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I did it for the data

July 15, 2019July 15, 2019 / The Familiar Strange / 1 Comment

As an ethnographer of porn, I entered the field with some hard limits and never crossed them. I never ended up doing anything I regretted, but the pressure to push myself and my boundaries was palatable that evening.

Why #MeToo Is Complicated for Female Anthropologists

March 1, 2018August 20, 2018 / The Familiar Strange / 3 Comments

How do we ensure that the #metoo movements reach beyond both Hollywood’s red carpets and academia’s Ivory Towers, to areas where a shake-up is arguably most needed? How do we approach community solidarities that provide both victim and perpetrators meaning and comfort, at the same time as perpetuating the problem sexual abuse?

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