{"id":2969,"date":"2014-08-04T13:05:23","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T18:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2014-08-12T13:18:06","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T18:18:06","slug":"ru080414","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2014\/08\/04\/ru080414\/","title":{"rendered":"TSP Weekly Roundup: Aug. 4, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RU080414\"<\/a>Features:<\/a><\/h3>\n

“Comic-Conned: Gender Norms in a Carnivalesque Atmosphere<\/a>,” by Natalie Wilson. In cultural events meant to be utopian for their subculture, you can be anything or anyone—but gender norms are hard to shake.<\/p>\n

Roundtables:<\/a><\/h3>\n

“Looking into the Racial Wealth Gap with Dalton Conley, Rachel Dwyer, and Karyn Lacy<\/a>,” by Erin Hoekstra. In another piece from our series on debt, Hoekstra invites experts to examine the factors—from housing and homeownership, access to credit, predatory lending practices, and historically entrenched inequalities—that make the racial wealth gap so persistent.<\/p>\n

Office Hours:<\/a><\/h3>\n

“Belinda Wheaton on the Cultural Practices of Lifestyle Sports<\/a>,” with Kyle Green. Can surfing be an act of political resistance? It’s certainly an act of gender resistance for Jen Lee<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Reading List:<\/a><\/h3>\n

“Guerrilla Gardening, Gentrification, and the Implications of DIY Urban Design<\/a>,” Jacqui Frost.\u00a0Research from Gordon C.C. Douglas in\u00a0City & Community\u00a0<\/em>highlights DIY interventions meant to functionally improve cities.<\/p>\n

Teaching TSP:<\/a><\/h3>\n

“How to Use #Selfies as Sociological Exercises<\/a>,” by Linda Catalano. In this guest post, Catalano shares one way she’s using selfies to teach George Herbert Mead and the bifurcation of the self.<\/p>\n

Citings & Sightings:<\/a><\/h3>\n

“Stephen Colbert Welcomes Trans-Caucasians<\/a>,” by Kat Albrecht. Demography reveals more Hispanics identifying as mixed race white—a change that might be welcome news for the GOP.<\/p>\n

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