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09/07/2022

Anonymous on covering her Jewish faith, marital status, and curly hair

In this podcast, MBA Student Fellow Narjis Premjee interviews individuals who have covered or uncovered certain aspects of their identity in the workplace, such as their religion, ethnicity, marital status, disabilities, and sexual orientation. Transcript for this episode. About this series: This podcast was supported by the Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE) as part of the MBA Student Fellows program, which seeks to engage students in advancing the agenda on gender equality. Find out more here. Learn more about the creator of this series, Narjis Premjee, here. This podcast was edited by Victoria Heath, Mohammad Taqi Premjee and Narjis Premjee. A special thanks to Sarah Kaplan, Victoria Heath, Alyson Colón, Bonnie Lam and all interviewees that took part in this podcast. *Disclaimer: This podcast series was prepared by Narjis Premjee, and the opinions expressed in this series are her own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Institute for Gender and the Economy or the University of Toronto
Sep 9

Myth: The manosphere is about men's self-improvement

It seems like the term "manosphere" is everywhere these days, from news headlines to documentaries. On the surface, some of these online spaces can look like they’re simply about self-improvement. There’s content about dating, fitness, money, and men's rights. But actually, the manosphere is much more than just a self-improvement space. In this episode, we'll unpack what the manosphere is, what's behind its rise, and why this "self-help" content can become an entry point to misogyny and harmful ideas about what it means to be a man. GATE’s Busted podcast is made possible by generous support from BMO. Featured guests: Dr. Luc Cousineau, Recreation Management Director, Instructor and Internship Coordinator, School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University Jillian Sunderland, PhD Candidate, Sociology, University of Toronto Resources: Brito, P., Hayes, C., Lehrer, R., & Mahler, J., Salinas Groppo, J. (2024). The Manosphere, Rewired: Understanding Masculinities Online & Pathways for Healthy Connection. Washington, DC: Equimundo. https://www.equimundo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Manosphere-Rewired.pdf Cousineau, L. (2023). “Are there any other male friendly subs on here?” - online men’s rights groups as simultaneous communities of care and hate, inclusion and exclusion. Leisure, Inclusion, and Belonging 47(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/14927713.2023.2252812 Sunderland, J. (2025). The rise of the ‘performative male:’ How young men are experimenting with masculinity online. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/the-rise-of-the-performative-male-how-young-men-are-experimenting-with-masculinity-online-268742 Sunderland, J. and Foster, J. (2026). From gym to jawline: What looksmaxxing says about modern masculinity. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/from-gym-to-jawline-what-looksmaxxing-says-about-modern-masculinity-277130 Produced by: Carmina Ravanera and Dr. Sonia Kang Edited by: Ian Gormely
06/09/2022

What even is toxic positivity?

Work relationships can often be complex and can feature blurred lines between the personal and professional. For some, this can result in unnecessary pressure, gaslighting, and toxic positivity, the idea that the best way to cope with a challenging situation is to put a positive spin on it. This episode looks at the psychology behind human emotions, how we regulate them and suppress them during challenging times, and how all of this can relate to toxic positivity. Featured Guests Dr. Norman Farb, University of Toronto Mississauga For transcript + show notes please visit (https://www.gendereconomy.org/team/simone-lima/) This podcast is a GATE Audio production from the University of Toronto’s Institute for Gender and the Economy: www.gendereconomy.org
05/12/2025

