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Lisa Dodson

Lisa Dodson is Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at Boston College and author of The Moral Underground and Don't Call Us Out of Name.

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A couple of weeks ago, I attended a large dinner gathering in South Boston. Over the course of the evening, eight women—diverse in terms of race, ethnicity, age, and dreams—picked up a...
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