{"id":7583,"date":"2025-10-31T14:12:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T19:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/?p=7583"},"modified":"2025-10-31T14:15:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T19:15:27","slug":"tsp-friday-roundup-october-31st-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2025\/10\/31\/tsp-friday-roundup-october-31st-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"TSP Friday Roundup | October 31st, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/10\/image-1.jpeg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/10\/image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/10\/image-1.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/10\/image-1-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/10\/image-1-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/10\/image-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2025\/10\/image-1-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><em>Happy Halloween!<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New &amp; Noteworthy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the mood for something spooky? <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/specials\/bewitched-bothered-and-bewildered-sociology-of-the-cultic\/\">Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered<\/a>, a new StoryMap from <a href=\"https:\/\/cla.umn.edu\/about\/directory\/profile\/wald0268\">Jordyn Wald<\/a>, tracks the Sociology of the occult. This visual special feature is based on a <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2023\/10\/30\/bewitched-bothered-and-bewildered-sociology-of-the-cultic-and-paranormal\/\">2024 piece<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/people\/mallory-harrington\/\">Mallory Harrington<\/a> and Nicole Schmitgen. <em>{3 min scroll}<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/\">Media Report<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/people\/mallory-harrington\/\">Mallory Harrington<\/a> for recent news featuring social scientists. This week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hunter.cuny.edu\/people\/michael-benediktsson\/\">Michael Benediktsson<\/a><em> <\/em>on the history of the public bench; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsw.edu.au\/staff\/ash-watson\">Ash Watson<\/a> on who the digital revolution leaves behind; <a href=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.utexas.edu\/sociology\/faculty\/jg47972\">Jennifer Glass<\/a> on the contentious results of a new Pew Research survey on parenting; <a href=\"https:\/\/research.sociology.cam.ac.uk\/profile\/alex-wood\">Alex Wood<\/a> on the rise of the freelancer; and <a href=\"https:\/\/sociology.yale.edu\/people\/alka-menon\">Alka Menon<\/a> on the quickening cycle of trends in cosmetic surgery. <em>{3 min read}<\/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>This week, an unpublished Dr. Seuss manuscript was uncovered in UC San Diego\u2019s Geisel Library. Penguin House plans to publish the book titled <em>Sing the 50 United States!<\/em> in the summer of 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2018\/01\/03\/small-books-big-questions-diversity-in-childrens-literature\/\">Small Books, Big Questions<\/a>, a 2018 article by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umb.edu\/directory\/evanstewart\/\">Evan Stewart<\/a> for Sociological Images, discusses how children\u2019s books reflect the culture around them. <em>{3 min read}<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Fed lowered interest rates earlier this week, but will this resolve housing shortages? Read <a href=\"https:\/\/stevenschmidt.info\/About\">Steven Schmidt&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ccf\/2025\/01\/28\/finding-a-home-during-the-affordable-housing-crisis\/\">recent piece<\/a> in Council on Contemporary Families covering research in Los Angeles on this ongoing and complex issue for want-to-be homeowners and sellers. <em>{6 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:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/worldsuffering\/\"><strong>World Suffering<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Research finds that forgiveness is healthy, but the pressure to do so may not be. TSP\u2019s Managing Editor, <a href=\"https:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/people\/jacob-otis\/\">Jacob Otis<\/a>, wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/worldsuffering\/2025\/10\/30\/social-expectations-of-forgiveness\/\">Social Expectations of Forgiveness<\/a><em> <\/em>for our partner publication World Suffering this week. <em>{4 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><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ccf\/2025\/10\/28\/increases-in-community-income-improve-birth-outcomes\/\">Increases in Community Income Improve Birth Outcomes<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/sociology.la.psu.edu\/people\/molly-a-martin\/\">Molly A. Martin<\/a> was originally published in CCF\u2019s Brief Reports and reprinted by CCF this week. Read about the novel experimental design Martin and colleagues used to find a causal link between income and birth outcomes, from their study published in <em>Demography. {4 min read}<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Halloween! 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