Haitians have been battered from all sides for centuries, almost without respite, with horrors ranging from slavery to extortion, widespread corruption, a cholera epidemic, abject poverty, crumbling infrastructure, hurricanes, and massive earthquakes. Especially when building on rubble, and with needs far outweighing funding, both immediate crises and long term challenges can be overwhelming. U...

Research Article| July 01 2021 Abject Masculinity in Niels Fredrik Dahl’s Herre Ellen Rees University of Oslo Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scandinavian Studies (2021) 93 (2): 266–286. https://doi.org/10.5406/scanstud.93.2.0266 Cite Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Citation Rees; Herre. 1 2021; doi: Download citation file: Zotero Reference Mana...

In the past few years, the introduction and rapid acceptance of puberty suppression has transformed the clinical treatment of children diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder. This essay analyzes the narratives used by some advocates of this treatment, particularly the elements of saving children from the looming disaster of puberty and from future abject lives of violence and suicide as transg...