Myth: The tradwife movement empowers women by affirming traditional gender roles

If you’ve been on social media lately, you might have seen some content about the tradwife movement and from tradwives themselves. Popular tradwife accounts post photos and videos of an idealized domestic lifestyle – taking care of children, cooking from scratch, baking bread, and keeping a clean and organized house – often with a feminine aesthetic that harkens back to the 1950s. They make beautiful content that showcases the value of “traditionally” gendered households, where men are the bread-winners and women are the bread-makers. It might be easy to think that this movement is simply about empowering women to return to tradition. But, when you dig deeper, there’s much more to the story. In this episode, we speak with researchers to unpack the tradwife movement, what it does, and who it really benefits. GATE’s Busted podcast is made possible by generous support from BMO. Further research: Bower, L.J. (2024). The thorn in feminism’s side: black feminist reconceptualization and defence of #tradwives and the #tradwife movement. Journal of Gender Studies, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2024.2423198 Proctor, D. (2022). The# tradwife persona and the rise of radicalized white domesticity. Persona Studies 8(2), 7-26. https://search.informit.org/doi/pdf/10.3316/informit.873023567302359 Featured Guests: Dr. Laura Jane Bower, Lecturer in Criminology, Edinburgh Napier University Dr. Devin Proctor, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Elon University Produced by: Carmina Ravanera and Dr. Sonia Kang Edited by: Ian Gormely
05/22/2024

Beyond Skin Deep: Women's Mental Health & Colorism

Welcome to "The Pigment Paradox," the podcast where we explore the intersection of corporate colorism and gender in India. In this episode, we're diving into a topic that's often overlooked but is critically important: mental health and colorism in India.
Aug 17

Myth: Reproductive care isn’t an economic issue

Reproductive healthcare is often framed as a social, moral, or personal issue. It doesn’t come up a lot in conversations about economic prosperity. But the reality is that reproductive care is actually very closely connected to the economy. It can shape people’s financial stability, their education and career opportunities, and the future of their families. For women in particular, safe and affordable access to reproductive care can have a major impact on whether they’re able to work, stay in school, and make decisions about their futures. In this episode, we explain why reproductive healthcare is an economic issue, and why a reproductive justice framework is crucial to how we think about the economy. GATE’s Busted podcast is made possible by generous support from BMO. Featured guests: Dr. Diana Greene Foster, Demographer and Professor, OB-GYN Department, University of California, San Francisco Dr. Yana Rodgers, Professor and Chair, Labour Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University Resources: Elakbawy, S. and Rawdon, B. (2026). Costs and Consequences: Impacts of Abortion Restrictions Four Years Post-Dobbs. Institute for Women's Policy Research. https://iwpr.org/articles/costs-and-consequences-impacts-of-abortion-restrictions-four-years-post-dobbs/ Foster, D.G. (2020). The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having―or Being Denied― an Abortion. Scribner.McGrew, A. and van der Meulen Rodgers, Y. (2025). Who Benefits? Employer Subsidization of Reproductive Healthcare and Implications for Reproductive Justice. Feminist Economics 31 (1), 53-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2025.2458271 Miller, S., Wherry, L.R., and Foster, D.G. (2023). The Economic Consequences of Being Denied an Abortion. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 15(1), 394-437. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20210159 Ross, L.J. and Solinger, R. (2017). Reproductive Justice: An Introduction. University of California Press. Produced by: Carmina Ravanera and Dr. Sonia Kang Edited by: Ian Gormely
06/09/2022

Toxic Positivity from the lens of companies

What does toxic positivity look like from the lens of companies? What are the consequences for businesses when toxic positivity is present in employees’ day to day? And how can employers design an organizational experience that fosters strong corporate cultures and productivity but still leaves room for an individual's authenticity and for honest problem-solving? Featured Guests: Dr. Sonia Kang, University of Toronto For transcript + show notes please visit (https://www.gendereconomy.org/team/simone-lima/) This podcast is a GATE Audio production from the University of Toronto’s Institute for Gender and the Economy: www.gendereconomy.org
06/09/2025

