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Gender, media, and nonreligious activism
Abstract
The religious skeptic is typically portrayed as a young male middle-class individual. Yet, the participation of females in disseminating atheist ideas, nonreligious activism, in the formation of communities of skeptics is just as important as that of males. This chapter compares the activism of two Lebanese women. The first one—Joumana Haddad—is a well-known and respected media personality with a long history of journalism and her own television show on al-Hurra TV. The second one—Pamela Ghanem—is a new activist with a YouTube channel who is struggling to find her own style and niche. The chapter explores how these two very different and differently placed female activists use the conversation on gender to create self-fashioned atheist personalities.
Discipline
Communications
Geographic Area
Lebanon
Sub Area
Gender/Women's Studies