Ep 4: Aliens of London/World War Three & physical conformity

A TARDIS of One’s Own

Rose's homecoming isn't quite what she imagined, and the moment is well and truly ruined when a spaceship crashes into Big Ben. It's all downhill from there... no, literally, we did not enjoy these episodes. But the whole Slitheen thing did make us wonder about the act of physical conformity, and the different ways the pressure of having to do so impact on people's lives. There are so many ways we have to physically conform in order to fit into society's little boxes.

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Here's the reference list for this ep:

What happens when men don’t conform to masculine clothing norms at work? - Ben Barry (Harvard Business Review)

Pretty in ink: Conformity, resistance, and negotiation in women's tattooing - Michael Atkinson, M (Sex Roles)

Sized Out Women, Clothing Size, and Inequality - Katelynn Bishop, Kjerstin Gruys, Maddie Evans (Gender & Society)

"I Don't Like Passing as a Straight Woman": Queer Negotiations of Identity and Social Group Membership - Carla A. Pfeffer (The American journal of sociology)