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Sonali (Alyy) Patel

@alyypatel.bsky.social
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PhD Sociology UBC • www.alyypatel.com

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Sonali (Alyy) Patel @alyypatel.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Grateful for Prof Karimi inviting me to guest lecture about my recent paper (Theorizing a Denial Reaction to Coming Out via Revising Goffman’s Stigma - in Sociology Compass) in his Sociology of Family class this morning 😊
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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Free to read! New research from ASA member Colter J. Uscola @colteruscola.bsky.social, University of British Columbia, shows how marginalization and trauma influence the performance of gender through alcohol use. @sociusjournal.bsky.social
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Unveiling the Gender Gap in Alcohol Misuse: Fear, Anger, and the “Game of Secrets” - Colter J. Uscola, 2025
Gender scholars often assume that alcohol misuse is representative of hegemonic masculinity, but women are simultaneously consuming rates and quantities that pa...
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Congrats to my grad student @alyypatel.bsky.social on her article "Re-theorizing the Sexual Minority Closet" in Canadian Review of Sociology. How can the closet be a source of violence, esp. for multiply marginalized groups? Find out here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #sociology
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Re‐theorizing the Sexual Minority Closet: Evidence From Queer South Asian Women
Scholarship generally assumes the closet is a place of safety from the perceived risks associated with coming out. However, this overlooks its function as a source of violence, particularly for those...
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