Roberta S. Pamplona
@robertaspamplona.bsky.social
sociology phd candidate at the University of Toronto
feminist theory, political sociology, critical criminology, Latin American studies, and feminicídios | she/ela | vanier scholar
https://www.robertapamplona.com
feminist theory, political sociology, critical criminology, Latin American studies, and feminicídios | she/ela | vanier scholar
https://www.robertapamplona.com
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My article is out in Gender & Society (open access)! Through a case study of Brazil's #Feminicídio Law, I challenge the idea that institutionalization necessarily depoliticizes feminist ideas and show how activists reframed this category for new political goals:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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My book with @dukepress.bsky.social is now available for pre-order! Use coupon code E26JCMGZ to save 30%! www.dukeupress.edu/gay-print-cu...
September 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My book with @dukepress.bsky.social is now available for pre-order! Use coupon code E26JCMGZ to save 30%! www.dukeupress.edu/gay-print-cu...
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In this collective conversation at @sexandsexualities.bsky.social, Jyoti Puri, Sa’ed Atshan, Zine Magubane, and I discussed the intersections of empire, race, sexuality, and gender in history and in the present.
doi.org/10.1177/3033...
doi.org/10.1177/3033...
May 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In this collective conversation at @sexandsexualities.bsky.social, Jyoti Puri, Sa’ed Atshan, Zine Magubane, and I discussed the intersections of empire, race, sexuality, and gender in history and in the present.
doi.org/10.1177/3033...
doi.org/10.1177/3033...
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The Cannes prize for Best Director goes to Kleber Mendonça Filho for ‘THE SECRET AGENT’
May 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Cannes prize for Best Director goes to Kleber Mendonça Filho for ‘THE SECRET AGENT’
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Congrats to @robertaspamplona.bsky.social of @uoft.bsky.social for co-winning LSA’s 2025 Graduate Student Paper Prize for “Reframing Feminist Ideas, Challenging State Incorporation: Activism Against Violence and the Feminicidio Law in Brazil”!
View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2025
View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2025
May 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Congrats to @robertaspamplona.bsky.social of @uoft.bsky.social for co-winning LSA’s 2025 Graduate Student Paper Prize for “Reframing Feminist Ideas, Challenging State Incorporation: Activism Against Violence and the Feminicidio Law in Brazil”!
View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2025
View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2025
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Excited to share that I’ve won the 2025 Clifford Geertz Prize for Best Article from the ASA Sociology of Culture Section. I'm grateful to the award committee for this honor, and to my intellectual community whose constructive feedback helped shape the piece.
doi.org/10.1177/0003...
doi.org/10.1177/0003...
The Culture of Censorship: State Intervention and Complicit Creativity in Global Film Production - Jun Fang, 2024
How does state censorship shape global creative production? To explore the merger of art and the state in a global context, I adopt a micro-sociological approac...
doi.org
May 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Excited to share that I’ve won the 2025 Clifford Geertz Prize for Best Article from the ASA Sociology of Culture Section. I'm grateful to the award committee for this honor, and to my intellectual community whose constructive feedback helped shape the piece.
doi.org/10.1177/0003...
doi.org/10.1177/0003...
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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
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FREE TO READ THROUGH APRIL 30
"Nepo Babies and the Myth of Meritocracy" by Jordan Foster and Michelle Maroto (@mmaroto.bsky.social) is free to read now through April 30.
Read the article at doi.org/10.1080/0038...
"Nepo Babies and the Myth of Meritocracy" by Jordan Foster and Michelle Maroto (@mmaroto.bsky.social) is free to read now through April 30.
Read the article at doi.org/10.1080/0038...
April 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
FREE TO READ THROUGH APRIL 30
"Nepo Babies and the Myth of Meritocracy" by Jordan Foster and Michelle Maroto (@mmaroto.bsky.social) is free to read now through April 30.
Read the article at doi.org/10.1080/0038...
"Nepo Babies and the Myth of Meritocracy" by Jordan Foster and Michelle Maroto (@mmaroto.bsky.social) is free to read now through April 30.
Read the article at doi.org/10.1080/0038...
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I hope Brazil will make history tonight.
I wrote about why the most important Oscar nominee is the movie about how living under authoritarian rule can feel surprisingly normal.
The Year’s Most Urgent Best Picture Contender Is the One Almost No One Has Seen
I’m Still Here has a warning—and a reason for hope.
slate.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I hope Brazil will make history tonight.
