Sociological Images

To see where Sociological Images and its authors, Lisa Wade and Gwen Sharp, are appearing around the internet and in print, visit our list of Interviews (podcasts, radio, tv, and print), Reviews, Essays and Posts published elsewhere, instances in which we’ve been Quoted (in news articles, industry pages, etc.), and other Links to Sociological Images.

INTERVIEWS, PODCASTS, & TV/RADIO APPEARANCES:

• National Geographic’s Taboo, Episode: Strange Love (airing summer 2012)
• National Geographic’s Taboo, Episode: Transgender (airing summer 2012)
• Sounds Familiar, The Politics of Gender in Horror Films (forthcoming)
• Contexts, Following Sociological Images (forthcoming)
• The Harvard Crimson, 15 Questions with Lisa Wade
• Harvard University Sex Week, Interview with Sex Week Speaker Lisa Wade
• CKNW‘s Bill Good Show, on gender and children’s toys
• MTV Canada, Hook Up Culture on Campus
• CKNW‘s Bill Good Show on the sexualization of young girls
• The Mark News, Sex on Campus: As Bad as Anywhere Else
• KNPR, State of Nevada
• The Consensual Project, Lisa Wade and Consensual Narratives
• Change Marketing, Five Pointed Questions
• Bitch, Podcast (transcript)
• WEOL am 930, Les in the Morning on Disparate Pricing of White and Black Dolls

REVIEWS:

• Sociological Images: “Will You Marry Me?” by Peggy Orenstein (plus a Twitter mini review!)
• Visual Studies, thanks to Karen McCormack
• Teaching Sociology, thanks to David Mayeda
• Shinpai Deshau, thanks to Leah Zoller
• The Atlantic, thanks to Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Bitch, thanks to the staff

ESSAYS AND POSTS AT:

QUOTED

• HuffPost Parents, LEGO Gender Gap: Sociological Images Blog Maps Toy Company’s Gender Marketing Through History
• BoingBoing, History of Gendering in Lego
• Neatorama, The Lego Gender Gap
• Psychology Today, Finding Anastasia Steele
• Psychology Today, Looking for Christian Grey
• Rue69 (French), Je Suis « Nénés », Celui Dont on Riait à l’École Parce Qu’il Avait des Seins
• Multicultural Familia, “Biracial is Bad”: How KRAFT’s MilkBites Campaign Perpetuates Stereotypes & White Supremacy
• Business Insider, Three Decades of Thin: How the Fashion Industry Promotes Anorexia
• PhD in Parenting, From Toddlers and Tiaras to Sext Up Kids: A Dangerous Path
• i09, Doctors Say Fat People Can Live as Long as Thin Ones
• The Harvard Crimson, Expert: Anxiety Ruins Sex
• Sun Herald, Professor Reports that Focusing on our Flaws is Ruining Sex
• The Dartmouth, Wade Discusses Pitfalls of Hook Ups
• The Harvard Crimson, Students Flock to “Hooking Up on Campus” Event
• The Harvard Crimson, Hook Up Culture Leaves Students Wanting
• Phoenix New Times, Is Disney’s Princess Candy Packaging Insensitive?
• The Week, Disney’s Black Princess Selling Watermelon Candy, Racist?
• The Daily Meal, Disney Places First Black Princess on Watermelon Candy Packet
• Reuters, “Sleeping Mexican” Proposed Mural Draws TX Protest
• Yale Daily News, Panel Discusses Body Image, Sex
• BoingBoing, Bill O’Reilly Flunks Middle-School Math While Defending Fox’s Sleazy Hack Job on the Netherlands
• Fox vs. the Netherlands
• NPR: The Picture Show, A Lens on Life in the Kentucky Hollows
• The Mary Sue, Legos for Girls: A Reprise
• Hooking Up Smart, 89% of College Students Hate Hook Up Culture
• Her Circle, Becoming a Wife
• Babble, OMG: 2-Year-Old Baby Freestyling. Yes!
• The Navigator, Hooking Up in College
• CNN’s Geek Out, Nerds and Hipsters: The Ying and Yang of American Subcultures
• Inside Higher Ed, Sociologists in Sin City
• Feministing, Lisa Wade on the Real Problem with Hooking Up in College
• BoingBoing, The Promise and Perils of Hook Up “Culture”
• About, The Role of Race in the Arnold Schwartzenegger Love Child Scandal
• Ms., A Cheerleader’s Rape in Silsbee, Texas: The Victim on Trial
• Newsy, Australian Supermodel with a Twist
• Huffington Post, Dove Ad Casts Spotlight on Madison Avenue Racism
• The Globe and Mail, Why These Car Ads Insult the “Used” Woman, not the Man
• Chicago Tribune, Abercrombie Retreats on Push-Up Bikini for Girls
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Abercrombie and Fitch Re-Thinks Marketing Provocative Bikini Tops to Tweens
• Columbus Dispatch, Abercrombie’s Padded Bikini for PreTeens Stirs Up Fuss
• ABC News, Born This Way: Childhood Photos of Gay Adults
• NPR, Why Bacon is a Gateway to Meat for Vegetarians
• American Prospect, Rep. Giffords Has a Husband!
• American Prospect, What Color Was That Again?
• CNN, Disney’s ‘Princess’ is a Hop Toward Progress
• Psychology Today, Imagine all the Singlism: Prejudice in Pictures
• ABC News, Black Barbie Sold for Less Than White Barbie at Walmart Store
• The Telegraph, Walmart Under Fire for Selling Black Barbies at Half Price of White Barbies
• The Guardian, Just Don’t Say the A-Word
• San Francisco Chronicle, Monkey Business: Defenders of Controversial Chimp Cartoon Walk Familiar, if Dubious, Line
• Baltimore Sun, Eating Disorder Experts Criticize ‘Anna Rexia’ Costume
• Rue89, translated our post Go Where? Gender, Sex, and Toilets into French
• Adweek, Toy Pitches Half-Baked?
• The New Naturalista, Raising Natural Daughters
• The Star, Is Vogue Italia’s Oil-Themed Fashion Shoot Slick or Crude?
• Women’s eNews, What Sex Is Your Crossing Light? Check the Mural
• Demo Dirt, Not a Sex Kitten, Yet Not a Cougar

