In her article "How Toni Morrison's Facebook Page Re(con)figures Race and Gender" Beatriz Revelles-Benavente explores Morrison's Facebook page and comments on it. In 2010, Morrison opened a Facebook page where she received a large amount of comments and created debates and RevellesBenavente analyses how these comments navigate questions of race and gender. Based on theoretical considerations ab...

This paper examines the cultural phenomenon of ‘new burlesque’, a subculture in which young women take part in striptease performances which invoke the iconic styles and routines associated with mid-20th century cabaret. By reading burlesque websites alongside the celebrity culture and advertising, the article examines how the retro styles of dress and make-up associated with this subculture ha...

Southeast Asian men exhibit a series of distinct behaviours related to sexuality and reproductive health. Traditional circumcision practices, use of penis implants, the practice of 'dry' sex, and the avoidance of condom use or vasectomy are behaviours that can place men and their partners at risk of disease and dysfunctional sexual relationships. This paper examines these issues with particular...

In recent years, the use of gender neutral-terminology has become commonplace. At times, the practice is awkward, as when a writer or speaker avoids generic terms that are also used exclusively for males. "Human" or "person" then replaces "man," and "he or she" is often used instead of merely "he." Despite the awkwardness, this practice may have the positive effect of reminding readers or liste...

This study uses the concept of "emergent texture" to analyze the corpus behavior of the four nominal demonstratives -this, that, these, and those -in an interlanguage corpus created at Yonsei University in the Fall of 1999. "Emergent texture" refers to the manner in which interlanguage texts gradually develop their use and control of the grammatical and semantic means used to establish textual ...