Reflections during Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October 8, 2020
The editors of Gender Violence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Third Edition reflect on their scholarship and research during Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Category: Sociology
Pursuing Dignity in Crisis
July 8, 2020
—Manata Hashemi Iran was one of the first countries hard hit with COVID-19. The Islamic Republic is now once again facing a surge in the number of people infected. While… READ MORE
Nursing home residents treated like human ATMs
May 27, 2020
—Daniel L. Hatcher
As Covid-19 is killing tens of thousands, the nursing home industry continues to focus on money over morality.
Beer and Loathing in a Crisis
March 30, 2020
—Michael Ian Borer
Staying physically distant yet remaining socially connected has been the underlying theme of participants in the Las Vegas craft beer scene
Queering Tango
January 14, 2020
—Kathy Davis
Queer tango activism belongs to a new kind of cultural politics which celebrates embodied difference, making intersectionality and inclusion its centrepiece.
What’s wrong with those anti-vaxxers? They’re just like the rest of us
August 30, 2019
—Jennifer A. Reich
NYU Press author attempts to demystify anti-vaxxers–their choices and motives–and talks about how there may be a little anti-vaxxer in everyone.
Suits and Tattoos: From Swimsuit models to college professors, tattoos continue to go mainstream
August 23, 2019
—Beverly Yuen Thompson
Tattoos continue to seep into new areas of representation—such as the Summersalt advertisements in which people of different shapes, sizes, abilities, gender identities, races, ethnicities, and body modifications are portrayed.
Fathers also want to ‘have it all,’ study says
July 11, 2019
—Gayle Kaufman
The author of Fixing Parental Leave discusses the importance of parental leave and not just maternity leave. Fathers deserve time to bond with their kids too!