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Feminist Media Studies Volume 12, 2012 - Issue 4: Mobile Intimacies
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Mobile Phones or Pepper Spray?

Imagined mobile intimacy as a weapon of self-defense for women

Kathleen M. Cumiskey
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Kendra Brewster
Pages 590-599 | Published online: 15 Nov 2012

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