{"id":43244,"date":"2012-01-31T12:26:45","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T17:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=43244"},"modified":"2012-02-15T19:18:32","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T00:18:32","slug":"this-month-in-sociological-images-january-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2012\/01\/31\/this-month-in-sociological-images-january-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"This Month in Sociological Images (January 2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong><strong>Los Angeles Meet Up:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plan ahead! We&#8217;ve scheduled a SocImages Meet Up for March. \u00a0Please join us <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theescondite.com\/Home\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Escondite<\/a> (downtown L.A.) on Sunday, March 4th. \u00a0All ages. \u00a0Food and drink. \u00a0Great company guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>(P.S.: If you&#8217;re in Boston, I&#8217;ll be <a href=\"http:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/public-speaking\/\" target=\"_blank\">visiting Harvard and Boston University<\/a> at the end of March. Will try to schedule a meet up then as well.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>SocImages News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amanda Jungels has put together a fantastic SocImages Course Guide for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/course-guide-for-sexuality-society\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sexuality and Society<\/a>. \u00a0Check out all of our Course Guides\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/for-instructors\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re having great fun with our Pinterest account; our collection of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/socimages\/sexy-toy-make-overs\/\" target=\"_blank\">sexy toy makeovers<\/a>\u00a0showed up as a slideshow at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/01\/15\/lego-friends-girls-gender-toy-marketing_n_1206293.html\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post<\/a>. \u00a0We&#8217;ve also added two new boards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/socimages\/what-color-is-flesh\/\" target=\"_blank\">what color is flesh?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/socimages\/sexualizing-gendering-food\/\" target=\"_blank\">sexualized\/gendered food<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A super big &#8220;thank you&#8221; to Ron Anderson! \u00a0Dr. Anderson notified us that he nominated us for the ASA Section on Communication and Information Technologies Public Sociology Award.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re in Portuguese! \u00a0Thanks to Dr. Claudio Cordovil, <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/44184\/\" target=\"_blank\">some of our posts<\/a> are appearing at the University of Brazil&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/novaciencia.tumblr.com\/\">Conhecimento Prudente<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I think this is our first appearance as a source on Wikipedia&#8230; on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civony#cite_note-esc-7\" target=\"_blank\">the page about the online game, Evony<\/a>&#8230; of all things.<\/p>\n<p>Are you on Google Plus? <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/2\/114500008673351112338\/posts\" target=\"_blank\">So are we!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Authors and Contributors in the News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Contributor Philip Cohen was discussed in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2012\/01\/02\/144572891\/google-searches-are-a-window-into-our-culture\" target=\"_blank\">NPR story about using Google searches as data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I was quoted in an NPR story about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/pictureshow\/2012\/01\/26\/144928277\/a-lens-on-life-in-the-kentucky-hollows\" target=\"_blank\">photographer Shelby Lee Adams&#8217; portrayal of\u00a0Appalachia<\/a>\u00a0and I enjoyed a few fun minutes on air with CKNW&#8217;s Bill Good talking about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cknw.com\/Channels\/Reg\/News\/TheBillGoodShow.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">the recent trend of sexualizing toys for young girls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong>Best of January<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our hard-working intern, Norma Morella, collected the stuff ya\u2019ll liked best from this month. \u00a0Here\u2019s what she found:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heather Cromarty,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2012\/01\/25\/the-marilyn-meme\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Marilyn Meme<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lisa Wade,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2012\/01\/01\/beauty-and-the-new-lego-line-for-girls\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beauty and the New Lego Line<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Caroline Heldman,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2012\/01\/09\/voter-suppression-the-new-disenfranchisement\/\" target=\"_blank\">Voter Suppression: The New Disenfranchisement<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jason Eastman,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2012\/01\/23\/newt-racism-the-racially-coded-language-of-presidential-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\">Newt Racism: The Racially-Coded Language of Presidential Candidates<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lisa Wade,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2012\/01\/24\/income-inequality-is-bad-for-society\/\" target=\"_blank\">Income Ineqaulity is Bad for Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gwen Sharp,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2012\/01\/26\/national-geographic-genders-animal-sexuality\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Geographic Genders Animal Sexuality<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sarah Wanenchak,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2012\/01\/16\/disabled-bodies-and-ableist-acceptance\/\" target=\"_blank\">Disabled Bodies and Ablest Acceptance<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gwen Sharp,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2012\/01\/13\/fotoshop-by-adobe-parodies-beauty-product-ads\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fotoshop by Adob\u00e9<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lisa Wade,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2012\/01\/19\/125-years-of-holding-women-responsible-for-laundry\/\" target=\"_blank\">125 Years of Holding Women Responsible for Laundry<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lisa Wade,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2012\/01\/04\/mariah-careys-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-1994-to-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mariah Careys All I Want for Christmas Is You: 1994 vs 2011<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Social Media \u2018n\u2019 Stuff:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally, this is your monthly reminder that SocImages is on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/socimages\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Sociological-Images-Seeing-Is-Believing\/8399768839\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/2\/114500008673351112338\/posts\" target=\"_blank\">Google+<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/socimages\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest<\/a>. \u00a0Gwen and I and most of the team are also\u00a0on twitter:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lisawade\" target=\"_blank\">@lisadwade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/gwensharpnv\" target=\"_blank\">@gwensharpnv<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/familyunequal\" target=\"_blank\">@familyunequal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/carolineheldman\" target=\"_blank\">@carolineheldman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/JayLivingston\" target=\"_blank\">@jaylivingston<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/wendyphd\" target=\"_blank\">@wendyphd<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Meet Up: Plan ahead! 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