Deadline Extension to 1 June: “See How She Runs: Feminists Rethink Fitness”

The deadline for submissions to IJFAB‘s upcoming special issue “See How She Runs: Feminists Rethink Fitness” has been extended to 1 June, 2015. From the CFP:

Fitness is a neglected concept in bioethics but fitness is of key importance to women’s health and well-being. Blogging at Fit, Feminist, and (almost) Fifty Samantha Brennan and Tracy Isaacs have been exploring the connections between women’s bodies, the medicalization of women’s health, and the multimillion dollar fitness industry. Until recently the focus of feminist criticism was on diet and weight loss, while ‘fitness’ was thought to be benign. You do not have to say good-bye to your sex life to the full. amerikabulteni.com prices levitra is similar in chemical composition, functionality and usability to its branded counterpart. cialis is originally manufactured by Pfizer but there are others who can make exact replica of this medicine and you will be able to enjoy its benefits to such a level of reputation and the most important being the. It is enticing to buy cheap http://amerikabulteni.com/2012/05/29/new-york-internette-isimsiz-yorumlari-yasaklama-yolunda/ viagra tablets for sale but why are they actually prescribed. Aurogra tablets are a cheap but effective alternative medication used to treat erectile dysfunction of middle aged men. viagra 50 mg amerikabulteni.com How to take free prescription for levitra http://amerikabulteni.com/2019/09/20/rugby-nasil-oynanir-kurallari-nedir/? This drug shouldn’t be taken more than once for every day. More recently feminists have been engaging with the rhetoric of fitness as well. Some of the issues discussed show that there are significant impediments to women’s flourishing associated with fitness talk: fat shaming, body image, the tyranny of dieting, the narrow aesthetic ideal of femininity and how antithetical it is to athleticism, the sexualization of female athletes, women and competition, issues about entitlement, inclusion, and exclusion, the way expectations about achievement are gender variable, the harms of stereotyping. Feminists have begun to interrogate the very assumptions about what constitutes “fitness” in the first place. How is fitness connected to ableism and non-disabled privilege? Sport and fitness provide us with microcosms of more general feminist concerns about power, privilege, entitlement, and socialization.

You may find the full CPF here. Please direct any inquires to either the guest editors, Samantha Brennan and Tracy Isaacs (sbrennan@uwo.ca and tisaacs@uwo.ca), or the Editorial Office.

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