The Fear of Bare, Naked Ladies’ Faces
The mask, like the veil, is seen by the anxious West as concealing a racialized female subject in need of liberation from a backward culture.
The Gendered Labor of Noticing and Anticipating
Through interviews with couples, sociologist Allison Daminger refines our understanding of cognitive labor in the household.
Wartime Injustice: When “Yes” Means “No”
The mother-daughter relationship in Hisaye Yamamoto’s fiction is a stand-in for the relationship between the American nation-state and the Nisei male citizens.
This One Number on a Form Can Reduce Gender Inequality
Reducing the gap between quantitative evaluation scores for male and female instructors may be as simple as changing a single number.
In the Ladies’ Loo
Gender-segregated bathrooms tell a story about who is and who is not welcome in public life.
That Time Thor and Loki Cross-Dressed
Why the Old Norse gods disguised themselves as a bride and bridesmaid before visiting Thrymr, king of Jötunheima.
The Cross-Dressing Superstar of the Belle Époque
Mathilde de Morny's commitment to a masculine aesthetic and a non-traditional lifestyle in nineteenth-century France challenged the boundaries of gender identity.
Did Caterina Sforza Flash an Army?
According to legend, Sforza lifted her skirts to show her adversaries that she had the body parts to make more children. But why?
Delts Don’t Lie
Renaissance artists routinely used men as models for their depictions of female subjects, yet only the musculatures of Michelangelo tell that story.