Hello from Ochanomizu University in Tokyo!
I arrived in Tokyo on 7 October for a month-long research stay at Ochanomizu University as part of an INTPART collaboration between the two Gender Studies research centers. My research focuses on trans issues in Japan, and I hope to write an article or book…
Contemporary fairy tales: narrating women academics through images
Hundreds of literary and symbolic images are used in the literature and media to refer to the careers and experiences of women academics and the gendered professional hindrances they encounter. Most of these metaphors draw either from the natural world or from the terminology of…