Happy Friday. This week we rounded-up research on women in combat sports and the politics of public memorials. As always, our partner and community pages also bring you great content.

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A Woman’s Place is in the Octagon by Jillian LaBranche. We round-up research on how women in combat sports confront gender norms.

The Politics of Public Memorials by Daniel Cueto-Villalobos. We review research on public memorials, from immediate to official, highlighting the contested nature of these public projects.

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Cross University Collaboration for STEM Education and Social Justice by Monica J. Carter, Luis A. Colón, Anna De Cheke Qualls, Kamla Deonauth, and Panos S. Shiakolas

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New Work: African American mothers’ racial stressors are related to their parenting and adolescents’ academic and behavioral outcomes by Kathleen Holloway, Fatima Varner, and Stephen T. Russell

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• Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies considers Minnesota’s acknowledgement of the Khojaly massacre as genocide, and the politics of naming.

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Happy Friday! This week we rounded-up research on the historical roots of racialized mass incarceration and covered a new article about the power of framing pornography as addictive.

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Historical Roots of Racialized Mass Incarceration by Hannah Schwendeman. We overviewed social scientific research that helps us understand the historical basis of racialized mass incarceration.

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The Power of “Porn Addiction” by Mahala Miller. We feature new research that shows how understandings of pornography as “addictive” help justify judgements about sexuality and gender.

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Happy Birthday, W. E. B. Du Bois! by Evan Stewart.

Council on Contemporary Families

Parents of the 1920s set the stage for today’s intensive parenting by Richard A. Settersten Jr., Glen H. Elder Jr., and Lisa D. Pearce.

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• Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies spotlights student Michael Soto.
• Engaging Sports considers gender and sports fandom.

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This week, our partner and community pages brought you great content, including a conversation on Erving Goffman and musings on social roles and dying. They also considered the aftermath of famine, and the relationship between “nagging” and cheating.

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The Relationship between Nagging and Cheating by Alicia Walker

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• Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies considers how the 1932 Ukrainian famine was shaped by the past and reached into the future.
• Give Theory A Chance speaks with Jonathan Wynn on Erving Goffman.
• A Backstage Sociologist talks about social roles and socialization, eleven years after a terminal cancer diagnosis.

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Welcome back! This week we rounded-up research on how gender shapes participation in college classrooms. We also cover new research on how federal disaster aid exacerbates inequality.

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Gender and Participation in the College Classroom by Jean Marie Maier. We reconsider research on gender and who gets to be an “expert” in light of new research that shows that women are less likely to participate in college classrooms.

Discoveries

Disaster Relief’s Unequal Aid by Daniel Cueto-Villalobos. We feature new research that shows that, by privileging home ownership, the provision of federal disaster aid exacerbates existing wealth inequalities.

From Our Community Pages:

• Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies reviews the Unspoken as Heritage, an examination of the Armenian Genocide by Harry Harootunian.
• Give Theory A Chance speaks with Fabio Rojas on theory for the working sociologist.

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Happy Friday! This week, we rounded up research on how multilevel marketing intersects with culture, gender, and inequality. Our partner and community featured content on the hidden nature of class, private safety nets, civil resistance, and a review of “the New Black Sociologists.”

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Culture, Inequality, and Multilevel Marketing by Daniel Cueto-Villalobos. We round up research on how the promises of multi-level marketing square with its reality showcasing how MLM’s history intersects with gender and economic inequality.

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Rediscovering Voices in Uncertain Times by Aya Waller-Bey

Council on Contemporary Families

New Work: “I’d rather be hungry:” Why some people don’t want to ask for help by Joan Maya Mazelis

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The Mask of the “Middle Class” by Evan Stewart

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• Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies considers how police violence threatens civil resistance and the right to protest.

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Welcome back! This week we rounded up research on suicide and adolescents and featured now research on drug arrests and race during the opioid epidemic.

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Suicide and Adolescents by Mahala Miller. We round up research on suicide and adolescents, from sociological classics to social media’s contribution to “suicide contagion.”

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Is the War on Drugs Cooling Off? Drug Policy in the Opioid Crisis by Hannah Schwendeman. We feature new research that shows that drug arrests have decreased more for Black people than for Whites, despite changes in drug policy that ostensibly benefit Whites.

