On March 23rd, 2019, the state of Texas banned abortion as the COVID-19 pandemic led to…
Tag: Patriarchal Ethnonationalist Authoritarianism
Business as Usual in the DR Congo: Patriarchy, Authoritarianism, and Global Complicity
“In much of Africa, ‘wife’ is a four-letter word,” writes Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyèwùmí (2000: 1096, emphasis in original). “[Instead] Mother…
Waiting for LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers in Germany: A Form of State Control and Resistance
Since 2016, the European Union has made efforts to streamline and simplify the administrative procedure for international refugee protection…
Restricting and Shaping Women’s International Migrations from Indonesia
ases of abuse and violence against Indonesian migrant domestic workers abroad regularly make headlines nationally and internationally…
“Would You Come With Me to the Line?”: Lawfare and Legal Accompaniment at the US-Mexico Border
Between July 2015 and July 2018, when I did ethnographic fieldwork on the politics of care, hospitality…
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