The child abuse crisis: Japan has a lively arena of research on children’s social care. Yet, there has been relatively little attention given to social constructions of childhood, abuse, and …
By Rachel Murphy and Gaohui Wu Zhangmei was a 36-year-old rural-to-urban migrant worker who lived with her husband and her 13-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter in a provincial capital in …
iStockPhoto // ValleraTo by Yolanda Wiggins | June 17, 2025 A few months ago, I walked into a HomeGoods and saw one of my brightest former students behind the cashier …
Over the course of the past year, M&M’s have been plastered all over the news, social media, and even Super Bowl commercials. In January 2022, Mars Wrigley gave the brown …
Inexpensive, lightweight and durable, it is difficult to imagine a world without the ubiquitous plastics. If you have ever looked around your kitchen, bathroom or living room, you will realise …
By Tori Shucheng Yang, Changhui Song, and Hui Xie Pan, a 50-year-old woman who, after ten years being married and giving birth to two children, found out that her husband …
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A recent photo from Dina Litovsky showing a model’s inflamed feet in slingback heels went viral, with reposts from National Geographic and a whole host of Instagram influencers. The photo …
Since the advent of the first industrial revolution, the growing automation of production processes has been accompanied by concerns (or hopes) regarding the displacement of human labour. Although significant increases …
By Iman Dawood Gender-traditional religious communities, which promote strict gender relationships based on male headship and women’s submission, have been the subject of much public fascination. Many movies, television series, …