SocImages news:

On the heels of the release of Philip Cohen’s new textbook — The Family — comes one from yours truly and the extraordinary sociologist, Myra Marx Ferree: Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions.

Thanks to Leland Bobbe, the photographer; Crystal Demure, the model; and the talent at W.W. Norton for the truly stunning cover!

Here are some ways to order, sample, and follow the book:

• Get your exam copy or pre-order here.
• Read a free sample chapter on gender and the workplace.
• Follow socofgender on Twitter, Facebook, or Pinterest.

At SocImages this month…

You like!  Here are our most appreciated posts in September:

• Marx, Weber, and Durkheim on a tree falling in the forest… (4,500+ likes)
• Why don’t religious people know more about religion? (1,800+ likes)
• The average white American’s social network is 1% black (1,300+ likes)
• Separating marriage from child rearing: The Mosuo of China (1,000+ likes)
• Student suffers alienation from paper on alienation (1,000+ likes)
• How do we decipher sex in daily life (900+ likes)

Thanks everybody!

Editor’s pick:

• Reading the camouflage: “You are now enemy combatants”

New Pinterest board!

• Sexy what!? A collection of advertisements for products that shouldn’t be sexy, ever, but are. So help us God.

Social Media ‘n’ Stuff:

This is your monthly reminder that SocImages is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Google+, and Pinterest.  I’m on Facebook and most of the team is on Twitter: @lisawade, @gwensharpnv, @familyunequal, and @jaylivingston.

In other news…

Founder Gwen Sharp is the second SocImages sociologist featured at Cute Overload! Three kittens less than a week old were found nestled under a tire in the parking lot at Nevada State College. She’s been raising them ever since and documenting their progress at the NSC kittens tumblr.