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Well, we’ve got four days until the U.S. presidential election, and most of us are a mixture of nervous, excited, and exhausted. In preparation, see below for\u00a0sociological takes on the candidates’ treatments of climate change, immigration, and “nasty women,” and\u00a0follow us on social media to stay up to date throughout the week.<\/p>\n
“Climate Change and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election<\/a>,” with Erik Kojola<\/a>. Climate change has not been a major topic of the 2016 presidential debates, but\u00a0the outcome of this\u00a0election will have a major impact on climate change policies. We talk to\u00a0J. Timmons Roberts<\/a>,\u00a0Riley Dunlap<\/a>, and\u00a0Eric Bonds<\/a> about\u00a0the political and social dynamics of climate change and what to expect from the presidential candidates in the coming months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “Elijah Anderson and the Cosmopolitan Canopy on Vox<\/a>,” by Doug Hartmann<\/a>. Sociologists don’t often get to talk about their own work outside of academic conferences and journals. Doug commends\u00a0Vox\u00a0<\/em>for breaking with that trend.<\/p>\n “Joel Best on the Creepy Clown Craze<\/a>,” with Ryan Larson<\/a>. What’s up with all the creepy clowns lately? Tune in to our new episode of Office Hours to find out how the recent “clown uprising” connects to our popular mythologies.<\/p>\n “Nasty Women and the Reappropriation of Stigmatized Labels<\/a>,” by Jacqui Frost<\/a>. Social science research sheds light on the many ways derogatory labels are reappropriated and the potential strengths and weaknesses of this strategy for combating stigma.<\/p>\n “Reproductive Technologies and Social Inequality<\/a>,” by Sarah Catherine Billups<\/a>. New reproductive technologies certainly help growing families, but the costs and benefits are not distributed equally.<\/p>\n “Music Commercialization and Commemoration<\/a>,” by Caity Curry<\/a> and Amber Joy Powell<\/a>.\u00a0Nevermind<\/em>‘s 25th anniversary got us thinking about music, culture, and commerce.<\/p>\n “Same-gender Sex Outside of the University<\/a>,” by Allison Nobles<\/a>. “Although women in less privileged positions may have fewer choices in how they identify, they likely face less pressure to match their identities with their behavior.”<\/p>\n “Student Debt Hinders Degree Completion<\/a>,” by Caity Curry<\/a>.\u00a0Sara Goldrick-Rab<\/a>\u00a0talks to Wisconsin Public Radio\u00a0<\/em>about the consequences of the rising cost of higher education.<\/p>\n “Not Every WikiLeak Passes Public Interest Test<\/a>,” by Chelsea Carlson.\u00a0Zeynep Tufekci<\/a>\u00a0spoke with\u00a0NPR\u00a0<\/em>about the varied relevance of leaked information.<\/p>\n “Unworkable Immigration Proposals From Donald Trump \u2013 And Other Republican Presidential Contenders<\/a>,” by Anna O. Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Women Have Made the Difference for Family Economic Security<\/a>,” by Molly McNulty.<\/p>\n “Indians and Cowboys and Everyone Else<\/a>,” by\u00a0Eamon Whalen.<\/p>\n “Friends with Academic Benefits<\/a>,” by\u00a0Janice McCabe<\/a>.<\/p>\n Well, we’ve got four days until the U.S. presidential election, and most of us are a mixture of nervous, excited, and exhausted. In preparation, see below for\u00a0sociological takes on the candidates’ treatments of climate change, immigration, and “nasty women,” and\u00a0follow us on social media to stay up to date throughout the week. Roundtables: “Climate Change […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1957,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17672],"tags":[33309,12722,12802],"class_list":["post-4247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friday-roundup","tag-friday-roundup","tag-roundup","tag-weekly-roundup"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1957"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4247"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4256,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247\/revisions\/4256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Editors’ Desk<\/a>:<\/h3>\n
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