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In Memoriam
Mala Htun (1969-2025)
Mala Htun made a major impact on the study of women, gender, and politics as a scholar, teacher, mentor, and advocate. To honor her contributions, we have ungated access to her articles until the end of February 2025.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Mala Htun (1969-2025)
Mala Htun made a major impact on the study of women, gender, and politics as a scholar, teacher, mentor, and advocate. To honor her contributions, we have ungated access to her articles until the end of February 2025.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
In Memoriam
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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January 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In Memoriam
Mala Htun (1969-2025)
Mala Htun made a major impact on the study of women, gender, and politics as a scholar, teacher, mentor, and advocate. To honor her contributions, we have ungated access to her articles until the end of February 2025.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Mala Htun (1969-2025)
Mala Htun made a major impact on the study of women, gender, and politics as a scholar, teacher, mentor, and advocate. To honor her contributions, we have ungated access to her articles until the end of February 2025.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Legal demais ver a tese circulando! Saiu ontem no Jornal da USP :)
jornal.usp.br/diversidade/...
jornal.usp.br/diversidade/...
Ao assumir identidade de “homem trabalhador” desde cedo, jovens periféricos sacrificam parte da juventude
Pesquisa demonstra como a construção das masculinidades nas periferias brasileiras se relaciona com questões familiares, econômicas e de segurança pública
jornal.usp.br
January 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Legal demais ver a tese circulando! Saiu ontem no Jornal da USP :)
jornal.usp.br/diversidade/...
jornal.usp.br/diversidade/...
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New research article out now — open-access — in Social Forces, co-authored with @tomasgold.bsky.social.
“A processual framework for understanding the rise of the populist right: the case of Brazil (2013-2018)”
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
New research article out now — open-access — in Social Forces, co-authored with @tomasgold.bsky.social.
“A processual framework for understanding the rise of the populist right: the case of Brazil (2013-2018)”
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
January 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🚨
New research article out now — open-access — in Social Forces, co-authored with @tomasgold.bsky.social.
“A processual framework for understanding the rise of the populist right: the case of Brazil (2013-2018)”
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
New research article out now — open-access — in Social Forces, co-authored with @tomasgold.bsky.social.
“A processual framework for understanding the rise of the populist right: the case of Brazil (2013-2018)”
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
My article is out in Gender & Society (open access)! Through a case study of Brazil's #Feminicídio Law, I challenge the idea that institutionalization necessarily depoliticizes feminist ideas and show how activists reframed this category for new political goals:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
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January 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My article is out in Gender & Society (open access)! Through a case study of Brazil's #Feminicídio Law, I challenge the idea that institutionalization necessarily depoliticizes feminist ideas and show how activists reframed this category for new political goals:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Fernanda Torres has won Best Actress in a Drama Film at the #GoldenGlobes for ‘IM STILL HERE’
See the full winners list: bit.ly/GlobeWins25
See the full winners list: bit.ly/GlobeWins25
January 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Fernanda Torres has won Best Actress in a Drama Film at the #GoldenGlobes for ‘IM STILL HERE’
See the full winners list: bit.ly/GlobeWins25
See the full winners list: bit.ly/GlobeWins25
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January 6, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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"The study is impressive in its scale...cases and deaths dropped by more than 50% and in the Indigenous population the drop was even more dramatic: more than 60%."
Nature Medicine study shows the effects of Bolsa Familia strongest in Black and Indigenous populations
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Nature Medicine study shows the effects of Bolsa Familia strongest in Black and Indigenous populations
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Tuberculosis rates plunge when families living in poverty get a monthly cash payout
A program in Brazil that gives a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new study shows that it is dramatically reducing tuberculosis rates.
www.npr.org
January 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"The study is impressive in its scale...cases and deaths dropped by more than 50% and in the Indigenous population the drop was even more dramatic: more than 60%."
Nature Medicine study shows the effects of Bolsa Familia strongest in Black and Indigenous populations
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Nature Medicine study shows the effects of Bolsa Familia strongest in Black and Indigenous populations
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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For those of us who think about the institutional life of women's/gender/sexuality studies, this is interesting (and, I think, sad) news: news.ucsc.edu/2024/11/femi...
After 50 successful years, Feminist Studies faculty vote to disestablish the formal department, making way for more wide-ranging feminist scholarship across campus
Feminist Studies faculty and staff are committed to helping current students enrolled in the department's programs earn their degrees
news.ucsc.edu
November 26, 2024 at 11:56 AM
For those of us who think about the institutional life of women's/gender/sexuality studies, this is interesting (and, I think, sad) news: news.ucsc.edu/2024/11/femi...
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📣 New pub! With @drcompton.bsky.social and students Shuo Meng and Keya Zhou. Most Americans do not think people should get/stay married 'for the kids' and moreso among women and queer folks. Open access in @socquarterly.bsky.social #Sociology Read it here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
For the Children: Attitudes Toward Marriage and Divorce in the United States
The deinstitutionalization of marriage suggests more support for divorce and the forgoing of marriage. In this study, we examine attitudes toward both marriage and divorce in the context of having ...
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November 19, 2024 at 12:25 AM
📣 New pub! With @drcompton.bsky.social and students Shuo Meng and Keya Zhou. Most Americans do not think people should get/stay married 'for the kids' and moreso among women and queer folks. Open access in @socquarterly.bsky.social #Sociology Read it here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....