Dec 2, 2021
December’s ep features a conversation with Karma Chávez about her new book The Borders of AIDS: Race, Quarantine, and Resistance out now from University of Washington Press. The book tracks how the early years of the AIDS pandemic in the United States saw the development of rhetorical strategies built on alienizing...
Aug 31, 2021
What are deviance studies and what does deviance have to do with queer theory? In season 2 episode 2 of Gender Jawn, Heather Love talks about her new book Underdogs: Social Deviance and Queer Theory, tells us how microsociology informs queer method, why it’s still all about negative affect, where shame and stigma fit...
May 10, 2021
In May’s episode of Gender Jawn Anthea Butler discusses her new book about the history of evangelicalism in the U.S., how evangelical faith is politically leveraged as a powerful voting block, and why evangelicals vote overwhelmingly for politicians who do not practice what evangelicals preach. She exposes the...
Apr 1, 2021
This episode offers an overview of the campaign for Penn to participate in a PILOT program with the city of Philadelphia. As a nonprofit, Penn is not required to pay property taxes, which provide a substantial part of the funding for the Philadelphia public school district. Members of Penn for PILOTs Mary Summers, Akira...