Although it may seem that this article has nothing to do with anthropology (and at face value, I guess it doesn't), it reminded me quite a bit of Deborah Barndt's "Fruits of injustice: women in the post-NAFTA food system." But rather than following tomatoes to reveal "institutionalized classism, sexism, racism and ageism," this article chronicles ( Read more... )

SHE risked torture, imprisonment, perhaps even death to study literature and write poetry in secret under the Taliban. Last week, when she should have been celebrating the success of her first book, Nadia Anjuman, was beaten to death in Herat, apparently murdered by her husband.The 25-year-old Afghan had garnered wide praise in literary circles for ( Read more... )