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Post-postfeminism? New feminist visibilities in postfeminist times
This article contributes to debates about the value and utility of the notion of postfeminism for a seemingly ânewâ moment marked by a resurgence of interest in feminism in the media and among young women. The paper reviews current understandings of postfeminism and criticisms of the termâs failure to speak to or connect with contemporary feminism. It offers a defence of the continued importance of a critical notion of postfeminism, used as an analytical category to capture a distinctive contradictory-but-patterned sensibility intimately connected to neoliberalism. The paper raises questions about the meaning of the apparent new visibility of feminism and highlights the multiplicity of different feminisms currently circulating in mainstream media culture â which exist in tension with each other. I argue for the importance of being able to âthink togetherâ the rise of popular feminism alongside and in tandem with intensified misogyny. I further show how a postfeminist sensibility informs even those media productions that ostensibly celebrate the new feminism. Ultimately, the paper argues that claims that we have moved âbeyondâ postfeminism are (sadly) premature, and the notion still has much to offer feminist cultural critics
Genome-Wide Interaction Analyses between Genetic Variants and Alcohol Consumption and Smoking for Risk of Colorectal Cancer
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified many genetic susceptibility loci
for colorectal cancer (CRC). However, variants in these loci explain only a small proportion
of familial aggregation, and there are likely additional variants that are associated with CRC
susceptibility. Genome-wide studies of gene-environment interactions may identify variants
that are not detected in GWAS of marginal gene effects. To study this, we conducted a
genome-wide analysis for interaction between genetic variants and alcohol consumption
and cigarette smoking using data from the Colon Cancer Family Registry (CCFR) and the
Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium (GECCO). Interactions were
tested using logistic regression. We identified interaction between CRC risk and alcohol
consumption and variants in the 9q22.32/HIATL1 (Pinteraction = 1.76Ă10â8; permuted pvalue
3.51x10-8) region. Compared to non-/occasional drinking light to moderate alcohol
consumption was associated with a lower risk of colorectal cancer among individuals with
rs9409565 CT genotype (OR, 0.82 [95% CI, 0.74±0.91]; P = 2.1Ă10â4) and TT genotypes
(OR,0.62 [95% CI, 0.51±0.75]; P = 1.3Ă10â6) but not associated among those with the CC
genotype (p = 0.059). No genome-wide statistically significant interactions were observed
for smoking. If replicated our suggestive finding of a genome-wide significant interaction
between genetic variants and alcohol consumption might contribute to understanding colorectal
cancer etiology and identifying subpopulations with differential susceptibility to the
effect of alcohol on CRC risk
Preliminary studies show yield and quality potential of organic cotton
For three years (1993 to 1995), we monitored organically and conventionally managed
cotton fields in Madera County, and measured pest and beneficial arthropod populations,
plant growth and development parameters, nutrient status, plant density, yields and
lint quality. Square (flower bud) retention was similar in the two systems, although
western tarnished plant bugs (Lygus hesperus or lygus bugs) were significantly more
abundant on several dates in the organic fields. On most dates, populations of the
predatory insects Geocoris spp. were significantly higher in the organic than in the
conventional fields. Lint yields were not significantly different for the two production
systems in any of the three years, but were lower than county averages in all years.
In 1994, lint quality in the two treatments differed in that color grades were more
variable in the organic cotton bales. Late spring rains also affected planting success
in each year and the shortened seasons in 1994 and 1995 generally kept yields in both
treatments at or below two bales per acre