I’m a feminist socio-legal scholar, writer, and educator with a PhD in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies from Simon Fraser University. My research examines the regulation of intimacy, focusing on how institutions like marriage and family function as technologies of governance. I’m particularly interested in state patriarchy, legal narratives of harm, and the marginalization of dissenting or non-normative voices—especially in relation to sexuality, religion, and gendered forms of belonging.
My doctoral work, A State of Patriarchy, critically analyzed the British Columbia Charter Reference on Polygamy to explore how the Canadian state mobilizes law, harm discourse, and legal “expertise” to reinforce patriarchal authority under the guise of protection. My broader academic work engages feminist legal theory, queer critique, and critical sociologies of family, sexuality, and religion. I’ve published in journals such as the Canadian Journal of Law and Society and the International Journal of Religion, and contributed to public scholarship through SFU Public Square and my personal blog, Critically Curious Musings.
This site is where I explore the messiness of love, law, and social life—from a place of critical curiosity and deep care.