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Coronavirus and Community: A Spring 2020 Course Fashioned Off Contexts’ Call for Papers on the Global Impacts of the Pandemic by Rebecca London

Council on Contemporary Families

New Work: The Labor of “Living Diaper to Diaper” by Jennifer Randles

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• Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies considers social media affirmation and the far right.

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Welcome back. This week, we brought you a special feature on how sociological tools are helping make sense of the January 6 events at the capitol. Plus, new research on how social participation contributes to alcohol consumption among older adults.

Special Features

Sociology of the Siege by Brooke Chambers, Jillian LaBranche, and Nikoleta Sremac. In this special feature, we show how reporters, politicians, and scholars alike are using sociological concepts and ideas to understand the assault on the capitol.

Discoveries

Socializing and Substance Abuse for Older Adults by Mahala Miller. We cover new research that suggests that greater social participation might increase alcohol consumption among older adults, a population facing increasing rates of alcohol abuse.

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Research reports: National Spouses Day is Next Week…. Feeling Any Pressure? A Fact Sheet on Prospects for Marriage in Contemporary America by Daniel Carlson and Stephanie Coontz.

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• Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies considers how to explore settler colonialism theory in the secondary school classroom.
• Give Theory A Chance shares conversations with  Dr. Jocelyn Viterna on teaching our ugly roots and  Dr. Alex Channon on Stephen Lyng and edgework.

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This week we re-shared two of our favorite pieces from 2020, presenting research on the racialization of Native American children in foster care and how race shapes Black and White pastors access to resources in multiracial churches. As always, our partners and community pages shared timely and important content.

Discoveries:

Best of 2020: White Pastors Hoard Social Capital by Erika Sanborne. We present research that shows how White pastors hoard social and economic capital in multiracial churches, limiting Black pastors access to resources.

Best of 2020: Fostering Sovereignty by Hannah Schwendeman. In one of our favorite pieces from 2020, we highlight research that shows that Native American children are racialized in foster care in ways that limit tribal sovereignty.

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The coming vaccine battle by Jennifer Reich.

Council on Contemporary Families

heard around ccf: Updated Roundup: 2020 CCF Blog Posts about Covid-19 and Families by Arielle Kuperberg

From Our Community Pages:

• Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies considers how last week’s events at the nation’s capital, and in Minnesota, represented a disturbing endorsement of a genocidal playbook. They also consider the politics of numbers in ex-Yugoslovia.
• Engaging Sports considers the Ibrox crowd disaster and sports stadium safety.

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This week we featured new research on how the descendants of Nazi perpetrators navigate cultural trauma. We also re-shared one of our best pieces of 2020, rounding up research on care work.

Discoveries:

Managing the Memory of Nazi Perpetrators by Jillian LaBranche. We feature new research on how the children and grandchildren of Nazi perpetrators manage this stigmatized legacy.

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Best of 2020: Caring is Work by Allison Nobles. We re-shared this piece from 2020 that highlights the contribution of care work and the ways that race, class, and gender influence how this work gets done.

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White Allyship Means a Transfer of Power by Cynthia Levine-Rasky and Sabreena Ghaffar-Siddiqui.

Council on Contemporary Families

Research reports: Media Messages to Young Girls: Does “Sexy Girl” Trump “Girl Power”? by Christia Spears Brown.

From Our Community Pages:

• Give Theory A Chance features conversation with Dr Anna Goulding on Elinor Ostrom and a reading of Boltanski and Thevénot by Dr. Shai Dromi
• Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies urges educators to refrain from using graphic images in their classrooms

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Happy new year from TSP! This week we shared some of our favorite content from 2020, and honored friend and colleague Ron Anderson. Plus, as always, great content from our partner and community pages!

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Why Social Distancing is the Wrong Phrase by Ron Anderson. In memoriam of beloved colleague and friend, Ron Anderson, we shared his writing on the “social” in “social distancing.” In the coming weeks we will share more of Ron’s writing.

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Best of 2020: Make Yourself at Home, Unless You’re Renting by Amy August. We re-shared this discovery on the differences in home searching for high and low-income families.

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Kim Ng’s rise does not solve baseball’s gender and race problems by Margaret Chin.

From Our Community Pages:

• Give Theory A Chance shares a conversation with  Dr. Shai Dromi on Luc Boltanski.
• Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies asks why peaceful protests for Black Lives Matters were met with police brutality.

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