Why English Might Let Go of “He” and “She”
Pronouns are giving us trouble. English speakers face a dilemma. The current structure of our language is exclusionary with regard to gender: The personal pronouns “she” and “he”…
Tag: Gender
Preserving Black Women’s Stories as a Labor of Love
Irma McClaurin holds up her first book, Women of Belize: Gender and Change in Central America. Ray Carson/University of Florida Photographic Services, 1996. Used with permission of University…
Matryoshka Song
If you missed the introduction to “Matryoshka Song,” you can find it here. I put an awl case on my belt around my waste, just like the placard…
Rethinking Masculinity: Fathers as Caregivers
The author, Aaron Jackson (center), with Wayne (left), a father whose thoughts about masculinity change as he raises his son Nick (right). Aaron J. Jackson This article was…
Archaeologists Should Be Activists Too
Archaeologists are well-suited to help organize protests such as this “Count the Vote” rally in 2020. Jon Irons When Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, paused counting votes for one night…
Like, Share, Comment, and Follow: Labor and Capital on Instagram
Screenshot of the Instagram profile of the influencer discussed in the blog. Social media content creator Ishita Mangal (@ishitamangal) uploaded a post with multiple slides on her Instagram…
Sexism Still Winning at the Olympic Games
New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is, this year, the first openly trans athlete to be picked for an Olympic team. Alex Pantling/Getty Images I loved the Olympics growing…
#Fieldnotes: Dreams and Personal Pursuits in Seoul: Part II
The partial biographies presented in this piece are situated as stoppages that mark generational experiences of structural change in South Korea. In Part I, I considered how biographies…
Reciprocal Vulnerability in the Face of Patriarchal Violence
“Everything is research data.” As PhD students we must have heard this statement from teachers, mentors, and supervisors a hundred times. The advice points to the widely held…
Claire Maree on her book, queerqueen
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/queerqueen-9780190869618 Laura Miller: Although there is a growing literature on queer sexualities and identities in Japan, there are fewer studies …
‚Dick Pics‘ 2.0: Ethnographische Annäherungen an Verhandlungen von Ästhetik, Erotik und künstlerischer Interpretation des ‚Dick Pics‘
Photo by NordWood Themes on Unsplash Bei der dgv-Studierendentagung 2021 unter dem Motto „SEX.SEX.SEX. Kulturwissenschaftliche Höhepunkte und Abgründe“ präsentierten Studierende des Wiener Ins…
Sex in Sport: Men Don’t Always Have the Advantage
Many sporting events, like the Paris Marathon, have separate categories for men and women. Michel Stoupak/NurPhoto/Getty Images As the Summer Olympics gear up to kick off in Tokyo,…
Österreichische Mediendiskurse über sexuelle Gewalt in Indien
Bei der dgv-Studierendentagung 2021 unter dem Motto „SEX.SEX.SEX. Kulturwissenschaftliche Höhepunkte und Abgründe“ präsentierten Studierende des Wiener Instituts für Europäische Ethnologie ihre Forsc…
My Divine Pet Rock
Amusing anecdotes about fieldwork were, from what I could tell, basic currency throughout university halls, on conference panels, and in graduate student lounges. Many of my teachers and…
Whedon, Fandom, and Cancel Culture
By Alissa Whitmore “A guy who goes around saying ‘I’m a feminist’ usually has an agenda that is not feminist. A guy who behaves like one, who actually…
Anti-Asian Racism’s Deep Roots in the United States
People protest anti-Asian hate crimes on April 4 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, incidents of harassment, discrimination, and violen…
Stop Erasing Transgender Stories From History
A Peruvian actress impersonates the ancient Moche Lady of Cao, whose biologically female body was buried alongside artifacts typically attributed to elite male warriors. Reuters/Alamy Stock P…
When Kinship Is Traced Through Women, Their Health Follows
Among the ethnically Mosuo community in China, some groups are matrilineal, meaning inheritance passes from mothers to their children rather than from fathers to sons. Patrick Aventurier/Gamm…
Vortrag “An anthropological perspective on gender and the material culture of the home” by Irene Cieraad
Theorien, Politiken und Praktiken des Wohnens: Interdisziplinäre Überlegungen zum Wohnen Institutskolloquium WiSe 2020/21 In the context of our research colloquium “Housing theory, housin…
Rezension zu „Gender – Sprache – Stereotype“ von Hilke Elsen – verfasst von Carlotta Sauer
Einleitung – Aktuelle Debatte um Geschlechtergerechtigkeit der deutschen Sprache Zu Beginn des Buchs nennt die Autorin ihre Intention: „Der Band will den Leserinnen und Lesern den Einfluss von…
Good Tidings for Saudi Women?
Absher, which means “good tidings”, is a smartphone app that was released by the Saudi Ministry of Interior in 2015, available both in the Apple App Store and…
Authenticity and Digital Intimacy Between Influencers and Researchers*
Marie Hermanova** Person holding smartphone – free mobile phone image on Unsplash Ethnography of and on social media, in which my own research on female influencers on Czech…
Covid-19, Fatness, and Risk: Medico-Media Discourses and Stigma
European Network for Workplace Health Promotion Contemporary English speaking media and popular medical discourses on Covid-19 have been notable in their stigmatization of fatness by implicitly and ex…
Thesis Review: Ethical Constellations of Muslim Food Practice in Mumbai
Photograph: coming soon I’m delighted to post this exciting PhD thesis review, which nicely complements the recently posted review of the book Food, Faith and Gender in South-east…