From Mean Girl to BFF, Girlfriends and Postfeminist Sisterhood explores female sociality in
postfeminist popular culture. Focusing on a range of media forms, Alison Winch reveals how …

Older care home residents are excluded from the sexual imaginary. Based on a consultative
study involving interviews with three residents, three female spouses of residents and two …

The romantic comedy has long been regarded as an inferior film genre by critics and
scholars alike, accused of maintaining a strict narrative formula which is considered …

Using data from the National Survey of Family Growth, the authors considered the
prevalence of the “cougar” phenomenon and the characteristics of middle‐aged women who …

Commonly referred to as “cougars,” women who date younger men are often imagined as
sexually assertive women who actively seek out and seduce younger men, therefore …

Influenced by cultural representations of “cougars,” society commonly imagines women who
date younger men as challenging some of the gendered expectations regarding appropriate …

Nancy Meyers is acknowledged as the most commercially successful woman filmmaker of
all time, described by Daphne Merkin in The New York Times on the release of It's …

While love relationships between older men and younger (adult) women have been well-
researched, the equivalent relationship of elder women with younger men has led a …

Relationships involving a woman who is much older than her male partner have become
increasingly visible in popular culture. These women are referred to as “cougars” and their …

The film industry's dependence on attractive young people to entice viewers creates a blind
spot for older characters and older performers. It is an ageist myopia that reproduces and …