1. It delegitimizes my scholarship and presumes that if I study Hinduism because I am dating an Indian man, I must be unable to do so in an academic manner. […]
Bodies are often a source of uncertainty and anxiety, ranging from the daily/mundane (exercise/training, indigestion) to middlingly worrisome (medical worries) to imminent danger (near-death experiences, pregnancy scares). The most interesting […]
The current state of feminism absolutely has some image problems. Full stop. What I wonder (and have no data) is how much of the controversy comes from vocal groups with […]
“I have a similar adverse reaction when interviewed by the gay press. “No,” I say, “I will not be entering the ring draped in a rainbow-striped flag.” I must have […]
Temporarily Yours: Intimacy, Authenticity, and the Commerce of Sex (2007) by Elizabeth Bernstein Bernstein’s book excels more as a history lesson into prostitution in San Francisco from than as a […]
The Headscarf Debates/Leila Ahmed/Emile Durkheim Gender, Civilization, and Society in Battles for Dominance Drawing on Leila Ahmed’s article, “The Veil Debate—Again” (2005), Korteweg and Yurdakul’s The Headscarf Debates (2014), Gail […]
Kimberly Hoang delves into four niche areas of the Taiwanese sex industry, using them as insight into larger macro-economic shifts within Taiwan and the global economy. By conducting detailed study […]
I recently wrote a paper discussing portrayals of women in early Vedic texts. Here are my conclusions:
I’d apologize for my long absence, but, well, ain’t nobody reading this. Also, I had to binge-watch the new season of Orange is the New Black. Also, I work a […]
Because all endeavors should start (and end. and middle. and just generally be involved) with good food, I begin my blog with a recipe for weird, hippy, grain-free bread–I am about […]
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