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The Object Not of One's Desire: UK Service Club Membership Recruitment, Retention, and Public Image
ABSTRACT Membership organizations rely on maintaining and growing their membership base, both for financial stability and to allow them to increase their impact. UK service clubs are one such kind of membership organization that has suffered a decline in membership in more recent years and is seeking to address this to maintain their presence. However,
David Yates
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Short Abstract In this commentary, we explore the implications of the 2024 US elections for four key areas of trans lives: the body, public space, legal geographies and mobility. While we focus on the United States, we situate anti‐trans politics within emerging fascist movements around the world, recognising that the 2024 US election has impacts ...
Wiley Sharp+3 more
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Abstract This essay explores the disturbing presence of anti‐Black language and tropes in Emine Sevgi Özdamar's recent, celebrated novel Ein von Schatten begrenzter Raum. Drawing on Toni Morrison's classic analysis in Playing in the Dark, I argue Özdamar's anti‐Blackness is characterized by a double‐valence: on one hand, Özdamar's anti‐Blackness ...
Barbara N. Nagel
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder: 21st Century Challenges
ABSTRACT Body dysmorphic disorder, now recognized as an obsessive‐compulsive and related disorder, combines ideas of beauty and glamour with inordinate widespread concern, mainly affecting young people and those seeking to remain youthful. We update concepts of this disorder in an era with multiple social media providing a setting for communication and
Mariam Trichas+2 more
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Narcissistic Traits of Police Officers in America [PDF]
The narcissistic traits of police officers aged 17 to 78 in the United States affect American citizens in various degrees. Improvements made to pre-employment psychological evaluations, such as the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2 ...
Moran, Paloma
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Corruption dynamics: Integrating structure, agency and institutional logics across contexts
Abstract Although the literature on corruption is extensive, it is also fragmented, with inconsistencies and inconclusive findings that limit theoretical and practical advancements. Scholars have called for multi‐factor, multi‐level frameworks that integrate macro, micro and longitudinal aspects to provide a more cohesive understanding of corruption's ...
Karl Z. Meyer+2 more
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Narcissism and the Motivation to Engage in Volunteerism [PDF]
Research suggests that volunteerism and narcissism are at all-time highs amongst young people (Corporation for National & Community Service, 2007; Twenge & Campbell, 2009).
Tumblin, Laraine
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Self‐Deception in Human–AI Emotional Relations
ABSTRACT Imagine a man chatting with his AI girlfriend app. He looks at his smartphone and says, ‘Finally, I'm being understood’. Is he deceiving himself? Is there anything morally wrong with it? The human tendency to anthropomorphize AI is well established, and the popularity of AI companions is growing.
Emilia Kaczmarek
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What’s all the fuss about Disney? : narcissistic and nostalgic tendencies in popular Disney storyworlds [PDF]
This paper seeks to study the narcissistic and nostalgic desires cultivated in cinematic audiences by modern Disney story franchises. Through its storyworlds, the Disney conglomerate is a key player in the cultural formation and consciousness of global ...
Cremona, Maria
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