What is Gayle Rubin?
'''Gayle S. Rubin''' (born January 1 1949) is an [[Americans|American]] [[Cultural anthropology|cultural anthropologist]]. She is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies at the [[University of Michigan]] in [[Ann Arbor]].<ref name=UoM>{{cite web|title=Gayle Rubin|publisher=Department of Comparative Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor|url=http://www.lsa.umich.edu/complit/people/faculty/ci.rubingayle_ci.detail|accessdate=14 April 2015|archive-date=2 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202235104/http://www.lsa.umich.edu/complit/people/faculty/ci.rubingayle_ci.detail|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rubin grew up [[Jew]]ish in the [[Southern United States]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lambdaliterary.org/sandbox/reviews/01/31/deviations-a-gayle-rubin-reader-by-gayle-s-rubin/|title=Deviations: A Gayle Rubin Reader|author=Chase Dimock|date=31 January 2012|accessdate=14 April 2015}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 1978, she moved to [[San Francisco]]. On June 13 of that year Rubin started the first known [[lesbian]] SM group, Samois.<ref name=SJ>{{cite book|last=Jeffreys|first=Sheila|title=The Lesbian Heresy|url=https://archive.org/details/lesbianheresy00jeff|year=1993|publisher=Spinifex|location=North Melbourne, Vic., Australia|isbn=978-1-875559-17-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/lesbianheresy00jeff/page/n147 130]}}</ref> In May 1983, the group broke up.<ref name=SJ/> In 1994, Rubin completed her [[PhD]] in [[anthropology]] at the [[University of Michigan]]. She has been an associate professor of [[anthropology]], [[women's studies]] and [[comparative literature]] since 2004.<ref name=UoM/> == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rubin, Gayle}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American feminists]] [[Category:Jewish American academics]] [[Category:Jewish American LGBT people]] [[Category:Jewish American scientists]] [[Category:Jewish feminists]] [[Category:Lesbian feminists]] [[Catego