women’s lives.

ABSTRACT This article will scope out the field of manosphere studies, providing a literature review of relevant and timely research into the manosphere, with a particular focus on Incels. The paper employs a multidisciplinary approach, arguing that there are three key disciplines in which research into the manosphere is occurring. These disciplines are masculinity studies (understood, as explained below, as an offshoot of feminist studies), clinical psychology, and linguistics. However, this article proves that there is very little conversation between the research in different disciplines. The article will be structured around these three fields, though comparative analysis will be applied to indicate the overlaps and distinctions of the subject‐specific literature.