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The Mask of the “Middle Class”
I love this podcast conversation with Rachel Sherman and Anne Helen Petersen about Sherman’s recent book, Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence. It is a great source for introduction to sociology...
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“W. E. B. Du Bois and his Atlanta School of Sociology pioneered scientific sociology in the United States.”– Dr. Aldon Morris I had the good fortune to see Dr. Morris give a version of this talk a few...
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Work Ahead: Cones, Vests, and Masks
A few years ago, I bought two orange traffic cones at a hardware store for twenty bucks. It was one of the best, most stress-relieving purchases I made. “Traffic Cones” by Jacqui Brown, Flickr CC...
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Back to Basics: Selling Sociology
Photo courtesy Letta Page Despite, well, everything, we are trying to get back into the classroom as much as we can at the start of a new academic year. I am scheduled to teach Introduction to...
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Happy New Year?
As the new year brings in a new peak in COVID cases across the country, we all have a right to feel a little down in the dumps. One trend picked up by surveys earlier in the pandemic was a drop in...
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Crying Over Gochujang
It is good to be a Korean today because the world is fascinated with Koreanness, from K-pop to K-dramas, K-movies, K-food, K-fashion, and K-beauty. It is no exaggeration to say that Korean culture has...
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Sitcoms and Social Networks
Social networks are a great way to introduce people to the power of Sociology. In my Intro class, I make a point to show students the way their social networks shape the spread of divorce, how people...
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Locking Down ISIS
Lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on all kinds of social behaviors, from discrimination to civic engagement and protests. What effect has the pandemic had on more extreme...
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Dating While Trans
In recent years, sociologists have given attention to hookup culture and other modern forms of dating. Too often, however, this discussion ignores the experiences of trans people, and occasionally it...
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From Redlining to the Court: How Systemic Racism Shaped Basketball Culture in...
Picture this. Walking down 135th street in Harlem, you spot a park in the distance. As you walk closer, you hear a basketball bouncing and kids yelling. It’s a small, outdoor court, well-maintained...
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TV Doesn’t Have Space For Fatness
Television distorts, mocks and marginalizes fat people. Fat characters are reduced to caricatures whose stories and identities aren’t developed and don’t matter. In one study by Tzoutzou et al., all...
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THEM & M’s: Sexualized Media and Emphasized Femininity
Over the course of the past year, M&M’s have been plastered all over the news, social media, and even Super Bowl commercials. In January 2022, Mars Wrigley gave the brown M&M shorter heels and...
View ArticleGrin and Wear It?
A recent photo from Dina Litovsky showing a model’s inflamed feet in slingback heels went viral, with reposts from National Geographic and a whole host of Instagram influencers. The photo garnered...
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The Border is a Budget
How are borders made? State borders are the product of political conflict, nationalist discourse, unequal economic systems, and, as this essay shows, significant public financial investment. Public...
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Will a Robot Take Your God?
Societies grow and change all the time, but it can be tough to think about big-picture shifts when you’re living through the practical details of the day to day. Take the recent popularity of large...
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