SELECTED LINKS

• Business Pundit, Green-Washing, BP-Style
• AdWeek, The Infamous June 1978 Hustler Cover
• Cracked, Evolution of Evony Video Game Ads
• TVTropes, Large Clothes on Small Women: A Plus Size Marketing Mystery and Catalogs, Clothes, and Representation: Plus Size at Frederick’s
• Kotaku, Historical Perspective on the Lego Gender Gap
• The Morning News, Historical Perspective on the Lego Gender Gap
• EHow, When Pink Was For Everyone: 1950s Bathrooms
• Utne Reader, Cap’n Crunch and Gender Stereotypes
• Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, The Story of my “Man Boobs”
• Good, Adultification and Sexualization of Girls in French Vogue
• Gamasutra, Evolution of Evony Video Game Ads
• Colorlines, Visual Overview of Inequality in the U.S.
• MadmoiZelle (France), What Makes a Body Obscene?
• Cracked, Evolution of Evony Video Game Ads
• GQ Magazine (France), Unconscious Bias Against Short Men
• Tofugo, Yaeba: Culture and Cosmetic Infantilization
• TVGuide, Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish Mascot
• Bitch, Push Up Bikini Tops at Ambercrombie Kids
• The New Zealand Herald, Belvedere Vodka Jokes About Sexual Assault
• Business Insider, Watermelon: Symbolizing the Supposed Simplicity of Slaves
• The Frisky, Is Pink “Pink” in Saudi Arabia?
• The Root, The First Black Disney Princess Loves Watermelon
• Gawker, The First Black Disney Princess Loves Watermelon
• Jezebel, The First Black Disney Princess Loves Watermelon
• Babble, The First Black Disney Princess Loves Watermelon
• The Mary Sue, Torches of Freedom: Women and Smoking Propaganda
• Business Insider, Correlations of IQ with Income and Wealth
• Skepchick, Women in Beer Advertising
• Salon, Historical Changes in U.S. Income Inequality
• Salon, Graphics About Social Class and Mobility
• Salon, U.S. Poverty Rate Highest in 15 Years
• GQ (France), Marketing by Masculinizing the Feminine
• Discover, Income Inequality is Bad for Society
• Huffington Post, Sexy Toy Make-Overs on the SocImages Pinterest Page
• Huffington Post, Pointlessly Gendered Products
• Everyday Health, Changing Soda Serving Sizes
• Salon, Comparison of U.S. and European Minimum Wages
• The Frisky, Examples of Women as Food as Women
• The Stranger, Wrangler: Murder now Cooler than Cowboys
• BoingBoing, Graphic Design the Fox News Way
• Utne Reader, Pointlessly Gendered Products
• The Frisky, PETA Attacks Pubic Hair?
• San Francisco Chronicle, That One Sexist Joke in Every Trailer: The Lorax Edition
• BoingBoing, Decline in the Incomes of College Grads
• Think Progress, Start-Ups and Safety Nets
• BoingBoing, Changes in U.S. Consumer Spending, 2007-2010
• Bitch, Race-Themed Events at Colleges
• Houston Chronicle, Go Where? Sex, Gender, and Toilets
• Andrew Sullivan: The Daily Beast, Homosexuality and our Collective Consciousness
• Andrew Sullivan: The Daily Beast, The Politics of Yellow: Butter vs. Margarine
• BoingBoing, United We Buy: Using Patriotism and War to Sell Products
• The Frisky, Is This Olympus Camera Ad Sexist?
• TIME, Show Her It’s A Man’s World
• BoingBoing, Advertised Objects May Be Smaller than they Appear
• BoingBoing,Removing Women From Situation Room Photo
• The Atlantic, Barnes and Noble  Mother’s Day Gift Guide
• Forbes, The Data Behind the Walmart Not-Yet-Class-Action Lawsuit
• Salon, Push Up Bikini Tops at Ambercrombie Kids
• The Consumerist, Push Up Bikini Tops at Ambercrombie Kids
• The Globe and Mail, Push Up Bikini Tops at Ambercrombie Kids
• American Prospect, Death Penalty and Race of the Victim
• Gawker, Global Alcohol Consumption
• Marie Claire, Fashion Meets the Gulf Oil Spill
• Washington City Paper, On Avatar, the Movie
• Salon, Sexualized Violence in Fashion
• Salon, The Fear and Suffering of Women as a Sexual Turn On
• Salon, Consequences of U.S. and Dutch Approaches to Teen Sex
• TIME, Consequences of U.S. and Dutch Approaches to Teen Sex
• Kotaku, Why Do The Japanese Draw Themselves as White?
• Autostraddle, Why Not Gender Neutral Clothes
• The Daily Kos, Interpretations and Intent in a Tea Party Comic
• New Orleans Examiner, Gender, Race, and Risk: Can Black Men Be Sexually Assaulted?
• San Francisco Weekly, Sexy Toy MakeOvers