Fifty Years of “New” Immigration
My father arrived in New York City in 1970 from Pakistan with only a few things: a suitcase, … Read More
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Learning to Parent Transgender Children
Photo by darkday via Flickr. Over the past few years, stories of transgender children celebrated by their parents have flooded the Internet. But … Read More
“Honey, Your Name Looks Great in Lights”
Zarela Martinez is one of America’s top culinary professionals, cookbook authors, and television personalities. Martinez was a trailblazer in the male-dominated culinary world, succeeding … Read More
Marrying Across Class Lines
All marriages have their ups and downs, but cross-class marriages may see unique challenges. Photo by Garry Knight. Christie, a cheerful social worker in … Read More
Carrying Guns, Contesting Gender
How carrying a concealed weapon reinforces and challenges gender norms and changes how women move through and experience public space. Read More
Orange Is Mostly the Same Gender
On Orange is the New Black, does Sophia's transition through gender reassignment surgery actually reinforce binary notions of gender? Read More
Gender and Status Matching
How women are wielding their own power—and standards—in the making of marriage. Read More
Building Better Children
In an attempt to actively address gender inequality, Sweden has incorporated gender-neutral socialization into public education, stocking schools with gender-neutral toys. Swedish children also see … Read More
Food Shopping: A Chore or a Pleasure?
Women perform twice as much “foodwork” as men—shopping, cooking, and planning meals. We often think of food shopping as a chore, but it turns out … Read More
A Feminist Guide to Cooking
" Sociologist Stacy J. Williams examines cookbooks and articles about cooking written by second-wave feminists. She explains how these activists brought their political ideas to the kitchen and suggested cooking in ways that could work toward greater gender equality. " Read More
