{"id":7467,"date":"2025-04-22T15:14:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T20:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/?p=7467"},"modified":"2025-04-22T15:14:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T20:14:53","slug":"tsp-tuesdays-april-22nd-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2025\/04\/22\/tsp-tuesdays-april-22nd-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"TSP Tuesdays | April 22nd, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/04\/Untitled-2.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/04\/Untitled-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/04\/Untitled-2.png 1080w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/04\/Untitled-2-330x330.png 330w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/04\/Untitled-2-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/04\/Untitled-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/04\/Untitled-2-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New &amp; Noteworthy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/2025\/04\/21\/clippings-april-21st-2025-tsp-media-report\/\">Clippings<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.umn.edu\/about\/directory\/profile\/harr3077\">Mallory Harrington<\/a> includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/musaalgharbi.com\/\">Musa al-Gharbi<\/a><\/strong> (Stony Brook University): Argued that the Trump administration&#8217;s crackdown on higher education backfired\u2014universities that complied, like Columbia, were punished, prompting others like Harvard to resist instead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxwell.syr.edu\/directory\/madonna-harrington-meyer\">Madonna Harrington Meyer<\/a><\/strong> (Syracuse University): Described how grandparents are increasingly parenting their grandchildren, often sacrificing retirement or taking on debt, despite attempts to set boundaries like \u201cfun days\u201d or fixed schedules.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidson.edu\/people\/aarushi-bhandari\">Aarushi Bhandari<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/research.sociology.cam.ac.uk\/profile\/parul-bhandari\">Parul Bhandari<\/a> (Davidson College &amp; University of Cambridge): Discussed the Herm\u00e8s Birkin bag as a symbol of elite status, and how Walmart\u2019s \u201cWirkin\u201d sparked conversations around wealth, accessibility, and anti-elitist sentiment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/search.asu.edu\/profile\/3521028\">Rebecca Sandefur<\/a><\/strong> (Arizona State University): Highlighted that most civil court users lack legal representation; the system is built for legal professionals, making it inaccessible to the general public despite its importance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitman.edu\/academics\/majors-and-programs\/sociology\/faculty\/michelle-janning\">Michelle Janning<\/a><\/strong> (Whitman College): Explained that dishwashing arguments reflect deeper meanings\u2014our home rituals symbolize control, identity, and resistance to automation in increasingly tech-driven domestic spaces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our latest <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/2025\/04\/17\/constructing-identity-and-bamboo-scaffolds-in-hong-kong\/\">Discovery<\/a> by Anastasia Dulle covers research by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottingham.ac.uk\/business\/people\/lizkkk.phtml\">Ken Kamoche<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mba.nucba.ac.jp\/en\/faculty\/law_kuok_kei.html\">Kuok Kei Law<\/a> on bamboo scaffolders in Hong Kong, and how they navigate dangerous work and social stigma by embracing a macho identity that emphasizes toughness, risk-taking, and informal expertise in a declining and highly scrutinized industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From the Archives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Coinciding with holidays like Passover and Easter, spring cleaning used to have a religious significance. 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