{"id":16879,"date":"2023-07-18T09:44:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T13:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/?p=16879"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:44:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:44:24","slug":"megan-rivers-moore-interviewed-for-podcast-in-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/2023\/megan-rivers-moore-interviewed-for-podcast-in-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Megan Rivers-Moore Interviewed for Podcast in Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Prof. Megan Rivers-Moore Interviewed for Podcast in Costa Rica\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ_L3Dbz-Cbh8JKz4UjuKilc61bs41ja6UBff08CSNUIoZEOczS\" alt=\"Carleton University\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;How's your Spanish? Megan Rivers-Moore was interviewed for a podcast by the Institute for Social Research at the University of Costa Rica. She discussed her research on sex tourism in Costa Rica and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on sex workers across Latin America and the Caribbean.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:961,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;9&quot;:1,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0}\">How&#8217;s your Spanish? <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/people\/megan-rivers-moore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Megan Rivers-Moore<\/a> was interviewed for a podcast by the Institute for Social Research at the University of Costa Rica. She discussed her research on sex tourism in Costa Rica and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on sex workers across Latin America and the Caribbean.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Listen here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DcaBF6TTAzY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DcaBF6TTAzY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-learn-more-about-megan-rivers-moore\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    <strong>Learn more about Megan Rivers-Moore<\/strong>\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-learn-more-about-megan-rivers-moore\">\n            \n\n<p>Megan Rivers-Moore is an Associate Professor at the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation at Carleton University. Her research focuses on how gender and sexuality operate transnationally, including projects on sex tourism in Costa Rica, sex worker organizing across Latin America, and clandestine abortion. Her book&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/book\/chicago\/G\/bo23935260.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gringo Gulch: Sex, Tourism, and Social Mobility<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;was published in English by the University of Chicago Press and in Spanish by the University of Costa Rica Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rivers-Moore\u2019s research takes place at the intersections of sociology, gender studies, and Latin American and Caribbean studies. Engaged in both academic and activist life in Costa Rica, she&nbsp; particularly interested in exploring how sexuality operates transnationally. 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