Unsettling feminism in social work: Toward an indigenous decolonial feminism

AA BlackDeer - Affilia, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Feminism and social work alike are complicit in historic colonial projects and further this
agenda into the present day through the perpetuation of white supremacy. As social work …

Revisiting empowerment through critical praxis: Perspectives of front-line workers supporting refugee women experiencing gendered violence in Australia

J Maturi - Affilia, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This article revisits the concept of empowerment that has underpinned the global movement
to address gendered violence. Using a critical praxis lens, the article explores different …

Positionality in critical feminist scholarship: situating social locations and power within knowledge production

KF Jackson, S Goodkind, M Diaz, S Karandikar… - Affilia, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
What do we mean by positionality in critical feminist scholarship? And how is positionality
integrated throughout every level of the process of knowledge production—from conception …

The Nexus of Resistance and Neoliberalism in Social Work and Social Welfare: A Scoping Review

K Cherry, S Leotti - Affilia, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study intervenes in a growing scholarly dialogue about neoliberalism in social work and
social welfare by addressing the undertheorized concept of resistance. We conduct a …

“I Hope this Brings Comfort to Others; It's Brought Me Comfort Too”: Ceremony-Based Participatory and Practice Research as Indigenist Feminist Methodology

R Beltrán, A Alvarez, MN To, AZ Dunbar… - Affilia, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Rooted in Indigenist and critical feminist research principles and traditional Indigenous
values and ethics in research, Ceremony-based Participatory and Practice Research …

The case for online education: success factors in an MSW program through a critical feminist lens

KM Chaffin, S Shatila - Social Work Education, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Social work has seen a dramatic rise in online MSW programs; however, there is a paucity of
research surrounding programmatic reviews. Given the dearth of supporting evidence, data …

A Qualitative Exploration of How Black Mothers Experiencing Poverty Make Sense of the Strong Black Woman Stereotype

ML Malcome - Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The strong Black woman (SBW) stereotype is a universal phenomenon understood and
experienced by Black women. In this qualitative study, I examined how 16 Black women who …

Resistance as a Foundational Commons: Intersectionality, Transfeminism, and the Future of Critical Feminisms

SC Draper, R Chapple - Affilia, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The paradigms of academic and activist feminisms in the United States in the middle and
later half of the 20th century were developed in part as critical explorations of exclusionary …

Beyond the Carceral/Anti-carceral binary: considerations for addressing Gender-based and sexual violence

M Brockbank, S Greene - The British Journal of Social Work, 2022 - academic.oup.com
This article aims to contribute to the burgeoning scholarship on carceral and anti-carceral
feminist approaches to addressing gender-based and sexual violence (GBSV). Specifically …

'Disability Is an Art. It's an Ingenious Way to Live.': Integrating Disability Justice Principles and Critical Feminisms in Social Work to Promote Inclusion and Anti-Ableism …

A Goulden, SK Kattari, EM Slayter, SE Norris - Affilia, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Disability communities engaged with social work recognize how critical feminist inquiry and
disability justice principles often overlap to promote anti-ableist theorizing, research …