Intersexy Fat
October 26, 2016
—Georgiann Davis
Aside from the inability to hide my fatness, being intersex and fat aren’t all that different for they overlap in the shadows of the “ideal” body.
Month: October 2016
This “Nation of Immigrants” Created Trump: Race, Gender, Media and the Cultural Politics of U.S. Immigration
October 20, 2016
—Leah Perry
Trump’s racist, sexist, violent anti-immigration rhetoric developed from the “immigration emergency” and “nation of immigrants” discourses established in 1980s policy and pop culture, in response to the civil rights and “second-wave” feminist movements.
Jacob Neusner (1932–2016)
October 17, 2016
—Aaron W. Hughes
Jacob Neusner, among the most published academics in history, passed away on October 8 at the age of 84. Neusner devoted his life to integrating the study of Judaism into the American Humanities. What, if anything, has changed in our post-Neusner world?
Scholars for Haiti Relief
October 11, 2016
Am important fundraising request from Scholars for Haiti Relief.
Life beyond bars
October 4, 2016
—Marieke Liem and Jan Banning
What happens after decades of confinement, including prolonged periods in solitary confinement? How do former prisoners fare after their release?