{"id":7563,"date":"2025-10-03T12:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T17:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/?p=7563"},"modified":"2025-10-03T12:54:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T17:54:40","slug":"tsp-friday-roundup-october-3rd-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2025\/10\/03\/tsp-friday-roundup-october-3rd-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"TSP Friday Roundup | October 3rd, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/10\/image.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\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7564\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/10\/image.png 1080w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/10\/image-330x330.png 330w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/10\/image-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/10\/image-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/10\/image-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<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/2025\/09\/30\/housework-gender-expectations-in-american-households\/\">Housework Gender Expectations in American Households<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.umn.edu\/about\/directory\/profile\/golds529\">Emma Goldstein<\/a> details the surprising way the COVID-19 pandemic affected gender equity, from an article published in <em>Socius<\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/melissamilkie.com\/\">Melissa A. Milkie<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/socy.umd.edu\/facultyprofile\/sayer\/liana\">Liana C. Sayer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgsu.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/center-for-family-demographic-research\/about-cfdr\/research-affiliates\/kei-nomaguchi.html\">Kei Nomaguch<\/a>i, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lsu.edu\/hss\/sociology\/people\/faculty\/profiles\/xuyan_hope.php\">Hope Xu Yan<\/a>. <em>[3 min read]<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/soc101\/2025\/09\/29\/tsp-grad-student-board-on-heteropessimism-ep-11\/\">the latest episode<\/a> of The Society Pages Podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.umn.edu\/about\/directory\/profile\/wald0268\">Jordyn Wald<\/a> considers the paradoxical concept of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/what-is-heteropessimism-and-why-do-men-and-women-suffer-from-it-182288\">heteropessimism<\/a>\u201d in straight women. <em>[3 min listen]<\/em><\/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>The children&#8217;s TV show &#8220;Reading Rainbow,\u201d which aired on PBS from 1983 to 2006, is returning. With new host Mychal Threets, known for his viral videos about the joy of libraries, &#8220;Reading Rainbow&#8221; aims to help children become avid readers. <a href=\"https:\/\/contexts.org\/blog\/book-bans\/\">This 2023 Contexts piece<\/a> highlights the importance of books in shaping how young people see themselves and understand the world in an era of book banning. <em>[6 min read]<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered his vision for the military to hundreds of top-ranking military officials. Hegseth argued for several changes to the image of the military including an end to \u201cfat troops\u201d and \u201cfat generals,\u201d claiming this was a \u201cbad look\u201d for the U.S. military. <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ssn\/2016\/08\/16\/weight-discrimination\/\">This 2016 article<\/a> from our partner Scholars Strategy Network article discusses the prevalence of weight-based discrimination in the U.S. and the lack of legal prohibitions against it. <em>[5 min read]<\/em><\/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>Data show that professors in the U.S. tend to be more liberal than the average American. In <a href=\"https:\/\/contexts.org\/blog\/a-closer-look\/\">A Closer Look at Ideology <em>and <\/em>Truth on Campus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaeldbriscoe.com\/\">Michael D. Briscoe<\/a> joins the conversation on \u201cthe partisan professoriate\u201d to critique Lawrence Eppard and Jacob Mackey\u2019s recent <em>Contexts <\/em>article, \u201c<a data-jenni-processed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/15365042251351980\">Ideology Versus Truth on Campus<\/a>.\u201d <em>[8 min read]<\/em><\/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>In <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ccf\/2025\/09\/30\/the-silent-signals-of-great-sex-what-were-not-saying-in-the-bedroom\/\">The Silent Signals of Great Sex<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicia-walker.com\/\">Alicia M. Walker<\/a> asks, what aren\u2019t we saying in the bedroom? Drawing on an interview-based study <a data-jenni-processed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/link-springer-com.turing.library.northwestern.edu\/article\/10.1007\/s10508-024-02811-x\">she conducted with Audrey Lutmer<\/a><span style=\"margin-left: 10px;\"><\/span>, Walker calls attention to the power and peril of non-verbal cues in moments of intimacy. <em>[4 min read]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/firstpublics\/\"><strong>First Publics<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For undergraduate students, social theory can feel hard and confusing. For professors, so can teaching it. Seasoned theory professor <a href=\"https:\/\/sociology.ucsd.edu\/people\/faculty\/faculty%20members\/michel-estefan.html\">Michel Estefan<\/a> offers <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/firstpublics\/2025\/09\/26\/seven-principles-for-teaching-social-theory\/\">Seven Principles for Teaching Social Theory<\/a> to help undergrads stay the course. <em>[5 min read]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New &amp; Noteworthy From the Archives More from our Partners &amp; Community Pages Contexts Council on Contemporary Families First 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