Young women online: collaboratively constructing identitiesFootnote¹

1. This paper arises from the UK Economic and Social Research Council-funded seminar series ‘Young Women in Movement: Sexualities, Vulnerabilities, Needs and Norms’ (ESRC RES-451-26-0715), based at Goldsmiths, University of London, 2009–2011.

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