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About Sohini Chatterjee

Sohini Chatterjee is a PhD Student in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at Western University, Canada. Her areas of interest are queer cultural studies, trans and queer activism, critical disability studies, and resistance movements in India.

Sohini Chatterjee is a PhD Student in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at Western University, Canada. Her work has recently appeared in Women's Studies: An inter-disciplinary journal, South Asian Popular Culture and Fat Studies.

NBN Episodes hosted by Sohini:

LGBTQ+ Studies March 25, 2022

Trans Care

Hil Malatino

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What does it mean for trans people to show up for one another, to care deeply for one another? How have failures of care shaped trans lives? What care practices …
Gender Studies February 23, 2022

Women, Power, and Property

The Paradox of Gender Equality Laws in India

Rachel E Brulé

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Quotas for women in government have swept the globe. Yet we know little about their capacity to upend entrenched social, political, and economic hierarchies. ​Property and Power seeks to explore …
Gender Studies December 21, 2021

The Maternal Imprint

The Contested Science of Maternal-Fetal Effects

Sarah S. Richardson

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The idea that a woman may leave a biological trace on her gestating offspring has long been a commonplace folk intuition and a matter of scientific intrigue, but the form …
Gender Studies November 24, 2021

The Work of Rape

Rana M. Jaleel

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In The Work of Rape (Duke UP, 2021), Rana M. Jaleel argues that the redefinition of sexual violence within international law as a war crime, crime against humanity, and genocide …
South Asian Studies November 23, 2021

Police Matters

The Everyday State and Caste Politics in South India, 1900–1975

Radha Kumar

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Police Matters: The Everyday State and Caste Politics in South India, 1900–1975 (Cornell UP, 2021) moves beyond the city to examine the intertwined nature of police and caste in the …
Gender Studies November 12, 2021

Sexual Citizenship and Disability

Understanding Sexual Support in Policy, Practice and Theory

Julia Bahner

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What does ‘sexual citizenship’ mean in practice for people with mobility impairments who may need professional support to engage in sexual activity? Sexual Citizenship and Disability: Understanding Sexual Support in …
Gender Studies November 10, 2021

Politics of Rightful Killing

Civil Society, Gender, and Sexuality in Weblogistan

Sima Shakhsari

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In the early 2000s, mainstream international news outlets celebrated the growth of Weblogistan—the online and real-life transnational network of Iranian bloggers—and depicted it as a liberatory site that gave voice …
Gender Studies October 15, 2021

The Political Economy of Stigma

HIV, Memoir, Medicine, and Crip Positionalities

Allyson Day

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In The Political Economy of Stigma: HIV, Memoir, Medicine, and Crip Positionalities (Ohio State UP, 2021), Ally Day offers a compelling critique of neoliberal medical practices in the US by coupling …
LGBTQ+ Studies October 8, 2021

Information Activism

A Queer History of Lesbian Media Technologies

Cait McKinney

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For decades, lesbian feminists across the United States and Canada have created information to build movements and survive in a world that doesn't want them. In Information Activism: A Queer …
LGBTQ+ Studies August 26, 2021

Queering Femininity

Sexuality, Feminism and the Politics of Presentation

Hannah McCann

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In Queering Femininity: Sexuality, Feminism and the Politics of Presentation (Routledge, 2019), Hannah McCann asks, “how can we consider femininity in a way that best attends to people’s experiences of, and …