{"id":72845,"date":"2019-07-24T11:19:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T16:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=72845"},"modified":"2019-07-24T11:20:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T16:20:00","slug":"happy-birthday-socimages-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2019\/07\/24\/happy-birthday-socimages-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, SocImages!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This month, Sociological Images<\/em> turns twelve<\/strong>! It has been a busy year with some big changes backstage, so today I’m rounding up a dozen of our top posts as we look forward to a new academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest news is that the blog has a new home. It still lives on my computer (and The Society Pages’<\/em><\/a> network), but that home has moved east as I start as an assistant professor at UMass Boston Sociology<\/a>. It’s a great department with wonderful colleagues who share a commitment to publicly-oriented scholarship, and I am excited to see what we can build in Boston! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, readers loved the recent discovery that many of the players on the US Women’s National Team were sociology majors<\/a> and a look at the the sociology of streetwear<\/a>. We covered high-class hoaxes<\/a> in the wake of the Fyre Festival documentaries, looked at who gets to win board games on TV<\/a>, and followed the spooky side of science<\/a> for the 200th anniversary of Frankenstein<\/em>. Gender reveal parties<\/a> were literally booming, unfortunately. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also had a bunch of stellar guest posts this year, tackling all kinds of big questions like why people freaked out about fast food at the White House<\/a>, why Green Book<\/em> was a weird Oscar win<\/a>, why people sometimes collect racist memorabilia<\/a>, and why we often avoid reading the news<\/a>. My personal favorites included a research roundup on women’s expertise<\/a> and a look at the boom in bisexual identification in the United States<\/a>. Please keep sending in guest posts! I want to feature your work. Guidelines are here<\/a>, and you can always reach out via email or Twitter<\/a> DM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, big thanks to all of you who read the blog actively, pass along posts to friends and family, and bring it into your classes. We keep this blog running on a zero-dollar budget, Creative Commons licensing, and a heavy dose of the sociological imagination that comes with your support. Happy reading!
<\/p>\nEvan Stewart<\/a> is an assistant professor of sociology at University of Massachusetts Boston. You can follow his work at his website<\/a>, or on BlueSky<\/a>.<\/i> <\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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