The Politician’s Body
Those awful Trump statues have a meaningful message about how we perceive the bodies of our leaders, and it's not a nice one.
View ArticleMen and Women: The Same Parts, Organized Differently
Destroy the gender binary. We're all unique snowflakes that share a common origin (thanks, homology).
View ArticleOn Belly Dance and Feminism
Being a belly dancer and being a feminist are not mutually exclusive. This seems obvious to me, but it might not be to everyone. Hence this blog post.
View ArticleThat Old Feminist Bait-and-Switch
Hate getting reeled in by hotness only to get snapped at for objectifying women? I hate that too. But that's not what this post is actually about.
View ArticleThe Relief of Shedding Academic Drag
I get dressed up to teach five days a week this semester. And while I still work on the weekends, I get to decide how I look.
View Article#beautifulresistance: Stories, Dance, Adornment
Resisting injustice and bigotry means fighting, but that doesn't only mean bleak and barren media, stories, and bodies draping our cultural landscape.
View Article#FolkloreThursday: Material Culture
I'm a narrative scholar, so I play in the verbal folklore sandbox a lot. But folklore also encompasses customs and beliefs and physical items, which I'm overdue to discuss!
View ArticleI Am a Dancer, Not a Ballerina.
This is a pet peeve of mine, perhaps a silly one, but it illustrates larger cultural issues with dance literacy, art awareness, & stereotypes about bodies.
View ArticleIf You Can’t Respect Me as a Belly Dancer, Can You Respect Me At All?
There are pictures of me on the internet with my belly showing. GASP. The indecency! How can I possibly expect anyone to respect me?! Quite easily, actually.
View ArticleCostuming Through Cholis
As a special form of body art, costumes can highlight facets of our identity, group & individual, that are worth discussing from a belly dance perspective.
View ArticleShould I Live-Tweet Peterson’s Talk in My City?
Fans of Jordan Peterson are complaining that I haven't adequately given him a chance to wow me with his ideas. Is it worth going to see him talk live in my city for two days, or will I be wasting my time?
View ArticleBringing It Back to the Body
Teaching a class about the body is, obviously, an embodied experience. I found a great way to highlight that, even as I was frantically trying to import knowledge into my students' brains.
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