SocImages news:
- We rarely snark on SocImages but, when we do, we get quoted at New York Magazine.
- Our list of professors’ pet peeves really resonated, attracting 9,400+ likes and nearly 500 shares on Facebook. Sociologist D’Lane Compton offered a thoughtful response, asking whether this type of list is more social bonding than useful pedagogy.
New Pinterest board!
Someone put panties on peaches and then we had to start a new Pinterest board called Sexy What!? It’s a collection of totally random stuff being made weirdly and unnecessarily sexual by marketers. My favorites are the ads for organ donation, hearing aids, CPR, and sea monkeys. Enjoy!
You like! Here are our most appreciated posts this month:
- In employers’ eyes, for-profit colleges are equivalent to high school (3,600+ likes)
- “Black and white twins” and the social construction of race (1,600+ likes)
- Statistically significant others (1,200+ likes)
- Academic writing MadLib (1,200+ likes)
- #iftheygunnedmedown attacks portrayals of black men killed by police (1,100+ likes)
- The best thesis defense is a good offense (800+ likes)
- Julie Chen explains why she underwent “Westernizing” surgery (700+ likes)
- Wealth or good parenting? Framing the privileges of the rich (600+ likes)
Thanks everybody!
Editor’s pick:
Top post on Tumblr this month:
- Now THIS is a bold lingerie ad! (87,000+ likes and shares)
Don’t forget our course guides!
Classes are starting and if you’re teaching you might find our Course Guides useful. These collect strong SocImages posts organized in a way that follows standard syllabi for frequently-taught sociology courses. Please use and share freely!
- Introduction to Sociology
- Sociology of Gender
- Family and Society
- Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
- Sociology of Sport
- Sociology of Work
- Sexuality and Society
- Sociological Research Methods
- Women and History
We’d love more! If you are a sociology professor or graduate student who would like to make one. Please get in touch!
Social Media ‘n’ Stuff:
Finally, this is your monthly reminder that SocImages is on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Google+, and Pinterest. I’m on Facebook and most of the team is on Twitter: @lisawade, @gwensharpnv, @familyunequal, and @jaylivingston.
Lisa Wade, PhD is an Associate Professor at Tulane University. She is the author of American Hookup, a book about college sexual culture; a textbook about gender; and a forthcoming introductory text: Terrible Magnificent Sociology. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram.
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