{"id":2055,"date":"2013-07-12T16:21:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T21:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/?p=2055"},"modified":"2014-04-01T10:40:20","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T15:40:20","slug":"friday-roundup-july-12-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2013\/07\/12\/friday-roundup-july-12-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Roundup: July 12, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RU071213\"<\/a>Double Your Fun<\/h3>\n

Time to play catch-up!<\/p>\n

In Case You Missed It:<\/h3>\n

“Thinking About Trayvon: Privileged Response and Media Discourse<\/a>,” by Stephen Suh. A roundtable discussion from just months after Trayvon Martin’s death, this piece looks at media framing and public responses.<\/p>\n

The Editors’ Desk:<\/h3>\n

“The Home Stretch (Or: Introducing Our Third Book)<\/a>,” by Doug Hartmann. In which Doug details some of the coming content for\u00a0Color Lines and Racial Angles<\/em>, TSP’s third reader from W.W. Norton (the first two volumes are due out by the end of the year).\u00a0
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Citings & Sightings:<\/h3>\n

“Economics, Sentimentality, and the Safe Baby<\/a>,” by Letta Page. An economist walks into a baby expo… and calls on some classic social science.<\/p>\n

“The People’s Art<\/a>,” by Letta Page. If a society is enriched by its art, is it impoverished by keeping that art in museums?<\/p>\n

“A Gender Gap and the German Model<\/a>,” by John Ziegler. An emerging education gap shows women outstripping men in the race for diplomas in the U.S. Does Germany offer a solution?<\/p>\n

“‘Spiritual’ Scofflaws<\/a>,” by Evan Stewart. What happens when there’s neither an angel nor a devil on your shoulder.<\/p>\n

“A New South Africa?<\/a>” by Erin Hoekstra. In post-Apartheid South Africa, Somali refugees are everyone’s target.<\/p>\n

A Few from the Community Pages:<\/h3>\n