{"id":65600,"date":"2015-10-31T10:59:38","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T15:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=65600"},"modified":"2015-11-05T17:47:29","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T22:47:29","slug":"this-month-in-socimages-october-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/10\/31\/this-month-in-socimages-october-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"This Month in SocImages (October 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>SocImages News:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so happy to announce a new partnership\u00a0with <a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mental Floss<\/a>! They will be featuring select posts from SocImages and bringing the sociological imagination to an even wider audience! Fabulous! Our first post is <a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/node\/69472&amp;as-seen-on-www_curat_io=\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Talks!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m excited to have\u00a0been invited to speak about Sociological Images and public sociology in the upcoming months. I&#8217;ll be at the\u00a0<strong>University of Nebraska, Omaha\u00a0<\/strong>on November 13 and <strong>Witchita State University<\/strong> on March 4.\u00a0(And thanks to <strong>Marshall University<\/strong> and <strong>Shawnee State<\/strong> for having me this month!) If anyone is in\u00a0Omaha, Witchita, or Syracuse, let&#8217;s get in touch! More details <a href=\"http:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/public-speaking\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #444444;\">You like! \u00a0Here are our most appreciated posts this month:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/10\/19\/114-years-young-lightbulbs-before-planned-obscelesence\/\" target=\"_blank\">114 years young: Lightbulbs before planned obsolescence<\/a> (1,700+ likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/10\/20\/masculinity-marines-and-my-little-pony\/\" target=\"_blank\">Masculinity, Marines, and My Little Pony<\/a> (1,100+ likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/10\/13\/arent-the-poor-comparatively-rich-the-fallacy-of-faulty-comparison\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aren&#8217;t the poor comparatively rich? The fallacy of faulty comparison<\/a> (800+ likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/10\/07\/fat-shaming-its-a-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fat shaming in real life<\/a> (650+ likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/10\/22\/understanding-mass-incarceration\/\" target=\"_blank\">Understanding mass incarceration<\/a> (400+ likes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Thanks everybody!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s pick:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/10\/06\/ryan-adams-v-taylor-swift-who-wore-it-better\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why is it so hard to give Taylor Swift credit for 1989?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Top post on Tumblr this month:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/socimages.tumblr.com\/post\/122271562290\/millennials-are-no-less-racist-than-generation-x\" target=\"_blank\">Millennials are no less racist than Generation X<\/a> (15,600+ notes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Social Media \u2018n\u2019 Stuff:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/socimages.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/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>. \u00a0I&#8217;m on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lisawadephd\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook <\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/lisawadephd\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/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>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/JayLivingston\" target=\"_blank\">@jaylivingston<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Happy Halloween everyone! Here&#8217;s some scary characters riding the goblin float in the Krewe of Boo Halloween parade in New Orleans this year. Watch out or your might get some beads!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2015\/10\/32.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68269\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2015\/10\/32.png\" alt=\"3\" width=\"447\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2015\/10\/32.png 447w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2015\/10\/32-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/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>SocImages News: I&#8217;m so happy to announce a new partnership\u00a0with Mental Floss! They will be featuring select posts from SocImages and bringing the sociological imagination to an even wider audience! Fabulous! Our first post is here. Talks! 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