Erica Rand's guest appearances

Erica Rand

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Brave Talks

My Kind of Life

Scott Carrier

John Jennings

Cory Doctorow

Scott McCloud

Varun Soni

Trey Kay

Xiao Mina

Akilah Hughes

Dan Goldman

Damian Duffy

Alex Rivera

Howard Rheingold

Jeet Heer

Suzanne Scott

Justin Scott

OwlTail

Erica Rand, professor of Art and Visual Culture and of Gender and Sexuality Studies at Bates College.  She is author of: Barbie’s Queer Accessories, a study of the doll’s history and manufacture in relation to corporate and consumer meaning-making, The Ellis Island Snow Globe, a queer, anti-racist alternative tour of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, and Red Nails Black Skates, a collection of short essays grounded in participant-observation research in adult figure skating.  Rand’s work spans the breadth of sexuality and material culture in today’s world.  Rand has taken her work in many directions, including into the world of figure skating!  Listen in as Rand reveals her decision to start figure skating in her 40’s and discusses the gender of skates and skating tights.

From Barbie to Ice Skates: Gendered Objects with Erica Rand