Sharrona Pearl

Sharrona Pearl

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Sharrona Pearl is an Associate Professor of Medical Ethics at Drexel University. A historian and theorist of the face and body, Pearl is the author of numerous articles, book chapters, and blogs regularly at kveller.com and on other sites. Her most recent book _Face/On: Face Transplants and the Ethics of the Other_ was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2017.

Reviews

Hannah Gadbsy and the Comedy of the History Lecture

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She had me at Douglas’ Pouch. The Mary Toft reference was just a bonus. I went to Hannah Gadsby’s stand up show Douglas expecting searing critique of the patriarchy, sharp commentary on trauma and sexism, a fresh perspective on gender and sexuality non-conformity, and the kind of cathartic laughter that makes everything possible. I didn’t expect… Read more →

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Renée Zellweger, Isabelle Dinoire, and the Stakes for Changing the Face

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On October 20, 2014, Renée Zellweger attended the Elle Women in Hollywood event, her first appearance in the public eye after a long hiatus. She looked different; people do, over time. Most people do; some work very hard to continue to look exactly the same. Zellweger’s face was exhaustively discussed, dissected, and criticized in the… Read more →