Myth: Care work is low value

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we got a sense of how devalued care work really is. Care workers were, and still are, working long hours in poor conditions, for low pay, to support elders, children, and people with disabilities. These care workers provide some of the most essential labour in our society, but their work is often overlooked. We rarely stop to think about how much we rely on care, and how everything would fall apart without it. That neglect has consequences: care workers have been leaving the sector, and we’re now facing a global care crisis, with not nearly enough carers to support everyone who needs care. In this episode, we’ll be busting the myth that care work is low value, and talk about what it would look like if society recognized that our communities and economies are built on and sustained by care. Further research: Prentice, S. & Armstrong, P. (2021, May 25). We must eliminate profit-making from child care and elder care. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/we-must-eliminate-profit-making-from-child-care-and-elder-care-159407 Thomas, C., & Lightman, N. (2022). “Island Girls”: Caribbean Women Care Workers in Canada. Canadian Ethnic Studies 54(1), 29-58. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ces.2022.0004. GATE’s Busted podcast is made possible by generous support from BMO. Featured Guests: Dr. Susan Prentice, Duff Roblin Professor of Government and Professor of Sociology, University of Manitoba Dr. Carieta Thomas, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Carleton University Produced by: Carmina Ravanera and Dr. Sonia Kang Edited by: Ian Gormely
01/17/2024

Inclusive Product and Service Design

Nothing about us without us. What does that mean? Well, in the case of product and service design, it means that designers shouldn’t be designing “for” the most marginalized but instead “with” them. Why do toy designers design “toys for girls” and “toys for boys”? Why are products that address the needs of people with disabilities an exception rather than the rule? Why are the most marginalized people not at the decision-making table when products and services are conceptualized and launched? In this episode, we ask product designers Reginé Gilbert, Jahan Mantin and Vanessa Raponi about what inclusive product, service and program design looks like. Featured guests: Reginé Gilbert is Industry Assistant Professor at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering. She is a user experience designer, educator, and author with over ten years of experience working in technology. She has a strong belief in making the world a more accessible place that starts and ends with the user. Reginé’s areas of research focus are digital accessibility, inclusive design, and immersive experiences. And, she is author of Inclusive Design for a Digital World: Designing with Accessibility in Mind. Jahan Mantin is the co-founder of Project Inkblot, a team of designers and futurists who equip people to become co-designers of an equitable world by creating and leading programs that center Black, Indigenous, and POC designers as well as leading transformative design education programs to equity-aspiring leaders in tech and media spaces. All of Inkblot’s work is in service of activating a movement of people transforming who they are, what they design, and who they design with, through their trademarked proprietary framework – Inkblot Design. Vanessa Raponi is a Senior Product Development Engineer at Spin Master — a Canadian founded, international toy company that created such brands as Paw Patrol and Hatchimals (meaning, she designs and creates toys for a living!). Vanessa is the Founder of EngiQueers Canada, a national non-profit that advocates for intersectional queer inclusion in the engineering profession which has brought her from coast-to-coast to present in panels, sessions, and talks as an expert in Diversity, Inclusion and Equity. Moderator: Sonia Kang is GATE’s new Academic Director and Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, Canada Research Chair in Identity, Diversity, and Inclusion, and University of Toronto Mississauga’s Special Advisor on Anti-Racism and Equity. Her research explores the challenges and opportunities of diversity, including strategies for mitigating the far-reaching effects of stigma and harnessing the power of diversity for society and organizations alike. Resources: Inclusive Design for a Digital World: Designing with Accessibility in Mind by Reginé Gilbert Gender Analytics: Possibilities conference Gender Analytics is a way to analyze your products, services, processes and policies with a gender lens to uncover hidden opportunities for innovation and improved effectiveness by considering gender, race, Indigeneity, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation and other identities. Learn more here: https://www.gendereconomy.org/gender-analytics-online/ Want to hear more from the Institute for Gender and the Economy? Check out our signature podcast series, Busted, which busts prominent myths about gender and the economy! Credits: Produced by: Sarah Kaplan Edited by: Ian Gormely
10/05/2022

Welcome to Beyond the Business Case

In Episode 1 of “Beyond the Business Case,” MBA Student Fellow, Vanessa Ko, interviews Sarah Kaplan, Director of the Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE), to discuss why we need to change the conversation on gender equality, and where the debate stands in academia today. Complete Episode Transcript About this series: This podcast was supported by the Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE) as part of the MBA Student Fellows program, which seeks to engage students in advancing the agenda on gender equality. Find out more here. Disclaimer: This podcast series was prepared by Vanessa Ko, and the opinions expressed in this series are her own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Institute for Gender and the Economy or the University of Toronto.

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