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Media Visibility of Femininity and Care: UK Women’s Magazines’ Representation of Female ‘Keyworkers’ During Covid-19 (2022)
Journal Article
Orgad, S., & Rottenberg, C. (2022). Media Visibility of Femininity and Care: UK Women’s Magazines’ Representation of Female ‘Keyworkers’ During Covid-19. International Journal of Communication, 16,

This article explores the media visibility of female keyworkers—workers deemed essential for society’s functioning, including medical staff, transport workers, and social care workers—during COVID-19. Focusing on UK women’s magazines as an important... Read More about Media Visibility of Femininity and Care: UK Women’s Magazines’ Representation of Female ‘Keyworkers’ During Covid-19.

The Frontline as Performative Frame: An Analysis of the UK COVID Crisis (2021)
Journal Article
Farris, S., Nira, Y., & Rottenberg, C. (2021). The Frontline as Performative Frame: An Analysis of the UK COVID Crisis. State Crime Journal, 10(2), 284-303. https://doi.org/10.13169/STATECRIME.10.2.0284

In this paper, we examine the multiple significations of the “frontline” metaphor in the UK during the first ten months of COVID-19. We argue that the term “frontline” has operated as a performative frame, which has helped to produce the very notion... Read More about The Frontline as Performative Frame: An Analysis of the UK COVID Crisis.

Feminist solidarities: Theoretical and practical complexities (2020)
Journal Article
Littler, J., & Rottenberg, C. (2021). Feminist solidarities: Theoretical and practical complexities. Gender, Work and Organization, 28(3), 864-877. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12514

© 2020 The Authors. Gender, Work & Organization published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd This article considers the resurgence of interest in feminist solidarity in theory and practice in the contemporary moment in the United States and UK. What does f... Read More about Feminist solidarities: Theoretical and practical complexities.

#MeToo, popular feminism and the news: A content analysis of UK newspaper coverage (2019)
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Rottenberg, C., Orgad, S., & De Benedictis, S. (2019). #MeToo, popular feminism and the news: A content analysis of UK newspaper coverage. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 22(5-6), 718-738. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549419856831

This article examines the first 6 months of #MeToo’s coverage in the UK press, revealing how newspapers played an important role in heightening the campaign’s visibility. Using content analysis, our study demonstrates that the press contributed to ex... Read More about #MeToo, popular feminism and the news: A content analysis of UK newspaper coverage.

Postfeminism, popular feminism and neoliberal feminism? Sarah Banet-Weiser, Rosalind Gill and Catherine Rottenberg in conversation (2019)
Journal Article
Banet-Weiser, S., Gill, R., & Rottenberg, C. (2019). Postfeminism, popular feminism and neoliberal feminism? Sarah Banet-Weiser, Rosalind Gill and Catherine Rottenberg in conversation. Feminist Theory, 21(1), 3-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464700119842555

In this unconventional article, Sarah Banet-Weiser, Rosalind Gill and Catherine Rottenberg conduct a three-way ‘conversation’ in which they all take turns outlining how they understand the relationship among postfeminism, popular feminism and neolibe... Read More about Postfeminism, popular feminism and neoliberal feminism? Sarah Banet-Weiser, Rosalind Gill and Catherine Rottenberg in conversation.

Women who work: the limits of the Neoliberal feminist paradigm (2018)
Journal Article
ROTTENBERG, C. (2018). Women who work: the limits of the Neoliberal feminist paradigm. Gender, Work and Organization, doi:10.1111/gwao.12287. ISSN 0968-6673

This article examines Ivanka Trump's Women Who Work, arguing that it represents the newest permutation of the neoliberal feminist subject. After providing an overview of the recent emergence of neoliberal feminism, I explain why the book should be co... Read More about Women who work: the limits of the Neoliberal feminist paradigm.