Feminist Intersections

Feminist Intersections

A podcast created by Sociologists for Women in Society to highlight the work of feminist scholars and activists. Twitter: @soc women

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July 17, 2023 70 mins

Who is your favorite superhero and why? We answer this question before exploring the impact of fandoms on social activism, gender, and how society can be reimagined to better support people with invisible disabilities. Dr. Cook discusses how her new book acts as a how-to guide to doing chaotic good within any fandom.

Tanya Cook is a sociology professor at the Community College of Aurora near Denver, Colorado. She holds a ...

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Households matter. They influence the educational attainment and occupational aspiration development of students. Scholars have found an overwhelmingly positive relationship between household involvement and student educational and aspirational outcomes. However, most investigations of this relationship have occurred within a Western context. Minha Khan explores the influence of households on low-income female Pakistani college stu...

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Erin Baker and Whitney Hunt meet with Salam Aboulhassan to discuss her research on the experiences of Muslims at work.
 
Resources
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
NAACP
Care.org
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Salam Aboulhassan is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at Wayne ...

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