{"id":55063,"date":"2013-05-31T14:52:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T19:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=55063"},"modified":"2013-05-31T14:57:05","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T19:57:05","slug":"this-month-in-sociological-images-may-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2013\/05\/31\/this-month-in-sociological-images-may-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"This Month in Sociological Images (May 2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Summer means writing!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re all breathing a sigh of relief now that the semester is over! \u00a0Gwen and I are both looking forward to making lots of progress on writing projects over the summer! \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssc.wisc.edu\/~mferree\/\" target=\"_blank\">Myra Marx Ferree<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0I should be finishing our sociology of gender textbook\u00a0within months and I can hardly wait!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter love:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We reached a milestone on Twitter. \u00a012,000 followers and counting!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/05\/12000-twitter.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-55635\" alt=\"12000 twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/05\/12000-twitter.png\" width=\"433\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/05\/12000-twitter.png 534w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/05\/12000-twitter-500x306.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>12,000 followers means lots of love!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/05\/13.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/05\/13.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"104\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We freaking love you too, Eli!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upcoming lectures and appearances:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am officially on sabbatical and writing full time, but I&#8217;d love to use my flexible schedule to do lots of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/public-speaking\/\" target=\"_blank\">public speaking<\/a>\u00a0as well. \u00a0\u00a0I have great talks on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/public-speaking\/list-of-available-lectures\/lecture-abstracts-and-slides\/#friendship\" target=\"_blank\">the value of friendship<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/public-speaking\/list-of-available-lectures\/lecture-abstracts-and-slides\/#inequality and the body\" target=\"_blank\">biology of sex differences<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/public-speaking\/list-of-available-lectures\/lecture-abstracts-and-slides\/#American discourses\" target=\"_blank\">the politics of genital cutting<\/a>\u00a0and, of course,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/public-speaking\/list-of-available-lectures\/\" target=\"_blank\">hook up culture<\/a>. \u00a0And I do a pretty decent AKD induction ceremony\/commencement speech.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve already scheduled my first talk for next year. I&#8217;ll be part of the Bastian Diversity Lecture Series at Westminster College in Salt Lake City. \u00a0Looking forward to it already!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Virtual friends:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We continue to be thrilled to see SocImages&#8217; posts cross-promoted on other sites. \u00a0Here are some graduation season-themed highlights of the month:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Los Angeles Times,<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/opinion\/opinion-la\/la-ol-college-hook-up-culture-blowback-20130530,0,5957732.story\" target=\"_blank\">The Hook Up Culture Bogeyman<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PolicyMic, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.policymic.com\/articles\/44321\/9-things-two-professors-wish-you-would-understand-about-the-real-world\" target=\"_blank\">9 Things Professors Wish You Understood about the Real World<\/a> (with gifs!)<\/li>\n<li>BlogHer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogher.com\/two-thirds-college-students-think-theyre-going-change-world\" target=\"_blank\">2\/3rds of College Students Think They&#8217;re Going to Change the World<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Huffington Post, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/lisa-wade\/social-class-and-college-choices_b_3287943.html\" target=\"_blank\">Social Class and the College Choices of High School Valedictorians<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>New Pinterest board on rape culture:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In response to the sudden public interest in sexual violence, we decided to begin a <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/socimages\/rape-culture-trigger-warning\/\" target=\"_blank\">rape culture Pinterest board<\/a>. \u00a0I recommend visiting with a stiff drink in hand. \u00a0If you&#8217;re sensitive to images of sexual violence, I wouldn&#8217;t go at all.<\/p>\n<p>SocImages has 25 Pinterest boards and some of them aren&#8217;t horribly depressing! \u00a0You can visit our new <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/pinterest\/\" target=\"_blank\">guide<\/a> or check out some of our more popular themes: <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/socimages\/sexy-toy-make-overs\/\" target=\"_blank\">sexy toy make-overs<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/socimages\/what-color-is-flesh\/\" target=\"_blank\">what color is flesh?<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/socimages\/gendered-housework-parenting\/\" target=\"_blank\">gendered housework and parenting<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/socimages\/sexual-symbolism\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201csubliminal\u201d sexual symbolism<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/socimages\/violence-in-fashion-trigger-warning\/\" target=\"_blank\">violence in fashion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The national movement against sexual assault:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SocImages continues to follow the national movement to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/knowyourIX\" target=\"_blank\">use Title IX<\/a>\u00a0to reform sexual assault adjudication on college &#8212; and now, rumor has it, middle school and high school &#8212; campuses. \u00a0Dartmouth, UC Berkeley, and USC, among others, are the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2013\/may\/22\/local\/la-me-0523-college-rape-20130523\" target=\"_blank\">most recent schools<\/a>\u00a0to file complaints with the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>This month we posted about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2013\/05\/17\/social-networking-and-the-national-movement-to-know-your-ix\/\" target=\"_blank\">the role of social networking<\/a>\u00a0in the movement and covered the faculty votes of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2013\/05\/06\/occidental-college-faculty-vote-no-confidence-in-high-level-administrators\/\" target=\"_blank\">no confidence<\/a>&#8221; in higher level administrators at Occidental College. \u00a0I also had the opportunity to give a 12 minute interview to KPFK about the developments at my campus (you can listen\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.kpfk.org\/mp3\/kpfk_130430_150050femmag.MP3\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, starting at 28:30).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social media:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>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>,\u00a0<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>. \u00a0Lisa is on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lisawadephd\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and most of the team is on Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lisawade\" target=\"_blank\">@lisawade<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/gwensharpnv\" target=\"_blank\">@gwensharpnv<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/familyunequal\" target=\"_blank\">@familyunequal<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/carolineheldman\" target=\"_blank\">@carolineheldman<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/JayLivingston\" target=\"_blank\">@jaylivingston<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In other news&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I thought I&#8217;d share this nice shot from just after commencement at Occidental College. \u00a0To my left and right are two of the professors who have joined with students to lead the national movement against sexual assault: Dr. Caroline Heldman and Dr. Danielle Dirks. \u00a0In other words, some badass chicks right there. \u00a0Follow them on twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carolineheldman\" target=\"_blank\">@carolineheldman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danielledirks\" target=\"_blank\">@danielledirks<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/05\/20130519_1209091.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-55639\" alt=\"20130519_120909\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/05\/20130519_1209091.jpg\" width=\"595\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/05\/20130519_1209091.jpg 2755w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/05\/20130519_1209091-500x289.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/05\/20130519_1209091-1024x593.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<span class=\"ft_signature\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/\">Lisa Wade, PhD<\/a> is an Associate Professor at Tulane University. She is the author of <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/American-Hookup-New-Culture-Campus\/dp\/039328509X?ie=UTF8&amp;*Version*=1&amp;*entries*=0\">American Hookup<\/a><em>, a book about college sexual culture; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gender-Interactions-Institutions-Lisa-Wade\/dp\/0393931072?ie=UTF8&amp;*Version*=1&amp;*entries*=0\">textbook about gender<\/a>; and a forthcoming introductory text: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/intro\/\">Terrible Magnificent Sociology<\/a><em>.\u00a0You can follow her on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lisawade\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lisawadephd\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer means writing! We&#8217;re all breathing a sigh of relief now that the semester is over! \u00a0Gwen and I are both looking forward to making lots of progress on writing projects over the summer! \u00a0Myra Marx Ferree\u00a0and\u00a0I should be finishing our sociology of gender textbook\u00a0within months and I can hardly wait! Twitter love: We reached [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[208],"class_list":["post-55063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-updates"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55063"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55641,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55063\/revisions\/55641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}