{"id":45407,"date":"2012-03-31T18:14:58","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T23:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=45407"},"modified":"2012-03-31T19:03:15","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T00:03:15","slug":"this-month-in-sociological-images-march-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2012\/03\/31\/this-month-in-sociological-images-march-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"This Month in Sociological Images (March 2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

SocImages Meet Up in the Twin Cities!<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>On the weekend of April 2oth\u00a0<\/sup>Gwen and I will be visiting the\u00a0University of Minnesota<\/strong>\u00a0to attend the Sociology Research Institute and humbly accept an award on behalf of SocImages. \u00a0We’d love it if you’d come and celebrate with us on Saturday, April 21st<\/strong> 6pm to 8pm. \u00a0Stay tuned for a location…<\/p>\n

Social Media \u2018n\u2019 Stuff:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please feel free to follow SocImages on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Google+<\/a>, and\u00a0Pinterest<\/a>.\u00a0Gwen<\/a> and I<\/a> and most of the team are also\u00a0on Twitter, too.<\/p>\n

Upcoming Lectures and Appearances:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next month I’ll be giving my talk about hook up culture at CSU Northridge<\/strong> (11:00am on\u00a0Apr. 26th<\/sup>) and in September I’ll be at\u00a0Indiana State University<\/strong> to give a featured lecture at the\u00a0International Crime, Media & Popular Culture Studies Conference<\/a>\u00a0(Sept. 17th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

A big thank you to the staff, students, and faculty at Harvard<\/strong>, Dartmouth<\/strong>, and\u00a0Boston University<\/strong>! \u00a0I had a wonderful time sharing my research and ideas last week! \u00a0Special thanks to Harvard Sex Week for letting me debut my new talk on media stereotypes and sexual pleasure. Reviews of the talks in The Harvard Crimson<\/em> and The Dartmouth<\/em> are linked from my website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And thanks, too, to Amy Schalet and the rest of the faculty at UMass-Amherst<\/strong> for giving me the opportunity to talk in depth about Sociological Images! \u00a0It’s such a treat to be able to talk about our little blog.<\/p>\n

SocImages in the News:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our post on the racially-charged Disney-themed candy<\/a> raised some eyebrows. The story was covered at The Root<\/a>,\u00a0Business Insider<\/a>, Babble<\/a>,\u00a0Gawker<\/a>, Jezebel<\/a>,\u00a0The Daily Meal<\/a>,\u00a0The Week<\/a>, and in the Phoenix New Times<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Miss Representation<\/a><\/em>, the fantastic documentary featuring SocImages contributor Caroline Heldman, is getting amazing reviews! \u00a0Here’s the latest at\u00a0CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reuters<\/a> gave me the opportunity to weigh in on a controversy over a San Antonio mural featuring the “sleepy Mexican” stereotype.<\/p>\n

Finally, The Frisky<\/a> picked up on our post about pink in Saudi Arabia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We’re happy to announce a new Pinterest Board:<\/strong><\/p>\n