Letter from the Editors: Spring 2025
Photo by Fernando Garcia by Amin Ghaziani and Seth Abrutyn | July 11, 2025 | Spring 2025 Protect the dolls. Inspired by the 1980s ballroom scene and popularized by fashion …
The Border is a Budget
How are borders made? State borders are the product of political conflict, nationalist discourse, unequal economic systems, and, as this essay shows, significant public financial investment. Public policy and political …
Welcome No More? Shifting Attitudes towards Ukrainian Refugees in Europe
Almost seven million Ukrainians have fled Ukraine since Russia’s large-scale invasion in February 2022. Seeking refuge in other European states, they were welcomed. However, recent analyses have emerged which point …
The Unseen Labour of Employed Black Low-income Mothers in South Africa – Gender & Society
Feranaaz Farista and Ameeta Jaga, Ph.D. In our article for Gender & Society titled, Workplace Breastfeeding as Foodwork in Organizational Settings: Advancing Knowledge from Black, Low-Income Women in South Africa, …
Does everyone have a gender?
by Canton Winer | August 7, 2025 When I asked Manisha to describe her gender identity, she gave a simple response: “meh.” “I don’t have a gender identity,” Manisha explained. …
Will a Robot Take Your God?
Societies grow and change all the time, but it can be tough to think about big-picture shifts when you’re living through the practical details of the day to day. Take …
Between God and Ground: Invisible Chains Among Farming Communities
Slavery, in its modern guise, remains a pervasive issue. In South Asian countries, which are predominantly agricultural societies and home to nearly one-quarter of the world’s population, this issue often …
HOW GRANDMOTHERS NAVIGATE INTENSIVE CHILDREARING EXPECTATIONS IN RURAL-TO-URBAN MIGRATION – Gender & Society
Qiang women weighing and selling green peppers By Rui Jie Peng Amid the global rise in women’s labor force participation and the decline in state childcare support, grandmothers frequently shoulder …
Medicalizing Maternity – Contexts
Maternity patients with mental health symptoms receive disparate healthcare when they choose to push back against psychotropic prescriptions. iStockPhoto // Sofiia Petrova In “Psychiatric Gaslighting: The Surveillance of Mental Illness …
The Surprising Convergence of Girlbosses and Tradwives
In recent weeks, we’ve seen multiple examples of women on the political right straddling two kinds of womanhood: the girlboss and the tradwife. The visibility of these women exposes a hidden …