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b'Erica Rand, professor of Art and Visual Culture and of Gender and Sexuality Studies at Bates College. She is author of: Barbie\\u2019s Queer Accessories, a study of the doll\\u2019s history and manufacture in relation to corporate and consumer meaning-making, The Ellis Island Snow Globe, a queer, anti-racist alternative tour of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, and Red Nails Black Skates, a collection of short essays grounded in participant-observation research in adult figure skating. Rand\\u2019s work spans the breadth of sexuality and material culture in today\\u2019s world. Rand has taken her work in many directions, including into the world of figure skating! Listen in as Rand reveals her decision to start figure skating in her 40\\u2019s and discusses the gender of skates and skating tights.'