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‘Heroines of their own romance’: Creative Exchanges between Life-Writing and Fiction, the ‘Scandalous Memoirists’ and Charlotte Lennox

2011-2020, Case Study, Foreign, Gender, Journal/Magazine/Review / By

This article examines the creative relationship between lives and stories and the intrinsic relationship between autobiography and fiction, with particular attention to the ‘scandalous memoirists’ of the mid-eighteenth century. By using the more flexible concept of life-writing, the article highlights the porous nature of genres at this time and the way in which strict categorisation …

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‘Get a life, ladies. Your old one is not coming back’: ageing, ageism and the lifespan of female celebrity

2011-2020, Convention/Conference/Discussion Paper, Foreign, Gender, Journal/Magazine/Review, Social Development / By

This chapter explores the various forms that the ‘cougar’, the mature and sophisticated woman who dates younger men, takes in television and film in the new millennium, contrasting fictional representations with ‘real’ celebrity cougars currently ill the media spotlight. It also examines Cougar Town, the ABC sitcom launched in September 2009, starring Courteney Cox as …

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The impact of COVID-19 on gender-based violence in the Philippines: ‘One of the most insidious consequences of the pandemic’

2011-2020, Case Study, Gender-Based Violence, Journal/Magazine/Review, Other Philippine Publication / By

The third in the blog series of International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) inequalities case studies investigates how patterns of violence against women have changed during the Philippines’ COVID-19 lockdowns – and the efficacy of responses at both a national and local level. Asset Type: Publications Collection: Other Philippine Publications Subject: COVID-19, Gender-based Violence, …

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