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In a contemporary popular cultural Swedish context, gender equality and economic equality seem to be increasingly formulated in financial terms, through narratives centered around succeeding on the stock market, owning assets or practicing venture capitalism. In this context, self-help books in financial speculation targeting women are marketed with a gender equality narrative. In this article, we focus on how values of feminism, gender equality and economy are shaped and maintained by such books. By effectively hiding power relationships and presenting financial freedom as an attainable goal for everyone and through a condensed narrative of happiness and balance in the future, we read the fantasy of financial freedom as cruel optimism through Lauren Berlant's perspective. The fantasy of financial freedom also produces a feminist subject who, with her investments, both can and should maintain control over her own life and her family as well as navigate around the vulnerabilities of life.

I Umeå kommun finns ett flertal öppna mötesplatser; träffpunkter där människor kan umgås, hålla möten, skapa och uppleva kultur, idrotta, lära sig saker etcetera. I denna rapport presenteras tre av dessa verksamheter: Ersboda Folkets Hus, Kulturhuset Klossen och Mötesplats Stöcke, som alla drivs av civilsamhällesorganisationer. Följande studie baseras primärt på intervjuer med verksamma från mötesplatserna, med syfte att undersöka betydelser för användare, närområdet och för Umeå kommun, vilken roll organisationerna förväntas spela samt vilka förutsättningar de har för att verka. Mötesplatserna beskrivs som mycket viktiga ur flera perspektiv. De bidrar till att främja lokal sammanhållning och en positiv bild av stadsdelen och de ger människor tillgång till samlingslokaler som annars skulle sakna det. Medan kärnverksamheterna kan sägas handla om kultur, nöje, bildning och fysisk aktivitet, så fyller mötesplatserna också viktiga sociala funktioner för många målgrupper. De bidrar till att motverka ensamhet och psykisk ohälsa för den enskilde, och de utgör centrala forum för individuell utveckling och lärande, inte minst för barn och unga. Som lokalt förankrade öppna verksamheter beskrivs mötesplatserna ha en unik potential att främja social hållbarhet i både närområdet och Umeå i stort. Deltagarna lyfter också ett antal utmaningar. Mötesplatserna måste finna en balans mellan öppenhet och trygghet, så att alla besökare känner sig välkomna och trygga i miljön. Det inkluderar en balansgång mellan planering och spontanitet. Deltagarna lyfter att vissa målgrupper behöver mycket låga trösklar, medan andra behöver förväntningar och att aktivt få delta i utformandet av verksamheten. Långsiktig ekonomisk hållbarhet beskrivs vidare som en utmaning för alla organisationer. De erhåller alla olika typer av ekonomiskt stöd från offentliga aktörer, men detta stöd är oftast villkorat och tidsbegränsat och räcker sällan till för vad organisationerna skulle vilja och behöver göra på s, Publikationens digitala ISBN saknas i fulltexten

What do tests performed on human bodies tell us? Hormones and genetics have become increasingly central to contemporary understandings of identities and kinship. In this article, narratives around hormone and genetic testing are examined through two examples: the use of DNA testing in migration control and hormone testing in sports. In the name of “fair sport” and “fair migration”, people are being tested because of regulations by the federation or by the state. Testing is said to produce better knowledge, where knowledge without testing is unreliable and defined as a problem which constitutes a risk to fair participation or belonging. In the narratives examined in this article, there is a simultaneous stabilization and destabilization of identity, gender and race. We argue for a slightly different articulation of molecularization, compared to how it has previously been conceptualized in canonized scholarly work. When considered as strategic and entangled with gender, race, and sexuality, molecularization appears as not only a development within or from biopolitics but also as a part of necropolitics. The relation between politics and molecularization is here centred on control by knowing the individual through biological tests, a form of control which we call testinaming., Det är hormonerna. Dnr 2020-01220 (Vetenskapsrådet)

For centuries, male hypogonadism has been defined as a clinical syndrome caused by the inability to produce physiological concentrations of testosterone and/or normal amount of sperm. In 2020, an information campaign started in Sweden with the ambition of increasing knowledge about hypogonadism and (lack of) testosterone, targeting both men and healthcare providers. In this study, we take a closer look at media discussions in Sweden on hypogonadism over the period 2018–2021. Through feminist thinking on biomedicalisation, we analyse the media material about the phenomena and issues being raised regarding masculinity, age and health in contemporary neoliberal and biocapital times. For some people, hypogonadism is a severe condition, but we can also see that the diagnosis becomes a response to a wide range of symptoms, expanding the realm for diagnostic practices and tying into normative ideas about age, time and lacking or fading masculinity. The media narratives about hypogonadism not only reflect cultural norms regarding masculinity and the plasticity of diagnoses but also create desires, needs and markets., 2020-01220/Vetenskapsrådet/Det är hormonerna. Kvinnor i transition genom berättelser om hormoner.

