Month: August 2021

Mary Bernstein: Connecticut’s underappreciated role on the frontline of LGBTQ+ legislation

Check out Professor Mary Bernstein’s recent interview for Fox61, “Connecticut’s underappreciated role on the frontline of LGBTQ+ legislation.” ***Excerpt*** Dr. Mary Bernstein, a professor of sociology at UConn, said the ruling [Goodridge v. Massachusetts] redefined civil unions, not a stepping stone to marriage, but as something legally inferior to marriage. Love Makes a Family used […]

Rianka Roy: Precarious Privilege

Check out graduate student Rianka Roy’s recent article in The European Legacy, “Precarious Privilege: Globalism, Digital Biopolitics, and Tech-Workers’ Movements in India.” Abstract This article focuses on Indian tech-workers’ views on labour and social movements in the context of precarity, digital globalism, and the neoliberal transformations of the culture and economy. Based on interviews of twenty […]