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Even though such things are socially constructed and culturally specific … Happy Holidays from TSP! We are officially done with the fall semester here in Minneapolis, but we still have some great new pieces for you this week. We are also kicking off our annual round of *Best of 2016* posts, and this week we highlight our Best Discovery of 2016. See below and stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n
“Oh By Golly, What is Poly?<\/a>,” by Allison Nobles<\/a>. The holidays are all the more difficult to navigate if you have more than one partner to consider, and we’ve rounded up some recent research that sheds light on the hows and whys\u00a0of polyamory.<\/p>\n “The ‘Facebook Effect’ on Religiosity<\/a>,” by Jacqui Frost<\/a>. New research in\u00a0Sociological Perspectives<\/em> finds that young adults who use social media are more likely to be “syncretists” who pick and choose various beliefs and practices from multiple religions, rather than adhering strictly to one traditional doctrine.<\/p>\n *~!BEST OF 2016!~* “The Persistence of Sexual Double Standards<\/a>,” by Allison Nobles<\/a>.\u00a0Broadly<\/em> draws on research from\u00a0Rachel Allison <\/a>and Barbara Risman<\/a>\u00a0to explain how women are still more likely than men to be judged negatively for past sexual decisions.<\/p>\n “Why Politically Active Billionaires Threaten the Health of Democracy<\/a>,” by Darrell M. West<\/a>.<\/p>\n 3 Questions with Pallavi Banerjee:\u00a0Immigration\/Politics\/Talk<\/a>, by\u00a0Eunice Owusu.<\/p>\n “Rule Without Referees<\/a>,” by\u00a0Philip Vlahakis.<\/p>\n “Sociology Teach-in on Trump at UC-Merced<\/a>,” by Zulema Valdez<\/a>.<\/p>\n Even though such things are socially constructed and culturally specific … Happy Holidays from TSP! We are officially done with the fall semester here in Minneapolis, but we still have some great new pieces for you this week. We are also kicking off our annual round of *Best of 2016* posts, and this week we […]<\/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-4400","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\/4400","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=4400"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4411,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400\/revisions\/4411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Discoveries<\/a>:<\/h3>\n
\n“Extending the \u201cCrime Scene\u201d into the Community<\/a>, by Ryan Larson<\/a>. Voted the Best Discovery of 2016 by the TSP Grad Board, this piece summarizes recent research in\u00a0Sociological Science<\/em> that finds\u00a0communities of color are more likely to experience stop and frisk activity after a violent crime.<\/p>\nClippings<\/a>:<\/h3>\n
From Our Partners:<\/h3>\n
Scholars Strategy Network<\/a>:<\/h3>\n
Council on Contemporary Families<\/a>:<\/h3>\n
Contexts<\/a>:<\/h3>\n
And a Few from the Community Pages:<\/h3>\n
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Last Week\u2019s Roundup<\/a><\/h3>\n
Sign Up for Inbox Delivery of the Roundup<\/a><\/h3>\n
Our Latest Book<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"