Friday Roundup

Welcome to the start of another month at TSP! If you need to escape the heat, you can chill out while reading about the realities of widows in the United States, Pakistan’s third gender, and how skin color and racial identity matter for how others perceive race.

Special Feature:

“Suddenly Single: A Widow’s Challenge,” by Regina Kenen. In our latest feature, Kenen discusses her exploratory research with widows, a population that tends to be invisible in the United States.

There’s Research on That!:

“Gender, Identity, and Pakistan’s “Third Gender”,” by Lucas Lynch. In light of the recent hire of a transgender news anchor in Pakistan, we rounded up research on gender and identity in Pakistan.

Discoveries:

“Skin Color, Self-Identity, and Perceptions of Race,” by Neeraj Rajasekar. New research in Sociological Perspectives finds that skin color and self-asserted racial identity influence how people perceive the racial identity of those who are multiracial.

Clippings:

“Acceptance vs. Advocacy of LGBTQ Rights,” by Isabel Arriagada. In an article for the Los Angeles Times, Amin Ghaziani explains that heterosexuals are often willing to extend ‘formal rights’ to gay couples, but they are less willing to demonstrate political engagement or material support.

From Our Partners:

Council on Contemporary Families:

“Reversing Progress: Teenage Childbearing Facing Loss of Vital Reproductive Services,” by Frank Furstenberg.

And a Few from the Community Pages:

• Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies talks with Michael Rothberg about the Holocaust, memory, and postcolonial studies.
• Engaging Sports interrogates the NHL’s response to Marchand kissing other players.
• Dispatches from a Dean highlights a program in Portland helping African American families move back into gentrified areas of the city.

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Hello! Thanks for tuning in for another week at TSP. We’ve got a special feature on the admissions debates at Harvard and Stuyvesant High School, research on being queer in rural America, and how household chores may be affecting relationship quality.

Special Feature:

“Merit and the Admissions Debates at Harvard University and Stuyvesant High School,” by Margaret M. Chin and Syed Ali. Chin and Ali discuss similarities between admissions debates at Harvard and New York City’s specialized high schools, and why our understanding of merit is central to these debates.

There’s Research on That!:

“Queer in the Country,” by Sarah Catherine Billups. To continue our coverage for #TSPride, we rounded up research on what it’s like to be queer in rural America.

“Religion, Sexuality, and Social Change,” by Evan Stewart. In light of the recent Supreme Court Decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, we gathered social science research on the relationship between religion and sexuality.

Clippings:

“The Drain of Doing the Dishes,” by Jean Marie DeOrnellas. NPR and The Atlantic talked to Dan Carlson about how household chores affect couples’ relationships.

From Our Partners:

Council on Contemporary Families:

“Save it, Store it, Reread it, or Throw it Away? What our Love Letter Curatorial Practices Say about Cultural Values Surrounding Romance and Technology,” by Michelle Janning.

And a Few from the Community Pages:

• Feminist Reflections discusses accountability for errors in peer-reviewed publications.
• Dispatches from a Dean highlights Seattle’s efforts toward bike sharing.

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Hello again and welcome back! This week we continue our increased coverage of gender and sexuality for PRIDE month with research on sex testing in athletics, queer criminality, and a historical look at contraception campaigns in India.

There’s Research on That!:

“Enforcing the Gender Binary through Sex Testing in Athletics,” by Jean Marie DeOrnellas. We rounded up research on sex testing in athletics and how these tests enforce a rigid gender binary.

“‘Queering’ Criminality and Victimization,” by Caity Curry. We review recent research on queer criminal activity to move beyond one-sided depictions of LGBT people as solely victims of hate crimes.

Discoveries:

Welcome back, sociology-friends. As we mourn the loss of Anthony Bourdain this week, we reflect on his legacy as an honorary sociologist of sorts. We also highlight new research on sexual behavior and identities, and the persistence of racial segregation in the United States.

Discoveries:

Hello again! This week at TSP we’ve got social science research on bisexuality, clothing sizes and stigma, and how school choice policies may increase gentrification.

There’s Research on That!:

“Bisexuality Breaks Categories, But Faces Challenges,” by Allison Nobles and Evan Stewart. In light of recent attention to bisexuality and pansexuality, and in celebration of PRIDE month, we rounded up social science research on bisexuality.

Discoveries:

Happy Friday! This week at TSP we’ve got social science research on involuntary celibacy, sexism in employment, and Hollywood.

The Editors’ Desk:

“Hollywood’s New Blockbusters and Sociology’s Special Agents,” by Doug Hartmann. Doug reflects on sociology and movies via a recent New Yorker article featuring sociologist Violaine Roussel’s new book, Representing Talent: Hollywood Agents and the Making of Movies.

There’s Research on That!:

“Involuntary Celibacy and the Life Course,” by Allison Nobles. In light of recent talk about “incels” — involuntary celibates — we rounded up social science research on this population.

Discoveries:

Welcome to another week at TSP! We’ve got research on the meanings of motherhood and opting out, state variation in felon disenfranchisement, and the relationship between unauthorized immigrants and the U.S. economy.

There’s Research on That!:

“Opting In and Out of Motherhood,” by Amber Joy Powell. As Mother’s Day came and went in the United States, we reflected on the social science behind the meanings of motherhood and the impact on those who opt out.

Discoveries:

Happy Friday! Here at TSP headquarters we’re wrapping up our spring semester with research on public outings, collective mothering, and H1-B visa holders and their dependents.

Welcome to another sociology-filled week at TSP! We’ve got social science research on prison conditions around the globe, racial disparities in the deaths of family members, and a look at who participated in the March for Our Lives protests.