Kia Ditlevsen
@kiaditlevsen.bsky.social
Sociologist. Researching food, social class and consumer culture. University of Copenhagen.
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New publication!
Food work and social negotiations among women living in relatively poor households in Denmark.
We find that some of them can claim competence and respectability through food work, and distinguish themselves positively in an otherwise marginalized and stigmatized social position👇
Food work and social negotiations among women living in relatively poor households in Denmark.
We find that some of them can claim competence and respectability through food work, and distinguish themselves positively in an otherwise marginalized and stigmatized social position👇
“There is Always Food in the Freezer”. Negotiations of Respectability, Health and Food Among Women in Disadvantaged Conditions
Drawing on qualitative in-depth interviews with 15 women living in low-income households in Denmark, this article explores how disadvantaged women discursively negotiate their own respectability in...
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August 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
New publication!
Food work and social negotiations among women living in relatively poor households in Denmark.
We find that some of them can claim competence and respectability through food work, and distinguish themselves positively in an otherwise marginalized and stigmatized social position👇
Food work and social negotiations among women living in relatively poor households in Denmark.
We find that some of them can claim competence and respectability through food work, and distinguish themselves positively in an otherwise marginalized and stigmatized social position👇
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60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children.
These are their names.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
These are their names.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children.
These are their names.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
These are their names.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
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“Sociologists study society and group behavior. Consequently, we recognize that race and racial inequality are areas that warrant scientific analysis,” said American Sociological Association President Adia Harvey Wingfield.
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Educators Ask Court to Pause Harmful Trump Administration Effort to Upend Civil Rights Laws, Attack Educational Programs and Student Opportunities - Democracy Forward
democracyforward.org
March 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“Sociologists study society and group behavior. Consequently, we recognize that race and racial inequality are areas that warrant scientific analysis,” said American Sociological Association President Adia Harvey Wingfield.
democracyforward.org/updates/dcl-...
democracyforward.org/updates/dcl-...
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NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
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Medics in Gaza decry ‘world’s silence’ as Israel continues to bomb schools www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Israel bombs Gaza school sheltering forcibly displaced Palestinians
Israeli attack kills eight people in shelter in Jabalia in northern Gaza as Natanyahu sends senior negotiators to Doha.
www.aljazeera.com
January 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Medics in Gaza decry ‘world’s silence’ as Israel continues to bomb schools www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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“Every time a psychological explanation is offered for a social phenomenon, we may rest assured that explanation is false.”
December 17, 2024 at 4:00 PM
“Every time a psychological explanation is offered for a social phenomenon, we may rest assured that explanation is false.”
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🚨 My dept @lsesociology.bsky.social is hiring an asst prof in urban sociology! Apply/spread the word! 🚨
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Assistant Professor in Sociology
Assistant Professor in Sociology,
,
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>As an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to diversity and inclusion, we encourage applications from women...
jobs.lse.ac.uk
December 9, 2024 at 1:28 PM
🚨 My dept @lsesociology.bsky.social is hiring an asst prof in urban sociology! Apply/spread the word! 🚨
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Klimarådets formand: »Vi begynder at se oversvømmelser herhjemme, og vi har set bla. i Spanien og Belgien og Tyskland, at mennesker er blevet dræbt. Men alligevel opfattes det som en gradvis udvikling. Det er ligesom med frøen i gryden. Det er på tide at hoppe.« www.information.dk/indland/2024...
Klimarådets formand: »Det er ligesom med frøen i gryden. Det er på tide at hoppe«
På et dystert bagtæppe af klimakatastrofer og skrækindjagende klimarapporter skal Danmark snart forhandle, hvor meget vi de kommende år vil bidrage til at bremse krisen. Klimarådet varmer i ny rapport...
www.information.dk
November 29, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Klimarådets formand: »Vi begynder at se oversvømmelser herhjemme, og vi har set bla. i Spanien og Belgien og Tyskland, at mennesker er blevet dræbt. Men alligevel opfattes det som en gradvis udvikling. Det er ligesom med frøen i gryden. Det er på tide at hoppe.« www.information.dk/indland/2024...
Read Ursula Le Guin, it helps
November 21, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Read Ursula Le Guin, it helps
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#Mødrehjælpen har modtaget 19.000 ansøgninger til julehjælp=14 % flere end samme tid sidste år (rekordår med 24.000 ansøgninger) Direktør @ninnathomsen.bsky.social
”Mange lønninger er reguleret efter inflationskrisen, men de offentlige ydelser er ikke fulgt”
avisendanmark.dk/danmark/en-f...
”Mange lønninger er reguleret efter inflationskrisen, men de offentlige ydelser er ikke fulgt”
avisendanmark.dk/danmark/en-f...
November 21, 2024 at 7:22 AM
#Mødrehjælpen har modtaget 19.000 ansøgninger til julehjælp=14 % flere end samme tid sidste år (rekordår med 24.000 ansøgninger) Direktør @ninnathomsen.bsky.social
”Mange lønninger er reguleret efter inflationskrisen, men de offentlige ydelser er ikke fulgt”
avisendanmark.dk/danmark/en-f...
”Mange lønninger er reguleret efter inflationskrisen, men de offentlige ydelser er ikke fulgt”
avisendanmark.dk/danmark/en-f...
Inherited wealth:
November 19, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Inherited wealth: