Enough of ‘softie’ bashing
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How “Media, rhetoric, and discourse” appears across the Collective corpus
This article appeared 2 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.
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- Transadvocate.com232
- The TERFs17
- Cristan’s Research11
Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Transgender identity and history218
- Community and organizing133
- Law and civil rights100
- Feminism and gender politics79
- Culture, identity, and representation77
- Education and youth69
- History, archives, and memory64
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization63
- Science, evidence, and expertise49
- Healthcare and medicine48
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- Interpretive analysis93
- Media and discourse analysis90
- Historical analysis89
- Clinical and medical analysis43
- Psychological analysis43
- Qualitative and interview research39
- Critical theory36
- Empirical and quantitative research16
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- Public accommodations and facilities60
- Civil rights and anti-discrimination35
- Criminal justice and public safety28
- Elections and democratic governance24
- Research ethics and data governance17
- Education policy13
- Administrative classification and identity documents11
- Housing and social services10
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Cristan Williams
Connected through 11 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.
Autumn Sandeen
Connected through 2 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.
Kelli
Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.
Marti Abernathey
Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.
TransAdvocate Staff
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.
Admin
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.
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