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What is Dr. Beth Hirsh’s favorite section of Contexts? The policy briefs, she says, are great because they put policymakers and scholars into conversation …
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About Contexts and its trends section, Dr. Laura Nelson (University of British Columbia) enthuses, “This is what we [sociologists] do: We take data and …
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As UBC welcomes Contexts (or, should we say, CANtexts?), we’re speaking with sociology faculty to learn what they love about the magazine and its public-facing mission. First up, …
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by Deni Mazrekaj
Can I tell my employer about my gender identity? Many transpeople worry about the range of possible answers to this question. At first, the question …
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by Bahareh Sahebi
In many ways, Gen Z Iranians are a combination of the very best and the most important learning experiences of their previous generations. They are marked by their perseverance and their refusal to use old modes of protective denial in order to navigate the impact of the paradoxes of life in, as their parents and grandparents did before them. They will continue to form a collective self through their agentic, adversarial approach to effecting change. For all these reasons, “The Women of Iran” are the right choice for Time Magazine’s 2022 Heroes of The Year.
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by Faye L. Wachs
Finalizing my divorce, searching for a new place to live, re-evaluating the possibility of a family—I was stressed out in November of 2009. Then my …
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by Maryam Alemzadeh
On September 13, 2022, a 22-two-year-old Kurdish woman named Jina (Mahsa) Amini was arrested by “Morality Police” in Tehran, Iran, with the charge of defying …
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by Greggor Mattson
Journalists don’t contact me when new bars open, when they set new fundraising records, or when their events send queer joy spilling into the streets.
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Thanksgiving is almost upon our U.S. readers, and whether it’s the long drives, visiting a childhood home, couch dozing after a winter walk, or getting …
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