{"id":2408,"date":"2013-11-22T11:41:23","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T16:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/?p=2408"},"modified":"2014-04-01T10:24:25","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T15:24:25","slug":"ru112213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2013\/11\/22\/ru112213\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Roundup: Nov. 22, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RU112213\"<\/a>This week on TSP!<\/p>\n

The Editors’ Desk:<\/h3>\n

“Sociology in Retired Football Player’s Past<\/a>,” by Doug Hartmann. He makes it sound so sordid!<\/p>\n

There’s Research on That!<\/h3>\n

“Olympic Flame Relay Goes Lunar<\/a>,” by Amy August. Transnational ritual lifts off.<\/p>\n

“Texas Abortion Restrictions Take Effect<\/a>,” by Jacqui Frost. New laws change the mechanics, but not the incidence, of abortion.<\/p>\n

Citings & Sightings:<\/h3>\n

“Redesigning Work to Find Balance<\/a>,” by Erin Hoekstra. U of M sociologists tell the\u00a0Huffington Post<\/em> that flexibility increases productivity—they’ve got the research to prove it.<\/p>\n

“Angry White Men and Aggrieved Entitlement<\/a>,” by John Ziegler. Michael Kimmel on the defenses that go up when unrecognized privilege is challenged.\u00a0The Real World: White Male America<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“Libraries, Coffee Shops, and Natural Disasters<\/a>,” by Molly Goin. Eric Klinenberg on civic spaces and disaster response.<\/p>\n

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