SocImages News:
A huge “thank you” to all of the nearly 30,000 readers who liked and shared our post The Balancing Act of Being Female; Or, Why Women Wear So Many Clothes! I’m thrilled that it stuck such a nerve!
In Twitter news, SocImages’ account reached 10,000 followers!
I’m also pleased to announce a new relationship with PolicyMic, a site dedicated to democratic media for the Millennial generation. I’ll be posting select stuff there. (Special thanks to Sam Meier!) I’ve re-started my blog on The Huffington Post as well.
Thanks, as well, to Jezebel, Racialicious, and Ms. Magazine for re-posting our bits about:
- how Geico dissed the lioness,
- the disconnect between young men’s and women’s hopes for marriage, and
- how racial minorities and immigrants are disproportionately put in private, for-profit prisons with few counseling and educational programs,
- among others.
Tonight at 7pm I’m giving a public lecture about hook up culture on the campus of Occidental College in Los Angeles. If you’re in town and would like to drop by, we can convene for drinks afterward!
Upcoming Lectures and Appearances:
I have six talks scheduled for Spring. If you’re in Kingston, Boston, or Akron, I’d love to schedule a meet up!
- Jan. 31 — Occidental College — “‘The Night Overall Wasn’t Bad’: Oxy Students on Hooking Up”
- Feb. 26 — Queen’s University of Kingston — Hook Up Culture Lecture and Workshop
- Mar. 8-14 — Harvard University — “A Feminist Defense of Friendship”
- Mar. 27 — Ponoma College — “‘The Night Overall Wasn’t Bad’: What College Students Really Think About Hooking Up”
- Mar. 28-30 — Western Political Science Association (Hollywood, CA) — panels on “Public Intellectualism” and the “Twenty-First Century Sex Wars”
- Apr. 19 — University of Akron — “Anatomy of an Outrage: Female Genital Cutting and the Politics of Acculturation”
Social Media ‘n’ Stuff:
Finally, this is your monthly reminder that SocImages is on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and Pinterest. Lisa is on Facebook and most of the team is on Twitter: @lisawade, @gwensharpnv, @familyunequal, @carolineheldman, and @jaylivingston.
In Other News…
I was in Costa Rica this month and this — a wild sloth that came down from the trees to cross the path — was my favorite moment of the trip. After he climbed into the forest on the other side, I actually burst into tears.
You would’ve too! Look at that face!!!
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Allison Ehrich Bernstein — January 31, 2013
Please do a Cambridge meetup! I live right near Harvard and would love to attend both your talk and a get-together afterwards!
Fernando — January 31, 2013
I got the chance to hold sloths a few times. It crawled out of the trees and was picked up by some soldiers where I used to live, they hanged on to it a bit and then let it go. I was told I could only hold it from the back else it'd hug you so hard it wouldn't let go, I doubt that though.
The other time was with this family that had a couple of those, but you had to pay to hold the sloths. Looking back that was kinda bad, the sloths were certainly captured and used to make a small profit. Sure, sloths don't really move around much, they had food and I suppose safety, but it still isn't okay to capture animals like that. Though the girls that owned the sloths seemed to really like them. I walked out of this sloth encounter with a dangerous tick crawling on my shirt.
Guest — February 4, 2013
A sloth only comes down from a tree to poop.
Why are you creeping on him poop?