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About Kyle McMillen

NBN Episodes hosted by Kyle:

Gender Studies June 25, 2019

Original Plumbing

The Best of Ten Years of Trans Male Culture

Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
When Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos first launched Original Plumbing in 2009, they created a magazine the world desperately needed: a creative and celebratory biannual publication about trans men, by …
Gender Studies May 8, 2019

Fighting the US Youth Sex Trade

Gender, Race, and Politics

Carrie Baker

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
Campaigns against prostitution of young people in the United States have surged and ebbed multiple times over the last fifty years. Carrie Baker's Fighting the US Youth Sex Trade: Gender …
Gender Studies April 9, 2019

An Economist Walks Into A Brothel

And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk

Allison Schrager

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
Whether you are a commuter weighing options of taking the bus vs walking to get you to work on time or a military general leading troops into war, risk is …
Gender Studies March 4, 2019

Birth Control and American Modernity

A History of Popular Ideas

Trent MacNamara

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
Birth control, and the access to it, has continued to be a divisive issue in American political and social life. While birth control has almost become shorthand for “the pill,” …
Gender Studies January 23, 2019

Black Women Prison Employees

The Intersectionality of Gender and Race

Marcia Morgan

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
With prison reform a topic of international conversation and debate, Marica Morgan’s Black Women Prison Employees: The Intersectionality of Gender and Race offers an in-depth and unique analysis of …
Gender Studies January 8, 2019

Histories of the Transgender Child

Julian Gill-Peterson

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
With transgender rights front and center in American politics, media, and culture, the pervasive myth still exists that today’s transgender children are a brand new generation—pioneers in a field of …
Gender Studies November 9, 2018

Man Out

Men on the Sidelines of American Life

Andrew L. Yarrow

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
In the era of #MeToo, Brett Kavanaugh, and Donald Trump, masculinity and the harmful effects that follow certain versions of masculinity have become national conversations. Now, like many other times …
Gender Studies September 28, 2018

Speaking Up

Understanding Language and Gender

Allyson Jule

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
In a time where concepts such as gender pronouns, sexual assault and harassment, and toxic masculinity are entering and shaping public discourse, knowing the ways in which gender and language …
Gender Studies July 25, 2018

Gaming Masculinity

Trolls, Fake Geeks, and the Battle for Online Culture

Megan Condis

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
Gaming has increasingly become part of mainstream culture, from the continued rise of console and PC gaming to the emergence of eSports. Gaming culture has also come under more scrutiny …
Gender Studies April 10, 2018

The Transformation of Title IX

Regulating Gender Equality in Education

R. Shep Melnick

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
When thinking of Title IX, most people immediately associate this important education policy with either athletics or a general idea of increasing opportunities for women in education. Rarely do those …
Gender Studies February 23, 2018

Legalized Families in the Era of Bordered Globalization

Daphna Hacker

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
As debates on globalization rage in the twenty-first century, many countries and the people within them have been challenged socially, economically, and legally. At the same time, our world is …
Gender Studies January 23, 2018

Playboys and Mayfair Men

Crime, Class, Masculinity, and Fascism in 1930s London

Angus McLaren

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
In December of 1937, four men robbed a representative of the diamond company Cartier of eight diamond rings in the Hyde Park Hotel. What made this crime unique was the …
Gender Studies December 5, 2017

A Table for One

A Critical Reading of Singlehood, Gender and Time

Kinneret Lahad

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
Why are you still single? This question is often asked of single women, especially those who are deemed by loved ones or friends to be too old to be single …
Gender Studies October 2, 2017

Lost Girls

The Invention of the Flapper

Linda Simon

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
What are your impressions when you think of the flapper? Who is she in your mind? When and where does she exist? In her new book Lost Girls: The Invention …
Gender Studies September 27, 2017

Beyond Trans

Does Gender Matter?

Heath Fogg Davis

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
Why do we have sex-segregated restrooms? Are they necessary? What about your drivers license? Have you thought of why your designated sex category is listed, despite your picture and all …
Gender Studies July 26, 2017

TRANS/gressive

How Transgender Activists Took on Gay Rights, Feminism, the Media &amp

Riki Wilchins

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
Before Transgender actors entered popular culture, and before the "T" was included in LGBT, Transgender activism was a small and marginalized movement. However, though courage and perseverance, Transgender rights began …
Gender Studies April 6, 2017

American Hookup

The New Culture of Sex on Campus

Lisa Wade

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
"Hookup" has become a buzzword, a misleading concept for students, parents and educators alike--one that confuses more than explains the nuances of this complex and pervasive trend. In American Hookup …
Gender Studies February 13, 2017

'Keep the Damned Women Out'

The Struggle for Coeducation

Nancy Weiss Malkiel

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
Within the context of the social upheaval of the 1960s and 1970s, elite institutions of higher education began to feel pressure to open their doors to women. In 'Keep the …
Gender Studies January 30, 2017

Ty Cobb, Baseball, and American Manhood

Steve Tripp

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
Many scholars of baseball and American sports have focused on Ty Cobb as an integral and controversial character in the history of baseball. However, scholars have ignored the ways in …
Gender Studies September 30, 2016

Masculinity, Femininity, and American Political Behavior

Monika McDermott

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
With the 2016 presidential election in full swing and rhetoric surrounding each candidate becoming more polarized, how does gender impact the way that people behave politically? Monika McDermott in her …
Gender Studies September 13, 2016

Gender Shrapnel in the Academic Workplace

Ellen Mayock

Hosted by Kyle McMillen
Recent controversies surrounding sexual harassment and assault on college campuses have sparked heated discussions surrounding the everyday experiences of women on college campuses. Female students and faculty members have often …