A week’s worth of sociology, at your fingertips! It must be the future.
Features:
“‘Technological Optimism’: Egg-Freezing a Better Deal for Companies than for Women,” by Rene Almeling, Joanna Radin, and Sarah S. Richardson.
Teaching TSP:
“Desistance and Reentry: An activity for the LCD classroom.”
Citings & Sightings:
“Ebola Scares: When Panic is a Pathogen,” by Evan Stewart.
“Pushing Secret Service Director Off the Glass Cliff?” by Matt Gunther.
There’s Research on That!
“Tax Haven Mavens,” Erik Kojola.
“Tactical Textbooks: The Politics of Teaching History,” by Jack Delahanty.
“Linking Up with New Social Networks,” by Evan Stewart.
The Reading List:
“The Social Construction of Funny,” by Stephen Suh.
The Council on Contemporary Families:
“Not Everybody is Hooking Up at College—Here’s Why,” by Rachel Allison and Barbara Risman.
“Civil Rights for Women, 1964–2014,” by Max Coleman.
Scholars Strategy Network:
“To Understand Elective Officeholding by Minorities, Look at Who Runs for Election, Not Just Who Wins,” by Paru R. Shah.
“Why Jobless Americans Experience Deep and Prolonged Distress,” by Cristobal Young.
A Few from the Community Pages:
- This week TSP welcomed Sociology Source! In his first post on TSP, Nathan Palmer features C.J. Pascoe discussing how to teach touchy subjects.
- Sociological Images crossed paths with Cyborgology in Sarah Wanenchak’s post on Apple’s undelete-able health app, looked into female sex tourism, and showed that politicians are following, not leading when it comes to marriage equality.
- On Feminist Reflections, Gayle Sulik provides the three questions we need answered when it comes to all those pink ribbons.
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