Voices on Police Violence
In recognition of the fortitude of those on the front lines; in honor of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tony McDade, and so many others whose lives have been cut short by police violence: Over the next few days the Center for Critical Public Health will highlight direct quotes …
Smoking as intoxication
Slides and notes from our presentation at the Gender & Intoxication symposium at the Danish Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research – Smoking as intoxication: A qualitative study of queer youth in the SF Bay Area (Antin, Hunt and Sanders 2018):
The what is and why bother with a critical public health
Typically, public health is defined as “promot(ing) and protect(ing) the health of people and the communities where they live, learn, work and play” (from the APHA website). On the surface, this is pretty uncontroversial. It’s straightforward — might be a bit vague, but it’s a straightforward description of what people in the public health field are all working towards. But upon closer reflection, there are some questions that we should be asking…
Truth-telling, trust and e-cigarettes
It should go without saying that public health institutions and researchers have an obligation to tell the truth. In principle, there aren’t many stakeholders in e-cigarette research who would argue otherwise. But questions about whose truth and how information about e-cigarettes should be communicated have been highly controversial. Partly this …
Who does research on the researcher?
Since February of last year, I have been talking to Black and Latina women from the Bay Area about their perceptions of and experiences with police. These women that I have had the pleasure of speaking with have all been between the ages of 18-25. As I have sat with …
Welcome to the Neighborhood!
“I think moving to the Bay Area, moving to Berkeley and Oakland and being in the East Bay where there is more exposure to just more self-love culture and what that looks like, and then also just witnessing my queer friends and kind of being an observer of the queer …
Anthro-less or anthro-lite at mid-career: Diagnosis and remedies
Ed. note: This is a version of Namino Glantz’s thought-provoking and inspiring talk at the 2017 meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA). You can find the program for the 2017 meeting here (pdf), and more information about SfAA here. I am so grateful for this chance to confess …
Smoking in the wrong bathroom
Max told me a lot about smoking. And gender. And freedom. I wanted to talk with this participant all day, but Max is in a band and had to leave to get ready for a gig. I felt connected to Max in a way I can’t make sense of with …
We’re all freaks here: Queer community, punk identity & cigarettes
Today I’m interviewing Tabatha, a young woman in her 20s with a cloud of curly red-tinted hair, who wears a jacket and skirt with combat boots and a septum ring. Her nails are painted in elaborate two-tone patterns, and her voice is low and husky. Tabatha identifies strongly with the …
Thank you for sharing that
I was just finishing up an in-depth individual interview for our LGBTQ Adults and Tobacco Stigma study. I announced that I had one last question. “Do you have any feedback for me about the interview or the study?” We sometimes get responses like, “The survey was too long,” or “You …