Abstract
This piece is an experiment in a Gaga feminist reaction to the undertone of sex and sexuality in militarism in contemporary global politics. It looks at the sexualization of war/rape/porn, arguing that revealing and considering the grotesque is the only path to denormalize it.
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Laura Sjoberg
Laura Sjoberg is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida, USA. Recent and forthcoming books include Rape Among Women (forthcoming, New York University Press); Gender, War and Conflict (2014, Polity); Gendering Global Conflict: Towards a Feminist Theory of War (2013, Columbia University Press). She is currently the vice president of the International Studies Association and editor of International Feminist Journal of Politics.