An anthropologist conducts research in an Arizona retirement community, where older women share hard-won insights about how limitations on sexual…
How Allocating Work Aided Our Evolutionary SuccessSocieties divide labor by gender and age. A biological anthropologist considers when and why this behavior arose. ✽ In his…
The Rise of Aunties in Pakistani PoliticsMiddle-class, conservative women in Pakistan have found a political voice as supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party—putting them at odds…
Comics as a Medium for Women’s RightsGogi is a comic strip character who boldly addresses issues of women’s rights in Pakistan and the broader Muslim world.…
Coastal EdenA poet interrogates the garden of Eden origin story by reimagining it against the backdrop of East Africa’s coastal environment.…
Nameless WomanArchives often render marginalized people’s histories invisible. In response to such erasure, a poet writes a letter to explore the…
Chatter That MattersThree anthropologists sit to talk about the evolutionary purposes of gossip. What role does gossip play in human societies? In…
Spotlighting Black Women’s Mental Health StrugglesAn anthropologist discusses her film that honors and grieves the loss of Kime, a friend who passed away after experiencing…
Being a “Good Man” in a Time of Climate CatastropheAn anthropologist follows a group of men who work in India’s rickshaw industry, revealing how their practices of masculinity and…
Black Influencers Beyond the ScreensMeet Anuli Akanegbu, the host of the BLK IRL podcast and a doctoral candidate researching Black creatives who are contract…