[Commlist] New book: 21st Century Media and Female Mental Health

Apologies for crossposting. Below is a brief description of Fredrika 
Thelandersson's book, /21st Century Media and Female Mental Health: 
Profitable Vulnerability and Sad Girl Culture/, that was just published 
open access with Palgrave Macmillan. It will be of interest to media 
scholars interested in mental health, feminism, popular culture, affect 
theory and more.

This open access book examines the conversations around gendered mental 
health in contemporary Western media culture. While early 21st 
century-media was marked by a distinct focus on happiness, productivity 
and success, during the 2010s negative feelings and discussions 
around mental health have become increasingly common in that same media 
landscape. This book traces this turn to sadness in women’s media 
culture and shows that it emerged indirectly as a result of a culture 
overtly focused on happiness. By tracing the coverage of mental health 
issues in magazines, among female celebrities, and on social media this 
book shows how an increasingly intimate media environment has made way 
for a profitable vulnerability, that takes the shape of marketable 
and brand-friendly mental illness awareness that strengthens the 
authenticity of those who embrace it. But at the same time sad girl 
cultures are proliferating on social media platforms, creating radically 
honest spaces where those who suffer get support, and more capacious 
ways of feeling bad are formed.

Available here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-16756-0 
<https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-16756-0>


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