This article contributes to debates about the value and utility of the notion of postfeminism for
a seemingly “new” moment marked by a resurgence of interest in feminism in the media and …

In Confidence Culture, Shani Orgad and Rosalind Gill argue that imperatives directed at
women to “love your body” and “believe in yourself” imply that psychological blocks rather …

Purpose This paper aims to define the conceptual boundary of the selfie and to discuss the
role of the selfie in the social media marketplace. Design/methodology/approach This paper …

This book explores the controversial social media practices engaged in by girls and young
women, including sexual self-representations on social network sites, sexting, and self-harm …

In this paper we explore how confidence has become a technology of self that invites girls
and women to work on themselves. The discussion demonstrates the extensiveness of what …

The new updated edition of Children, Youth and Development explores the varied ways in
which global processes in the form of development policies, economic and cultural …

Under the auspices of the “body positive movement” there has, in recent years, been a
proliferation of websites dedicated to nurturing bodily acceptance. Responding to the …

In this article, I combine theorizations of the selfie as an aesthetic and technological practice
of digital self-representation with a theatrical conception of spectatorship, inspired by Adam …

As an iconic image of our time, the selfie has attracted much attention in popular media and
scholarly writing. The focus so far has been on the representation of the self or subjectivity …

Women in Lagos, Nigeria, practice a spectacularly feminine form of black beauty. From
cascading hair extensions to immaculate makeup to high heels, their style permeates both …