Blog Profile / Sociological Images
| URL : | http://contexts.org/socimages/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Academics / Sociology | |
| Posts on Regator: | 3643 | |
| Posts / Week: | 16.1 | |
| Archived Since: | February 15, 2009 | |
Blog Post Archive
A History of American Energy Use
Planet Money’s Jacob Goldstein and Lam Thuy Vo offered some interesting data last week about the history of energy consumption in the U.S. First they offered data on the rise and fall of alternative energy sources.
Coal, the first to replace wood, became a common energy source largely thanks to the railroads. Show More Summary
Marijuana: A Short History of Changes in Law and Public Opinion
A guiding principle driving the sociological understanding and analysis of deviance is the recognition that behaviors themselves are not inherently deviant; rather it is the social perceptions and reactions to a behavior that makes a...Show More Summary
ACLU Discovers Illegal “Debtors’ Prisons” in Ohio
A new report by the ACLU reveals that “debtors’ prisons” in Ohio. The phrase refers to the practice of imprisoning someone for the failure to pay fines. This practice is in violation of the U.S. Constitution. Still, people who can’t...Show More Summary
Breaking News: Gloria Allred, Leading Civil Rights Attorney, Takes Sexual Assault Cases against Occidental College
Cross-posted at BlogHer and PolicyMic. A group of Occidental College students and sexual assault survivors will hold a press conference in about half an hour revealing that Gloria Allred will be representing them in a legal case against...Show More Summary
Terrorism and Privilege: Understanding the Power of Whiteness
Cross-posted at Tim Wise’s website and Pacific Standard. As the nation weeps for the victims of the horrific bombing in Boston yesterday, one searches for lessons amid the carnage, and finds few. That violence is unacceptable stands out as one, sure. Show More Summary
The Accidentally Color-Blind Racist
Last week someone sent me a link to an article about Brad Paisley’s new song, “Accidental Racist,” which features LL Cool J. Given that you’re a Soc Images reader, chances are good you’ve heard about this song. I don’t remember what I was expecting when I saw the title of the song, but man. Show More Summary
When Classes Collide: Workers and Guests at High End Hotels
Cross-posted at BlogHer.
This PostSecret confession breaks my heart:
Most hospitality workers — especially those at high end hotels — routinely interact with people with significantly more economic resources than they. This is an interesting...Show More Summary
From Our Archives: Taxes
The Numbers Types of Taxes as a Percent of GDP (1937-2014) Historical Comparison of Top Tax Brackets (1945-2010) Tax Receipt for 2009 Tax Dollars and War “Donation” and “Welfare” States Some History Fluctuations in Top Tax Rates: 1910...Show More Summary
Happy Birthday, Emile Durkheim!
Source: Creative Conflicts Wisdom.
Have a scholar we should commemorate? Send us a cool pic and we will!
(View original at http://thesocietypages.org/socimages)
Sunday Fun: Barbie Without Make-Up
Graphic artist Eddi Aguirre takes off Barbie’s make-up:
Why did no one think to do this before!? I love how creative we humans can be!
At Behance, via Blame it on the Voices.
Lisa Wade is a professor of sociology at Occidental College. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook. (View original at http://thesocietypages.org/socimages)
Assimilation Among 1st- and 2nd-Generation Immigrants
Data presented by Pew Social Trends suggests that immigrants are strongly assimilated by the second generation. While first-generation immigrants (the children of migrants) often do worse on measures of economic security, second-generation immigrants (their grandchildren) are essentially indistinguishable from the general population. Show More Summary
Shaming, Threats, and Insults: How Not to Reduce Teen Pregnancy
I first posted these posters on SocImages in 2008. They are designed to scare teenagers into taking precautions against pregnancy by demonizing teenagers who get (someone) pregnant. The way in which teens are portrayed in these images...Show More Summary
Who Works? Stick Figures, Gender, and Illustrating the Workforce
Cross-posted at The Huffington Post.
One of our Pinterest boards collects images that reveal that men are the “neutral” sex in contemporary Western cultures. This means that (1) the image that pops up in our minds when we say “person”...Show More Summary
Father Care: The More Things Don’t Change, the More They Stay the Same
Cross-posted at Family Inequality.
The U.S. Census Bureau has released its new report on childcare, written by Lynda Laughlin. This provides a good followup treatment for the hyperventilation induced by fear of fathers taking over (or being relegated to) childcare.
First, the trend that fits my story of stalled gender progress. Show More Summary
Whose Deviance Do We Notice?
Back in 2010 we featured a post about a segment from the “What Would You Do?” series from abc News that illustrated the way that race plays a role in who is labeled as deviant and who is given the benefit of the doubt. The producers had teens vandalize a car in public to see what onlookers would do. Show More Summary
Variation and Universality in Children’s Play
UBC Sociology student Pat Louie tweeted us a touching set of photographs by artist Gabriele Galimberti. Each image is a child with his or her favorite toys. The photographs reveal a universality — pride in favorite toys and the love...Show More Summary
Gender and Bathroom Graffiti
Cross-posted at Montclair SocioBlog.
In the third stall at a women’s room at the University of Western Ontario, someone had written, “What was the worst day of your life?”
A few responses were humorous, but most were serious.
Every day,...Show More Summary
Against “Asking For It”: Anti-Rape Ad Aimed at Men
Re-posted to add to the discussion about sexual assault in the aftermath of the Steubenville rape trial, the Senate hearing on rape and harassment in the military, and the controversy at Occidental College.
On the heels of our recent...Show More Summary
On Rape as a Device in Pop Culture (Trigger Warning)
Re-posted to add to the discussion about sexual assault in the aftermath of the Steubenville rape trial, the Senate hearing on rape and harassment in the military, and the controversy at Occidental College.
The other day I came upon a post by Margaret Lyons at Vulture pointing out the frequent use of rape jokes in sitcoms this season. Show More Summary
Making Light of Rape in the Purdue University Newspaper (Trigger Warning)
Re-posted to add to the discussion about sexual assault and rape culture in the aftermath of the Steubenville verdict.
On the heels of yesterday’s cartoon making light of lynching published in Eastern Michigan University’s newspaper, Michaela N. Show More Summary