In this month's issue, Cosmopolitan dubbed 2015 "the year the period went public" [It is also the... more In this month's issue, Cosmopolitan dubbed 2015 "the year the period went public" [It is also the year I, for the first time ever, agreed with Cosmo] 2015 has brought us a tremendous diversity of menstrual-positive expressions-from the artistic to the practical, the serious and the playful, local and the global.
Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 2012
Embodied Resistanceengages the rich and complex range of society's contemporary" body o... more Embodied Resistanceengages the rich and complex range of society's contemporary" body outlaws"--people from many social locations who violate norms about the private, the repellent, or the forbidden. This collection ventures beyond the conventional focus on the" disciplined body" and instead, examines conformity from the perspective of resisters. By balancing accessibly written original ethnographic research with personal narratives, Embodied Resistance provides a window into the everyday lives of those who defy or ...
Nearly ten years ago, I began collecting data for a study on women I termed" natural mothers," wo... more Nearly ten years ago, I began collecting data for a study on women I termed" natural mothers," women who practice a labour intensive, alternative type of parenting that relies less on technology and consumerism and more on what mothers claim," feels right"(see Bobel, 2002).
Abstract The symposium for which this is an introduction arose like a flower out of soil usually ... more Abstract The symposium for which this is an introduction arose like a flower out of soil usually not known for nourishing vibrant, critical intellectual reflections: routine university governance committee work. All authors have been co-members for two years of the Diversity Committee, of the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Sciences and Mathematics, at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Abstract This article presents a case study or, perhaps more accurately, a pedagogical memoir tha... more Abstract This article presents a case study or, perhaps more accurately, a pedagogical memoir that interrogates life inside my classroom as yet another site of transformation, a place where inner works become public acts. This story illustrates Anzaldúa's seven stages of conocimiento collapsed into four moments.
Abstract I suppose it is still a risky business for those of us in academia to expose and express... more Abstract I suppose it is still a risky business for those of us in academia to expose and express too much of our inner, authentic selves, right? But why should it be like this?? What does it do to us? I'm glad that we had a chance to explore a little about our true selves with each other and out in the public at the conference! Gloria Anzaldúa was always ahead of her time.
In this month's issue, Cosmopolitan dubbed 2015 "the year the period went public" [It is also the... more In this month's issue, Cosmopolitan dubbed 2015 "the year the period went public" [It is also the year I, for the first time ever, agreed with Cosmo] 2015 has brought us a tremendous diversity of menstrual-positive expressions-from the artistic to the practical, the serious and the playful, local and the global.
Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 2012
Embodied Resistanceengages the rich and complex range of society's contemporary" body o... more Embodied Resistanceengages the rich and complex range of society's contemporary" body outlaws"--people from many social locations who violate norms about the private, the repellent, or the forbidden. This collection ventures beyond the conventional focus on the" disciplined body" and instead, examines conformity from the perspective of resisters. By balancing accessibly written original ethnographic research with personal narratives, Embodied Resistance provides a window into the everyday lives of those who defy or ...
Nearly ten years ago, I began collecting data for a study on women I termed" natural mothers," wo... more Nearly ten years ago, I began collecting data for a study on women I termed" natural mothers," women who practice a labour intensive, alternative type of parenting that relies less on technology and consumerism and more on what mothers claim," feels right"(see Bobel, 2002).
Abstract The symposium for which this is an introduction arose like a flower out of soil usually ... more Abstract The symposium for which this is an introduction arose like a flower out of soil usually not known for nourishing vibrant, critical intellectual reflections: routine university governance committee work. All authors have been co-members for two years of the Diversity Committee, of the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Sciences and Mathematics, at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Abstract This article presents a case study or, perhaps more accurately, a pedagogical memoir tha... more Abstract This article presents a case study or, perhaps more accurately, a pedagogical memoir that interrogates life inside my classroom as yet another site of transformation, a place where inner works become public acts. This story illustrates Anzaldúa's seven stages of conocimiento collapsed into four moments.
Abstract I suppose it is still a risky business for those of us in academia to expose and express... more Abstract I suppose it is still a risky business for those of us in academia to expose and express too much of our inner, authentic selves, right? But why should it be like this?? What does it do to us? I'm glad that we had a chance to explore a little about our true selves with each other and out in the public at the conference! Gloria Anzaldúa was always ahead of her time.
French women don't get fat from eating three-course meals and drinking wine. They also don't agon... more French women don't get fat from eating three-course meals and drinking wine. They also don't agonize about motherhood. Perhaps they're on to something.
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