Volume 28, Issue 4 (2026)
Editors Introduction
Editorial Introduction
Diana Fox
Articles
Feminist Knowledge Production and Editorial Praxis: A Bibliometric and Qualitative Analysis of the Journal of International Women’s Studies (2014–2024)
Naresh Prajapati, Rupinder Singh, and Mukesh Behera
Between Tradition and Expression: The Mother–Daughter Relationship in Druze Women’s Artworks
Shahar Marnin-Distelfeld and Ebtesam Barakat
Narrating Otherwise: Analysing Nancy Spero’s The First Language as Historiographic Metafiction
Ipek Ebru Yildiz and Rifat Sahiner
Quantitative Comparison of Writing Styles Among Indonesian Women Novelists: A Corpus Linguistics Approach
Vicno Triwira Dhika JR, Ermanto Ermanto, Hasanuddin WS, Ridha Hasnul Ulya, Aditya Rachman, and Selfi Mahat Putri
The Making of a Woman Superstar: An Analysis of the Superstardom of Malayalam Actor Manju Warrier
Sangeetha PS and Jais Merlin P. Augustine
The Social Reproduction of Filipina Migrant Workers Represented in Ten Filipino Films
Elora Francisco, Precious Lois Layas, Karlena Ameina Saturnino, and Leo Vicentino
Women’s Employment and Intrahousehold Bargaining Power: Evidence from Nigeria
Temitope O. Olalude and Olanrewaju A. Olaniyan
Twitter’s Role in Challenging the Marginalisation and Subjugation of Women in Northern Nigeria
Tioluwalogo Olakunbi-Black
The Role of Tribal and Dalit Women in Water Conservation: A Case Study of the Western Indian Trans-Himalayan Region
Vivek Kumar and Anuradha Choudhary
A Feminist Analysis of Post-Independence Administrative Reforms in Bihar
Shrey Sharma, Rajeev Kumar Jain, Ashutosh K. Pandey, and Shashikant Nishant Sharma
Poetry
Birthing in a Foreign Land
Sadhiya Saleem
Interview
Gender-Based Violence, Legal Protection, and Intersecting Narratives: A Conversation with Flavia Agnes
Barnana Baidya and Partha Bhattacharjee
Film Reviews
Film Review: Queer Happiness and Family Myth in My Therapist Said, I Am Full of Sadness
Ni Luh Ayu Sukmawati
Film Review: Education as a Legal Right, Yet a Socially Negotiated Privilege: A Feminist Review of Sthal (A Match)
Ankit Anand and Rajneesh Kumar
Film Review: Ajmer 92, Investigative Journalism, and Justice for Rape Survivors
Amit Sharma and Amitabh Srivastava
Policy Briefs
Towards Equitable Protection: The Legal and Societal Invisibility of Unmarried Relationships and Dating Violence in India
Annet Shaju and Aditi Padiyar
Affirmative Action for Women in Higher Education and STEM: A Policy Framework to Transform India’s Scientific Landscape
Dileep Verma, Pushpender Yadav, and Shashikant Nishant Sharma
Book Reviews
Book Review: Body Politics in Contemporary Irish Women’s Writing: The Literary Legacy of Mother Ireland
Taylor Follett
Book Review: Letters from the Edge: Outrider Conversations
Raeesabegam Usmani
Book Review: Reproductive Labor and Innovation: Against the Tech Fix in an Era of Hype
Lipika Kankaria
Book Review Essay
Book Review Essay: The Keloid as Episteme—Corporeal Healing and Colonial Afterlives in Sarah Soanirina Ohmer’s The Keloids We Heal
Md Samiul Azim and Farida Parvin
Short Story
Executive Editors
Diana Fox, Department of Anthropology, Bridgewater State University, USA
Kimberly Chabot Davis, Department of English, Bridgewater State University, USA
Book Review Editors
Sreejata Paul, Department of English, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, India
Ayesha Perveen, Department of English, Virtual University of Pakistan
Film Review Editors
Elizabeth Rajapakshe, La Trobe Law School, La Trobe University, Australia
Olanireti O. Falade, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Fellowship Coordinator
Priyanka Tripathi, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India
Editorial Assistants
Jayla Almeida, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA
Sarah Audette, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA
Essined Colon, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA
Kelsi Miller, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA
Grace Morris, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA
Alex Neff-Gatchell, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA
Cordelia Thorn, Bridgewater State University, MA, USA