Relocating power: the feminist potency of language, gender and sexuality research

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Despite feminist advances, patriarchy and the linguistic mediation of sexism remain relentless, carrying ever-evolving discourses of misogyny, homophobia and transphobia.

“patriarchy and the linguistic mediation of sexism remain relentless”

• cites Caldas-Coulthard 2020 sourceNot checked — no full text of the source
• cites Cameron 2020 sourceSupported

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The bidirectional investigation of power as both top-down and bottom-up has been the central strength of language, gender and sexuality research over the past thirty years.

“The bidirectional investigation of power as both top-down and bottom-up has been the central strength of language, gender and sexuality research over the past thirty years.”

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The continuity of patriarchy relies on the comparatively static, top-down erasure of language that may legitimately signify demands from the streets, while its disruption is brought about by the emergent and unpredictable dynamism of potencia.

“The continuity of patriarchy relies on the comparatively static, top-down erasure of language that may legitimately signify demands from the streets, but its disruption is brought about by the emergent and unpredictable dynamism of potencia”

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The Polish case demonstrates the institutional and systemic persistence of oppressive gender orders, whereas the Argentine case exemplifies how gender orders may be questioned and changed from below.

“Whereas the Argentine case gives us a graphic example of how gender orders may be questioned and changed from below, the Polish case demonstrates their institutional and systemic persistence.”

• AssumptionRests on an assumption: The events in Argentina and Poland are representative enough of broader global trends to characterise the state of feminist progress and patriarchal persistence in the early twenty-first century.

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Issues related to gender and sexuality, once sidelined in the early stages of sociolinguistics, are now a cornerstone of the field.

“issues related to gender and sexuality, once sidelined in the early stages of sociolinguistics, are now a cornerstone of the field.”

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Feminist, queer and trans linguists have contributed significantly to the mainstreaming of gender and sexuality, making the public aware of language as both a mechanism of hate and a tool for combating it.

“feminist, queer and trans linguists have also contributed significantly to the mainstreaming of gender and sexuality, making the public aware of language as both a mechanism of hate and a tool for combating it.”

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Language reform from below is as political as it is potent.

“language reform from below is as political as it is potent”

• cites Borba 2019 sourceNot checked — no full text of the source

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Normativity is achieved through gender and sexuality discourses that target all of us.

“normativity is achieved through gender and sexuality discourses that target all of us.”

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Those conference connections led to the establishment of the International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) in 1999 and of this journal in 2007, contributing to the field's institutionalisation and its current pan-global character.

“These connections also led to the establishment of the International Gender and Language Association (IGALA) in 1999 and subsequently of this journal in 2007, contributing to the field's institutionalisation and its current pan-global character.”

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Because the top-down language of poder lacks an adequate social justice vocabulary, it typically excludes vulnerable groups from political decisions, as in the Polish case.

“Because the top-down language of poder lacks an adequate social justice vocabulary, it typically excludes vulnerable groups from political decisions, as in the Polish case.”

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In December 2020, mass demonstrations in Buenos Aires pressured Argentine legislators to pass a law allowing legal, safe and free abortion for any reason up to the fourteenth week of pregnancy, overturning the country's 1921 restrictive termination ban.

“The demonstrations pressured legislators to pass a law allowing legal, safe and free abortion for any reason up to the fourteenth week of pregnancy, overturning the country's restrictive termination ban of 1921”

• cites Pérez-Peña 2020Not matched

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In January 2021, Poland made its abortion legislation stricter, criminalising the termination of pregnancies for foetal abnormalities, the only statistically significant kind of abortion performed in the country.

“just one month later in January 2021, Poland made its abortion legislation even stricter, criminalising the termination of pregnancies for foetal abnormalities, the only statistically significant kind of abortion performed in the country”

• cites Kwai, Pronczuk and Magdziarz 2021Not matched

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Turton demonstrates that deadnaming works linguistically to maintain heterocispatriarchy.

“Turton demonstrates how deadnaming works linguistically to maintain heterocispatriarchy.”

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In many regions of the world, the absence of an adequate public register to speak about feminist, trans and queer rights may have deleterious effects.

“In many regions of the world, the absence of an adequate public register to speak about feminist, trans and queer rights may have deleterious effects.”

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The relationship between language and power has always been central to the field of language, gender and sexuality.

“the relationship between language and power has always been central to the field.”

• cites Lakoff 1975Not matched

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The language of poder may be opposed from below and have its insidiousness exposed.

“the language of poder may be opposed from below and have its insidiousness exposed.”

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Eberhardt theorises nontraditional displays of femininity as emergent at the nexus of feminism and neoliberal ideology surrounding contemporary women.

“her theorisation of nontraditional displays of femininity as emergent at the nexus of feminism and neoliberal ideology surrounding contemporary women.”

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The capacity to adapt to complex configurations of power and their linguistic dimensions is the field's potencia.

“the capacity to adapt to complex configurations of power and their linguistic dimensions is the field's potencia.”

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In Garza's analysis, although CL's performance poses challenges to Korean gender norms, her embodied actions and song lyrics reproduce racist imagery on a global scale through selective appropriations of US Black and Chicanx cultural signifiers.

“although there are signs of disruption in the challenges CL's performance poses to Korean gender norms, her embodied actions and song lyrics reproduce racist imagery on a global scale through selective appropriations of highly sedimented US Black and Chicanx cultural signifiers.”

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The continuity of patriarchy thrives to a significant extent on the lack of a public language to describe demands for social justice, and disrupting it requires the collective use of a language that breaks the silence.

“To a significant extent, the continuity of patriarchy thrives on this lack; disrupting it requires the collective use of a language that breaks the silence”

• cites Washington 2020 sourceNot checked — no full text of the source

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The intergenerational and interdisciplinary connections made at the 1990s Berkeley Women and Language Conferences led to research collaborations, professional networks and lasting friendships.

“the intergenerational and interdisciplinary connections made at those conferences, which led to research collaborations, professional networks and lasting friendships.”

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The understanding of power as productive instead of repressive is often associated with Michel Foucault's argument that power depends on resistance.

“the understanding of power as productive instead of repressive is often associated with Michel Foucault's (1978) argument in The History of Sexuality that power depends on resistance.”

• cites Foucault 1978Not matched

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