{"id":52748,"date":"2012-12-31T19:31:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T00:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=52748"},"modified":"2012-12-31T19:31:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T00:31:22","slug":"this-month-in-sociological-images-december-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2012\/12\/31\/this-month-in-sociological-images-december-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"This Month in Sociological Images (December 2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

In betwixt the holidays, we’ve been keeping busy. \u00a0I booked an additional talk for the Spring; I’ll be visiting Queen’s University of Kingston to talk about the relationship between hook up culture and sexual assault (see upcoming lectures for details). \u00a0I always try to squeeze in a Meet Up when I travel so, if you’re in the area, keep your eyes peeled for an announcement!<\/p>\n

Speaking of college kids gone wild, I was tickled to get the last word in this Bloomberg article by Chris Staiti\u00a0on bad behavior in the Ivy League<\/a>. \u00a0I concurred that there were some pretty gnarly things going on at the Ivies, but closed out the piece with this comment:<\/p>\n

Colleges are a microcosm of American society. It\u2019s a story of hormone-driven kids packed into dorms like sardines. And what we see when we look there — the glamorization of casual sex; the binge-drinking; the crude, insensitive humor; the homophobia; the racism — is a story about us.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, that was a treat!<\/p>\n

Since many people have had kids and toys on the brain this past month, you might be interested in listening to my appearance as a guest expert on At Issue with Ben Merens<\/a> for\u00a0Wisconsin Public Radio. \u00a0I talked with the host and guests about\u00a0the history, politics, and economics of gender-segregated toys, plus gave a little advice to parents (download<\/a>).<\/p>\n

SocImages was also cross-posted at Jezebel (How Infant and Toddler Girls Learn to Beautify<\/a>) and\u00a0Ms. (The Truth About Pink and Blue Brains<\/a>) and enjoyed links from French Slate<\/a>,\u00a0Marginal Revolution<\/a>,\u00a0The Independent<\/a>,\u00a0The Frisky<\/a>,\u00a0Bitch<\/a>,\u00a0AfroSpear<\/a>, and\u00a0GigaOm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All in all, a great month! \u00a0Oh, and we reached 21,000 Facebook<\/a>\u00a0followers and are SO CLOSE to 10,000 on Twitter<\/a>! Hopefully that’ll be part of our news for January.<\/p>\n

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