{"id":68516,"date":"2016-01-01T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=68516"},"modified":"2016-02-08T19:07:32","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T00:07:32","slug":"this-year-at-sociological-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2016\/01\/01\/this-year-at-sociological-images\/","title":{"rendered":"This year at Sociological Images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A New Vision and a Hiatus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sociological Images <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/07\/24\/happy-birthday-sociological-images-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">turned 8 this year<\/a>. It&#8217;s been a long, busy, and exciting journey and my own writing has been front-and-center for much of that time. Moving forward, my hope is to step back into more of an editor role, helping established scholars bring attention to their research, giving newer scholars a platform, and helping other sociology bloggers reach a wider audience. Essentially, I would like to use this site as an amplifier, broadcasting as many sociologists as I can as widely as possible by either cross-posting or using the SocImages social media reach. So, to all the sociologists out there, look out for more requests to re-print,\u00a0please don&#8217;t hesitate to pitch me ideas, and feel free to send me things to share!<\/p>\n<p>But&#8230; not yet. SocImages is taking its first hiatus. My book deadline is March\u00a01st, so I&#8217;m taking two\u00a0months off to polish the draft. See you all in 30 days!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We rounded out the year with over 2,900,000 visits\u00a0and nearly 4,000,000 page views. \u00a0We are proud and honored to enjoy almost 80,000\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/socimages\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0friends, over\u00a023,000\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/socimages\/\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0followers, plus nearly 15,000 on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/socimages\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest<\/a>\u00a0and over\u00a024,000 on <a href=\"http:\/\/socimages.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>. \u00a0A huge thank you to everyone for your enthusiasm and support!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sociological Images was granted the\u00a0American Sociological Association&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asanet.org\/about\/awards\/teaching.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>With Doug Hartmann and Chris Uggen, I edited what might be sociology&#8217;s first anthology of blog posts, featuring bloggers from all over the sociology blog-o-sphere. It&#8217;s called <em>Assigned: Life with Gender<\/em>. Coming soon to <a href=\"http:\/\/books.wwnorton.com\/books\/book-template.aspx?ser=The%20Society%20Pages&amp;lastpage=4&amp;currentpage=1\" target=\"_blank\">this series<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>I had the incredible pleasure of debuting <a href=\"http:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/public-speaking\/list-of-available-lectures\/lecture-abstracts-and-slides\/#public%20sociology\" target=\"_blank\">a talk about SocImages<\/a> as a plenary at the Midwest Sociological Society meetings! (Now there&#8217;s one for <a href=\"http:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/public-speaking\/list-of-available-lectures\/lecture-abstracts-and-slides\/#public%20sociology\" target=\"_blank\">undergrads, too<\/a>!)<\/li>\n<li>SocImages was\u00a0quoted in Peggy Orenstein&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Girls-Sex-Navigating-Complicated-Landscape\/dp\/0062209728\" target=\"_blank\">Girls &amp; Sex<\/a><\/em>, Kate Harding&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Asking-It-Alarming-Culture-about\/dp\/0738217026\" target=\"_blank\">Asking For It<\/a><\/em>, and the Boston Women&#8217;s Health Book Collective&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Our-Bodies-Ourselves-New-Edition\/dp\/0743256115\" target=\"_blank\">Our Bodies, Ourselves<\/a><\/em>!<\/li>\n<li>Jon Smadja made us mobile friendly!<\/li>\n<li>We were on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2015\/11\/27\/457296845\/from-dream-bride-to-doll-for-boys-the-evolution-of-the-barbie-ad\" target=\"_blank\">NPR;<\/a>\u00a0covered or quoted\u00a0in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autostraddle.com\/where-do-lesbians-live-new-gallup-numbers-add-more-numbers-to-pile-of-confusing-numbers-282953\/\" target=\"_blank\">Autostraddle<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/almost-half-black-and-latina-scientists-report-theyve-been-mistaken-administrative-assistants-or-janitors-180955808\/?no-ist\" target=\"_blank\">Smithsonian<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/business\/currency\/how-energy-drink-companies-prey-on-male-insecurities\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/scienceofus\/2015\/04\/why-men-scared-of-shopping-carts.html\" target=\"_blank\">New York Magazine;<\/a>\u00a0and I had an editorial in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/posteverything\/wp\/2015\/06\/21\/how-benevolent-sexism-drove-dylann-roofs-racist-massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>Rush Limbaugh called me a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2015\/04\/01\/quick_hits_page\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;professorette&#8221;<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best of 2015!