{"id":7543,"date":"2025-09-26T13:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T18:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/?p=7543"},"modified":"2025-09-29T11:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:31:35","slug":"tsp-fridays-september-26th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2025\/09\/26\/tsp-fridays-september-26th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"TSP Fridays | September 26th, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/09\/photo-collage-3.png-1-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7549\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/09\/photo-collage-3.png-1-3.png 1080w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/09\/photo-collage-3.png-1-3-330x330.png 330w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/09\/photo-collage-3.png-1-3-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/09\/photo-collage-3.png-1-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/09\/photo-collage-3.png-1-3-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New &amp; Noteworthy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cI pretty much just stick to \u2018queer\u2019 [in Vancouver], but when I\u2019m in Texas, &#8230; it\u2019s \u2018gay\u2019.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/2025\/09\/18\/gay-in-texas-queer-in-vancouver\/\">Gay in Texas, Queer in Vancouver<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.umn.edu\/about\/directory\/profile\/dulle015#educational-background-&amp;-specialties\">Anastasia Dulle<\/a> summarizes research by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aholmes.ca\/\">Andy Holmes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aminghaziani.net\/\">Amin Ghaziani<\/a> on why LGBTQ+ people use different labels in different contexts. <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">[2 min read]<\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From the Archives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TikTok was abuzz this week with many &#8220;apocalyptic influencers&#8221; believing that the rapture would take place on September 23rd, 2025. For those of us left behind, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/economicsociology\/2008\/10\/30\/left-behind\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/economicsociology\/2008\/10\/30\/left-behind\/\">this 2008 article<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/brookeharrington.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/brookeharrington.com\/\">Brooke Harrington<\/a> on how Christian Protestant ideas about the &#8220;end of days&#8221; enable economic inequality. <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">[4 min read]<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On Monday, President Trump told pregnant women not to take Tylenol during pregnancy, despite inconclusive evidence linking the drug to autism. Some worry the President&#8217;s comments contribute to a pattern of &#8220;mother blame,&#8221; where women are held responsible for children&#8217;s outcomes by sexist and perfectionistic standards. In <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/2010\/12\/07\/body-language-the-high-stakes-of-motherhood\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/2010\/12\/07\/body-language-the-high-stakes-of-motherhood\/\">this piece<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/\">Girl w\/ Pen,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/today.cofc.edu\/2016\/08\/12\/college-remembers-beloved-professor-alison-piepmeier\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/today.cofc.edu\/2016\/08\/12\/college-remembers-beloved-professor-alison-piepmeier\/\">Alison Piepmeier<\/a> responds to perceived &#8220;mother blame&#8221; in Annie Murphy Paul&#8217;s 2010 book, <em>Origins<\/em>. <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">[3 min read]<\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More from our Partners &amp; Community Pages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/contexts.org\/\"><strong>Contexts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In <a href=\"https:\/\/contexts.org\/articles\/parental-profiteering\/\">Parental Profiteering<\/a>, Colter J. Uscola spotlights <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/14614448241304657\">research in <em>New Media &amp; Society<\/em><\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.communication.huji.ac.il\/people\/tom-divon\">Tom Divon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uu.nl\/staff\/TAnnabell\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.uu.nl\/staff\/TAnnabell\">Taylor Annabell<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uu.nl\/staff\/ECGoanta\">Catalina Goanta<\/a> that explores the legal and ethical implications of &#8220;kidfluencers&#8221; on TikTok. <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">[2 min read]<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In <a href=\"https:\/\/contexts.org\/blog\/ged-to-phd-mcnair\/\">GED to PhD<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/idahoatp.org\/2024\/03\/27\/chandra-reyna\/\">Chandra Reyna<\/a> draws on her experience in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/grants-and-programs\/grants-higher-education\/federal-trio-programs\/ronald-e-mcnair-postbaccalaureate-achievement-program\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/grants-and-programs\/grants-higher-education\/federal-trio-programs\/ronald-e-mcnair-postbaccalaureate-achievement-program\">McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program<\/a> to make the case against a Trump administration proposal to cancel it. McNair aims to &#8220;increase the attainment of Ph.D. degrees by students from underrepresented segments of society.&#8221; It is one of several similar government programs at risk of being eliminated. <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">[4 min read]<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In <a href=\"https:\/\/contexts.org\/blog\/working-for-ai\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/contexts.org\/blog\/working-for-ai\/\">Working For AI<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holycross.edu\/academics\/people\/jeff-dixon\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.holycross.edu\/academics\/people\/jeff-dixon\">Jeffrey C. Dixon<\/a> voices his concerns about the fast-proliferating technology from his perspective as a sociologist of work, neoliberalism, and AI. <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">[5 min read]<\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ccf\/\"><strong>Council on Contemporary Families<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newpaltz.edu\/ocm\/experts\/display.php?id=207\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.newpaltz.edu\/ocm\/experts\/display.php?id=207\">Anna Gjika<\/a> was interviewed by Alicia M. Walker on her new book, <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ccf\/2025\/09\/23\/3q-qith-anna-gjika-when-rape-goes-viral-youth-and-sexual-assault-in-the-digital-age\/\"><em>When Rape Goes Viral: Youth and Sexual Assault in the Digital Age<\/em><\/a>. 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