Tag: Gender
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Caring for Toxic Tobacco Cultivation Across Caribbean and Andean Colombia
in EssaysIn the Caribbean and Andean regions of Colombia, women and children perform(ed) the necessary labor to sustain the rural communities at the heart of toxic production of tobacco. In tracing these histories of care and toxicity, Nicolás Felipe Rueda Rey and Margarita Martínez-Osorio ask what accountability looks like today.
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Mothering in Times of Crisis: A Conversation with Jennifer Case and Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder
in PodcastsKayleigh Lobdell speaks with authors Jennifer Case and Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder about each of their recent books about human and beyond-human mothering in this political and ecological moment.
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Trans Joy and Indigenous Resistance on the River: A Conversation with Cleo Wölfle Hazard
in PodcastsEllie Kincaid and M Hamilton Wilson talk with Cleo Wölfle Hazard about his recent book, Underflows: Queer Trans Ecologies and River Justice.
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Beautiful Sludge as Queer Ecology
in EssaysDuring the Covid-19 pandemic, Quinn Luthy found refuge in the Newtown Creek, a superfind site in New York City. Its toxic sludge and dandelion wilds harbor queer ecology and nonbinary resistance.
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Dark Fiction, Sinister Reality: A Conversation with Brenda Becette
in PodcastsIn this bilingual podcast, Brenda Becette talks with Bri Meyer about the role of fiction in our dystopic reality. Becette’s short stories avenge women, children, and environment.
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Knowledge Politics and the Making of Indian Environmental History: A Conversation with Ramachandra Guha
in PodcastsLaleh Ahmad speaks with Ramachandra Guha on his new book, Speaking with Nature (2024). They discuss the history of environmentalism in India and how it differs from the West, especially through key thinkers’ intertwining of social justice and nature.
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Más allá de los monocultivos del género, los horizontes trans
in EssaysLa lógica de las plantaciones le dan forma a nuestra vida. El género es hoy un monocultivo, pero Max D. López Toledano y Topaz Zega sugieren que cultivar policultivos del género nos ofrece nuevas maneras de florecer.
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Gender and Glacial Agency in The Ice Sings Back
in ReviewsMaria Tane reviews feminist geographer and glaciologist M Jackson’s debut novel, which reveals a profound connection between melting ice and missing women.
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Young, Queer Farmers Are Here to Change U.S. Agriculture
in EssaysToday’s queer youth are more interested in farming than ever. Eliza Pessereau surveyed members of the Queer Farmer Listserv to understand their challenges and motivations for going “back to the land.”
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Beyond Gender Monocultures, Toward Trans Horizons
in EssaysThe logic of plantations shape people’s lives. Gender has become a monoculture, but Max López Toledano and Topa Zenga argue that growing gender polycultures can offer a means of flourishing.