Author: Will

Will is the admin of Queereka, part of the Skepchick network. They are a cultural/medical anthropologist who works at the intersections of sex/gender, sexuality, health, and education. Their other interests include politics, science studies, popular culture, and public perceptions and understandings of anthropology. Follow them on Twitter at @anthrowill and Facebook at facebook.com/anthrowill.

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Looking for new writers!

By Will

On May 25, 2016

Hey everyone! Queereka is looking for new writers. The gig requires with some commitment and provides zero monetary pay, but what it lacks in generating coin is made up for with friendship and love! And glitter! So what are we looking for? At a minimum, applicants should self-identify as queer (by which we mean any non-normative […]

BDSM , Featured , Gender , Intersectionality , Politics / Activism , Polyamory , Reader Questions & Comments

Queer: What’s In A Word?

By Will

On July 17, 2015

Over on the Queereka Facebook page, someone left a couple of comments in response to Benny’s fantastic post about the “born this way” narrative. I think the issue that came up in the comments th

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Looking for Writers!

By Will

On February 3, 2015

Update 2/6/2015: We’ve had an amazing amount of interest in writing for Queereka! I have decided to close down our call for writers for now. If you were not selected this time around, please kee

That’s Not Skepticism, It’s Ethnocentric Xenophobia

By Will

In Cross-Culturalism , Health / Medicine , Skepticism

On August 3, 2014

I am a medical anthropologist. As such, I spend much of my time reading about and studying medicine as a sociocultural practice, particularly the ways that culture influences biomedical and public health practices. One of the reasons I went into medical anthropology was that I took a fantastic undergraduate Medical Anthropology course. Specifically, there was […]

Gender , Politics / Activism , Transgender

Follow-Up to Transgender Semantics

By Will

On April 29, 2014

Last week I wrote a post about how the issues surrounding RuPaul’s Drag Race got me thinking about the meaning of “transgender” and how its meaning is still contested. In the intervening week, I

Gender , Media Portrayals of LGBT , Politics / Activism , Transgender

Transgender Semantics

By Will

On April 20, 2014

(Content Note: Discussion of problematic language) A recent episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race (RPDR) featured a segment that upset and angered many trans* (and non-trans) people. The episode itself and

Cross-Post: Graduate Funding: No Easy Answers

By Will

In Education

On April 15, 2014

Dan over at School of Doubt has posted a response to Vince’s recent article on Queereka. If you’d like to read the whole post, head on over to School of Doubt! On Friday Queereka’s Vince posted this article about the Duke Collective, a group of Duke University graduate students who have decided to pool their funding as a […]

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Queereka is Looking for Writers!

By Will

On March 24, 2014

Queereka is looking for more writers! The gig requires with some commitment and provides zero monetary pay, but what it lacks in dollar bills it makes up for with friendship and love! So what are we l

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