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2015\/01\/2-1.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-68482\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2015\/01\/2-1-500x143.png\" alt=\"2 (1)\" width=\"500\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2015\/01\/2-1-500x143.png 500w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2015\/01\/2-1.png 605w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Over the last week we\u2019ve featured my\u00a0favorite and your most loved posts from 2015. \u00a0Here\u2019s the list in case you missed it:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Reader\u2019s Choice<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/02\/02\/where-do-negative-stereotypes-about-feminists-come-from\/\">Where do negative stereotypes about feminists come from<\/a>\u00a0(5,200+ likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/03\/09\/who-farts-and-who-cares\/\">Who farts? And who cares?<\/a> (4,600+ likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/01\/20\/five-reasons-why-pointlessly-gendered-products-are-a-problem\/\">Five reasons why gendered products are a problem<\/a> (3,800+ likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/03\/02\/why-dont-men-kick-each-other-in-the-balls\/\">Why don\u2019t men kick each other in the balls?<\/a> (3,300+ likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/07\/27\/mass-shootings-in-the-u-s-what-makes-so-many-american-men-dangerous\/\">Mass shootings in the U.S. are on the rise<\/a> (2,400+ likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/01\/12\/lumbersexuals-and-white-heteromasculine-pageantry\/\">Lumbersexuals and white heteromasculine pageantry<\/a> (1,780+ likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/07\/07\/why-the-no-vote-in-greece-is-a-win-for-working-people-everywhere\/\">The corrupt economics behind Greece\u2019s troubles<\/a> (1,700+ likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/08\/11\/who-really-runs-the-airbnbs\/\">Who really runs the AirBnBs?<\/a> (1,700+ likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/03\/25\/are-economics-majors-anti-social\/\">Are economics majors anti-social?<\/a> (1,600+ likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/11\/03\/man-buns-as-cultural-appropriation\/\">https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/11\/03\/man-buns-as-cultural-appropriation\/<\/a> (1,400+ likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/09\/14\/media-spin-on-violence-against-police\/\">Media spin on violence against police<\/a> (1,400+ likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/03\/11\/why-lesbians-and-gay-men-dont-share-space\/\">Why lesbians and gay men don\u2019t share space<\/a> (1,300+ likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/09\/28\/what-is-a-world-in-which-commercials-make-you-cry\/\">What is a world in which commercials make you cry?<\/a> (1,100+ likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/06\/13\/why-it-was-easy-for-rachel-dolezal-to-pass-as-black\/\">Why it was easy for Rachel Dolezal to pass as black<\/a> (1,000+ likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/07\/01\/why-do-people-hate-the-word-moist\/\">Why do people hate the word \u201cmoist\u201d?<\/a> (1,000+ likes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s Picks<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/09\/08\/what-is-creepiness\/\">What is creepiness?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/05\/26\/the-unbearable-daintiness-of-women-who-eat-with-men\/\">The unbearable daintiness of women who eat with men<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/06\/01\/the-iron-cage-in-binary-code-how-facebook-shapes-your-life-chances\/\">The iron cage in binary code: How Facebook shapes your life chances<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/05\/28\/don-draper-and-the-pursuit-of-loneliness\/\">Don Draper and the pursuit of loneliness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/11\/02\/the-trouble-with-american-views-of-female-genital-cutting\/\">The trouble with American views of female genital cutting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/06\/09\/powerful-people-are-sensitive-to-injustice-but-mostly-when-they-are-its-victims\/\">Powerful people are sensitive to injustice, but mostly when they are its victims<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/08\/10\/a-short-history-of-trophy-hunting-in-america\/\">A short history of trophy hunting in America<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/12\/31\/is-beibers-what-do-you-mean-just-as-bad-as-thickes-blurred-lines\/\" target=\"_blank\">Is Justin Beiber\u2019s \u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d just as bad as Robin Thicke\u2019s \u201cBlurred Lines\u201d?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2015\/07\/23\/the-invisibility-of-black-pain\/\">Slave families\u2019 desperate efforts to reunite during Reconstruction<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Happy New Year everyone! \u00a0Here\u2019s to wonderful things in 2016!<\/strong><\/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>A New Vision and a Hiatus: Sociological Images turned 8 this year. It&#8217;s been a long, busy, and exciting journey and my own writing has been front-and-center for much of that time. 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