In recent years, menopause as a phase of transition has received great media attention in Sweden, not only in terms of the cessation of menstrual periods, but specifi cally with a focus on hormonal changes in the longer period of time during which female bodies undergo adjustment. In books such as Hormonstark [Hormone strong] (2020), Perimenopower (2018) and Livet med klimakteriet [Life with Menopause] (2020), the stressed reader in mid-career can get knowledge, tips, ideas and inspiring stories about how to deal with the fl uctuating hormones that are said to affect the body during menopause. In this article, we take a poststructuralist feminist perspective on the narratives of hormones and body control in the above mentioned three examples of self-help literature. The aim is to explore how this type of literature represents women’s menopause and hormonal bodies in a broader sense, and how women are in relation to this discourse. The results show that, although hormone narratives may have feminist potential, they primarily represent menopause as an individual rather than a structural matter. The result also display a close resemblance between hormone narratives and contemporary biocapitalism with the aging female body as a lucrative threat., In recent years, menopause as a phase of transformation has received great media attention in a Swedish context. It is then not only specifically about the time when menstruation ceases – but about a longer period of time when female bodies undergo an adjustment with a focus on hormonal changes. In books such as Hormonstark (Hormone strong) (2020), Perimenopower (2018) and Livet med klimakteriet (Life with Menopause) (2020), the stressed reader in the middle of the career receives knowledge, tips, ideas and inspiring stories about how to deal with the fluctuating hormones that are said to affect the body during menopause. In this article, we start from these books with a poststructuralist feminist perspective on narratives and body control on the hormone stories of self-help literature. The aim is to explore how the literature represents women's menopause and hormonal bodies in a broader sense, and how women are encouraged to act in relation to this. The results show that hormone narratives may have feminist potential, but that they primarily make menopause an individual rather than structural matter. Further, they also reveal a close resemblance between the hormonal narratives and a biocapitalist contemporary, with an aging female body as a lucrative threat.&nbsp

I följande kapitel står termen solidaritet i centrum för vår undersökning. Solidaritet är ett begrepp som ofta uppfattas som entydigt positivt, men det kan användas på många olika sätt. Det används av enskilda personer, av olika grupper och det kan få olika konsekvenser. Vi har tidigare studerat olika rörelser och grupper som använder sig av det och slagits av den bredd av betydelser som termen tillskrivs. I en samtid när ordet har blivit populärt att använda inom politiken och i vardagligt tal, ser vi det som angeläget att uppmärksamma risker med ett oreflekterat bruk och manar till att se solidaritet som ett begrepp att värna och omsätta i praktik. I antologin utgör denna del således ett bidrag till hur vi som forskare kan stanna upp och reda i till synes självklara ord. I kapitlet diskuterar vi därför dess mångtydiga innebörd i relation till bokens röda tråd: konvivialitet, att leva tillsammans.

Can there really be a feminist ethnography? The question was asked decades ago, and we need to return to it. Feminist ethnographic ideals about trust, collaboration and exchange of knowledge are important but not necessarily easy. The following book is the result of discussions about reflexivity, ethics, and subject positions in ethnographic work within interdisciplinary gender studies. What do positionality and ethical considerations mean in our ethnographic work today? In this anthology nine researchers, from six disciplines, explore this area anchored in their ongoing research.

Fontan circulation is a highly abnormal circulatory state that may affect various organ systems. The effect on body composition is an important factor to assess the condition of the patient. This systematic review assesses body composition and possibly related adverse outcomes in patients with a Fontan circulation, to provide an overview of current insights. Studies evaluating body composition by compartment (either fat mass or lean/muscle mass) in Fontan patients published up to April 2023 were included in this systematic review. Of 1392 potential studies, 18 studies met the inclusion criteria. In total, body composition measurements of 774 Fontan patients were included. Body composition was measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) (n = 12), bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) (n = 5), computer tomography (CT) (n = 1), or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (n = 1). All studies reported a normal body mass index (BMI) in Fontan patients, compared to controls. Five out of nine studies reported significantly higher body fat values, and twelve out of fifteen studies reported significantly lower muscle or lean mass values in the Fontan population compared to the healthy population. Unfavorable body composition in Fontan patients was associated with decreased exercise capacity, worse cardiac function, and adverse outcomes including hospital admissions and death. Conclusions: Despite having a normal BMI, Fontan patients have an increased fat mass and decreased muscle mass or lean mass compared to the healthy population. This unfavorable body composition was associated with various adverse outcomes, including a decreased exercise capacity and worse cardiac function. What is Known: • Patients with a Fontan circulation have a decreased exercise capacity compared to healthy peers, an unfavorable body composition might be a contributor to their impaired exercise capacity. What is New: • Fontan patients are predisposed to an unfavorable body composition, charact

Introduction: The aims of this study were to provide an overview of the cardiac stress response in Fontan patients and of the use, safety and clinical value of stress imaging in Fontan patients. Methods: Studies evaluating cardiac function using stress imaging in Fontan patients published up until 12 December 2021 were included in this review. Results: From 1603 potential studies, 32 studies met the inclusion criteria. In total, stress imaging tests of 728 Fontan patients were included. Cardiac function was most often measured using physical stress (61%), all other studies used dobutamine-induced stress. Stroke volume (SV) increased in most studies (71%), mean SV at rest ranged from 27 mL/m2 to 60 mL/m2 versus 27 mL/m2 to 101 mL/m2 during stress, and increased with an average of 4%. Ejection fraction increased in almost all studies, whereas both end-systolic volume and end-diastolic volume decreased during stress. Higher heart rates were obtained with physical stress (82–180) compared to dobutamine induced stress (73–128). Compared to controls, increases in heartrate and SV were lower and end-diastolic volume decreased abnormally in 75% of reporting studies. No major adverse events were reported. Poorer cardiac stress response was related to decreased exercise capacity and higher risk for long-term (adverse) outcomes in Fontan patients. Discussion: Cardiac stress response in Fontan patients differs from healthy subjects, reflected by lower increases in heart rate, diminished preload and decreased cardiac output, especially during higher levels of exercise. Stress imaging is safe, however the added clinical value needs to be investigated in more detail.