@article{ref1,
title="A queer theorist's critique of online domestic violence advocacy: critically responding to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence website",
journal="Journal of homosexuality",
year="2018",
author="Shelton, Samuel Z.",
volume="65",
number="10",
pages="1275-1298",
abstract="Since the foundations of the contemporary anti-violence movement in the 60s and 70s, advocates have sought to establish a critical understanding of domestic violence that we can use to direct our efforts for social change. Yet many advocates and advocacy organizations continue to rely on a problematic narrative of sameness that marginalizes and erases diverse victims' experiences and needs. In this article, I conduct a critical discourse analysis of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence website to identify outcomes of this narrative for the inclusivity of advocacy efforts. I argue that despite the organization's numerous claims to represent diverse victims' experiences, website content reveals that its purportedly general account of domestic violence normalizes the experiences of a small group of victims - namely heterosexual, cisgender women. Further, the website's content greatly limits the potential for thinking about and discussing violence across difference. I conclude with recommendations for changes in advocacy practices.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-8369",
doi="10.1080/00918369.2017.1374060",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2017.1374060"
}