{"id":789,"date":"2025-01-09T14:57:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T19:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians25thanniversary\/?page_id=789"},"modified":"2025-02-14T13:42:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T18:42:57","slug":"volume-23-issue-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/on-the-line\/volume-23-issue-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Volume 23, Number 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Volume 23, Number 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Feature 1: \u201cConsumption as Changemaking and Producers as Artists:&nbsp; Theorizing Alt-Profit Corporations from a Transnational Feminist Perspective\u201d by Debjani Chakravarty and Christine Standish<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The girl effect\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WIvmE4_KMNw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/meridians\/article\/23\/2\/332\/392025\/Consumption-as-Changemaking-and-Producers-as\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cConsumption as Changemaking and Producers as Artists: Theorizing Alt-Profit Corporations from a Transnational Feminist Perspective,\u201d<\/a> Dr. Debjani Chakravarty and Christine Standish analyze various marketing strategies that corporations use to evoke compassion and empathy from consumers. They categorize these strategies under the concept of &#8220;alt-profits,&#8221; which reflects both alternative and theoretically altruistic actions taken by these companies. The authors discuss how corporations profit from associations with producers in the Global South and the promotion of \u201ccompassionate consumption.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WIvmE4_KMNw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This video<\/a> from the Nike Foundation\u2019s \u201cGirl Effect\u201d campaign exemplifies the marketing strategies discussed in the article, showing how companies pursue \u201calt-profits\u201d while projecting a facade of morality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Feature 2: \u201cComing Out for Community, Coming Out for the Cause:&nbsp; Queer Arab American Activism in the 1990s\u201d by Umayyah Cable \u201805<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Exploring the Intersection of Cinema, Activism, and Identity | Umayyah Cable\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5LKhEgg0vsg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/meridians\/article\/23\/2\/465\/392037\/Coming-Out-for-Community-Coming-Out-for-the\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cComing Out for Community, Coming Out for the Cause: Queer Arab American Activism in the 1990s,\u201d<\/a> Dr. Umayyah Cable \u201905 explores the life and activism of Palestinian American lesbian activist Huda Jadallah as a lens into queer and Arab activist movements of the 1980s and 1990s. Dr. Cable also discusses the archiving of queer Arab American histories and navigating the complex intersectionality of queer and Arab identities. A specialist in Arab American media activism and Palestinian solidarity politics in the United States, Dr. Cable further elaborates on these themes in a conversation with afikra &#8211; \u0639\u0641\u0643\u0631\u0629 podcast host Aya Nimer, where they discuss cinema and media as tools for Arab American activism and delve into Palestinian cinema and identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-b2891da8 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/on-the-line\/volume-23-issue-1\/\">Previous<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/on-the-line\/\">Back to &#8220;On the Line&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volume 23, Number 2 Feature 1: \u201cConsumption as Changemaking and Producers as Artists:&nbsp; Theorizing Alt-Profit Corporations from a Transnational Feminist Perspective\u201d by Debjani Chakravarty and Christine Standish In \u201cConsumption as Changemaking and Producers as Artists: Theorizing Alt-Profit Corporations from a Transnational Feminist Perspective,\u201d Dr. Debjani Chakravarty and Christine Standish analyze various marketing strategies that corporations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6381,"featured_media":0,"parent":339,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"wp-custom-template-blank","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-789","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2252,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/789\/revisions\/2252"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}