Happy February and happy Friday, everyone! From family leave policy to the facts behind the latest Netflix drama, we have a feast of new sociology to kick off your weekend.
The Editors’ Desk:
“Sociologists Writing and Being Read.” Doug Hartmann looks at public sociology in The New Yorker and The Atlantic this week.
There’s Research on That!
“Un-Making a Murderer Still Leaves a Mark.” While we all start armchair law school with Netflix’s Making a Murderer, Ryan Larson looks at the social science of exoneration.
Discoveries:
“Bilingual Benefits Vary by Gender” by Allison Nobles. New research from Jennifer C. Lee and Sarah J. Hatteberg shows how the stigma of speaking Spanish affects Latino men and Latina women differently.
Clippings:
“Policies to Support Working Parents” by Amber Powell. Michael Kimmel writes in Fast Company about how corporations can live out their “family first” ideals.
Give Methods a Chance:
C.J. Pascoe on Ethnographic Research. This week’s podcast discusses the joys of being an ethnographer, the difficulties of accessing youth culture, and how entering a school allowed a more nuanced understanding of contemporary masculinity.
From Our Partners:
Scholars Strategy Network:
“The Downside of Urban Growth By Undemocratic Means.” Michael Peter Smith shows how cities turn to private boards to fix their infrastructure, and how this can undermine voters’ voices.
Contexts:
“A Gap Between Soc Classrooms and the Field.“Andrew Lindner looks at a gap in teaching and research citations that shows we may not always practice what we preach.
And a Few from the Community Pages:
- Families as They Really Are says Americans put too much weight in romantic love.
- Feminist Reflections looks at bringing theatre into the sociology classroom.
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