In this episode, feminist sociologist Farinaz Basmachi shares her current doctoral research on sexuality, sexual agency, and sexual violence in Canada and Iran, as well as the research from her first dissertation (yes, she’s doing TWO PhD’s!) titled Not Just About a Piece of Cloth: Three Content Analysis Studies of an Online Anti-Mandatory Hijab Movement in Iran.… Read More “Researching Sexual Violence & Revolutionary Resistance with Farinaz Basmechi”
Read MoreIn this episode, Phyllis digs into what we can learn from error (our own and others) with the brilliant Dr. Michael Allan, a comparative literature professor at the University of Oregon. They kick things off with Mike’s latest research on late-19th-century filmmaker Alexandre Promio of the Lumière Brothers, unpacking what it means to “research an ellipsis.”… Read More “Researching an Ellipsis with Dr. Michael Allan”
Read MoreOn this episode Phyllis talks with transgender activist, harm reduction worker, and phenomenal phenomenological researcher Chloe Seongeun Kim about finding meaning as resistance to power & meaninglessness and how research can be an extension of oneself. As she says, “all good research must come from the heart with compassion.”… Read More “Transgender Joy & Finding Meaning as Resistance to Power”
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