May Friedman
Associate Professor
Cross-appointed to School of Fashion
Graduate Program Director, School of Social Work
Faculty of Community Services
School of Social Work
Toronto, Ontario
may.friedman@torontomu.ca
Office:
(416) 979-5000 ext. 552525
Expert In
Changing face of motherhood / mothering
COVID-19 impact on mothers (unemployment, homeschooling)
Criminalized mothering / criminal mothers
Digital and networked media
Fashion studies
Fat activism / weight stigma
Gender fluid parenting
Intersectional approaches to fat studies
Justice, equity and society
Non-normative bodies
Transnational feminism
Transnationalism
Unstable identities
Bio/Research
May Friedman’s research looks at unstable identities, including bodies that do not conform to traditional racial and national or aesthetic lines. Most recently, much of May’s research has focused on intersectional approaches to fat studies, considering the multiple and fluid experiences of both f...
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Bio/Research
May Friedman’s research looks at unstable identities, including bodies that do not conform to traditional racial and national or aesthetic lines. Most recently, much of May’s research has focused on intersectional approaches to fat studies, considering the multiple and fluid experiences of both fat oppression and fat activism. Drawing on a range of arts-based methods, including digital storytelling as well as analyses of treasured garments, May has explored meaning-making and representation in relation to embodiment and experience. May is a faculty member in the School of Social Work and the Toronto Metropolitan (formerly Ryerson)/York graduate program in Communication and Culture.
Recent publications explore the impacts of fat on pregnancy and reproduction (Fat Studies Handbook, Routledge), intersectionality as a lens for research (“Doing justice to intersectionality in research,” Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies) and a focus on mothers and COVID (“It feels a bit like drowning,” Atlantis 2021).
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Recent publications explore the impacts of fat on pregnancy and reproduction (Fat Studies Handbook, Routledge), intersectionality as a lens for research (“Doing justice to intersectionality in research,” Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies) and a focus on mothers and COVID (“It feels a bit like drowning,” Atlantis 2021).
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