In which a commenter uses the excellent phrase “The Oppression Olympics,” photographs challenge our understanding of things like what an execution or a fetus “is,” and we learn how blind people conceptualize race and fashion people conceptualize time. Somewhere in there, we found the time to throw a big ol’ party. Nice work, TSP!
Features:
“All Together, Now: Producing Fashion at the Global Level,” by Claudio E. Benzecry. Following the globalized production of a shoe gives us a glimpse into the timetables that get us fast fashion and fresh fish.
Office Hours:
“Osagie Obosagie on Race and (Color)Blindness,” with Sarah Lageson. Fascinating research helps us see different aspects of social and legal discrimination.
“Lane Kenworthy on Inequality and Social Policy,” with Evan Stewart. What social scientists can do to contribute to political debates and help raise equality.
The Editors’ Desk:
“History, Race, and the NBA,” by Doug Hartmann. Is the NBA just a *touch* too proud of itself for doing the right thing?
“Awareness, Not an Apology,” by Paul R. Croll. Why the “Princeton privilege kid” doesn’t need to apologize for his privilege, just acknowledge it.
The Reading List:
“Creating the Line Between ‘Animal’ and ‘Meal’,” by Scott DeMuth. On the boundary labor of cattle ranchers, or why they can name a cow and commoditize it with minimal dissonance.
There’s Research on That!
“On Being ‘Basic,’” by Emily M. Boyd. In a guest #TROT, Boyd asks who *are* these “basic bitches” and why is calling them out bad for, umm, everyone?
“Women at Work: When Self Help Isn’t Help Enough,” by Penny Edgell. Our second guest #TROT! Edgell looks at recent calls for women to negotiate like a man, lean in, and get confident in the workplace, and shows that you can do all that and still not get the promotion.
Citing & Sightings:
“The Internet Knows When You’re Pregnant,” by Kat Albrecht. To try to hide your pregnancy from the Internet, you’ve got to learn to use tech like a drug dealer.
“How Often Are Executions ‘Botched’?” by Letta Page. After Oklahoma’s recent failure, Amherst College’s Austin Sarat gives “All Things Considered” some numbers to consider.
Scholars Strategy Network:
“Women Have a Strong Stake in Sustainable Development—and Female Clout Can Help Achieve It,” by Laura McKinney.
“Why Meeting the Global Warming Challenge Is So Difficult,” by Bryan Brophy-Baermann.
A Few from the Community Pages:
- Sociological Images sends birthday greetings to Marx, considers the logic and emotion behind inequality concerns, and looks at the sexual politics of veganism and the power of a photograph.
- Cyborgology talks labors of love, when workout music got reduced to beats per minute, and the work of creating and enforcing anti-harassment public spaces, online and off.
- Girl w/ Pen considers violence and masculinity threat and the intersection of Thomas Piketty and Jane Austen.
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