Some types of intravaginal practices (IVP) may increase the risk for HIV acquisition. This is particularly worrisome for populations with dual high prevalence of HIV and IVP. Women involved in transactional sex are at increased risk for HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Social, cultural and economic influences are strong drivers of IVP in this population. To explore this, we carried out a qu...

OBJECTIVE Although the fear of recurrence is a major concern among breast cancer survivors after their surgery, there are no instruments to evaluate their distress in Japan. This study examines the psychometric properties of the Japanese version of the concerns about recurrence scale, which was originally developed in the USA. METHODS The forward and backward translation method was used to de...

In this article, I argue that intimate stories are an important resource for the achievement of intersectional identities. Drawing on in-depth interviews with black college students at two predominantly white universities, I examine the stories black college women tell about interracial relationships between black men and white women. I argue that interracial stories serve an array of social pu...

Abstract From February 2020 to the end of 2021, China’s state-controlled media focused on creating its “victorious” narrative combating COVID-19 pandemic. This article focuses two high-profile and COVID-19-themed TV series that aim rewrite collective memories Wuhan lockdown as part state’s affective governance strategies. Using a feminist textual analysis, examines gendered nature state narrati...

ABSTRACT This essay explores the intersection of concert dance, cultural memory, Black womanhood, and non-linear spacetime from an Afro-European perspective. Inspired by feminist methodologies, text interweaves performance analysis, historical context, interdisciplinary theory including my own concept perforMemory, auto-ethnographic experience gained through participant observation. My writing ...

Drawing on original qualitative research, I argue that the concept of ‘epistemic injustice’ proposed by feminist philosopher Miranda Fricker, and located within a long genealogy Black scholarship, can be used sociologically to help understand lived experiences asexual people. show how participants’ accounts their subjectivities were frequently denied, dismissed over-written. However, these heav...

Cape Verdeans have migrated to many parts of the world. In Portugal, they are prominent demographically and socially. The archipelago Verde presents a unique combination colonial past, immigration history geographical features that complexifies study interpersonal spatial relationships. present has two aims. It seeks illustrate how Verdean migrant women in Greater Lisbon live, define negotiate ...