Sweating Through a Gym’s Gender Barriers
Training with macho bodybuilders, a female powerlifter and anthropologist muscled through grueling rites of passage—and forged unexpected bonds.
Sweating Through a Gym’s Gender Barriers
Reflections
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Recuerdos de la mujer que fue mi segunda madre en Cuba
Tras la muerte de su amiga y quien fuera su niñera en Cuba, una antropóloga reflexiona sobre los regalos que intercambiaron durante décadas de encuentros en La Habana, en medio de los cambios culturales y económicos que ocurrían en la isla.
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Remembering the Woman Who Was My Second Mother in Cuba
Upon the death of her friend and childhood nanny in Cuba, an anthropologist reflects on the gifts exchanged over decades of reunion amid cultural and economic changes on the island.
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A Daughter’s Disability and a Father’s Awakening
When an anthropologist’s baby was diagnosed with Down syndrome, he was overwhelmed by emotional upheaval. Then, everything changed.
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Is Gender Unique to Humans?
Evidence from our closest evolutionary relatives suggests that we might not be the only animals with a sense of gender identity.
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Why Are So Many Guatemalans Migrating to the U.S.?
As poverty and violence force Guatemalans to leave their country, one anthropologist reflects on her work with Indigenous peoples in the highlands—and shows how the U.S. is implicated in its own “migrant crisis.”