Challenging stereotypes of what is "appropriate" or what is taken for granted is what I attempt to do in the classes I teach and in my research. Photographing and interviewing women and men who work in sex nontraditional jobs is one way I hope to push the boundaries of possibilities, or open up potential opportunities, for the readers of my work. For example, with these photos of Lorelie Sims in Charleston, Illinois, I hope to challenge viewers' understandings of what a blacksmith is.