Queering Tango
January 14, 2020
—Kathy Davis
Queer tango activism belongs to a new kind of cultural politics which celebrates embodied difference, making intersectionality and inclusion its centrepiece.
Category: Sociology
What’s wrong with those anti-vaxxers? They’re just like the rest of us
August 30, 2019
—Jennifer A. Reich
NYU Press author attempts to demystify anti-vaxxers–their choices and motives–and talks about how there may be a little anti-vaxxer in everyone.
Suits and Tattoos: From Swimsuit models to college professors, tattoos continue to go mainstream
August 23, 2019
—Beverly Yuen Thompson
Tattoos continue to seep into new areas of representation—such as the Summersalt advertisements in which people of different shapes, sizes, abilities, gender identities, races, ethnicities, and body modifications are portrayed.
Fathers also want to ‘have it all,’ study says
July 11, 2019
—Gayle Kaufman
The author of Fixing Parental Leave discusses the importance of parental leave and not just maternity leave. Fathers deserve time to bond with their kids too!
The Joe Biden Moment: How Social Movements Can Capitalize on the Problems of Political Parties
April 12, 2019
—Deana A. Rohlinger
Political moments, such as the Biden moment, highlight the diversity of opinions among politicians in the same party, and can pose problems to a party. But social movements can capitalize on uncomfortable moments for political parties and build their own ranks.
Cultural Cognition in Time, from Memory to Imagination
December 10, 2018
—Peter Hart-Brinson
“[M]inds imagine things just like minds remember things, but the resources and the effects of imagination and memory are cultural and social.” Original post by Culture, Cognition, and Action blog.
Going Beyond Talk: Ending Workplace Discrimination Requires Education and More Legislation
October 4, 2018
—Jill Norgren
Through the lens of the law profession, Norgren walks us through succinct points where education and legislation would help end workplace discrimination, and maybe aid ending discrimination outside the office too.
Mobilizing Threat
September 12, 2018
—Greg Prieto
Avoidance and isolation offer immigrants short term protection from the reach of law enforcement, but also form a barrier to participation in the form of agency that is most likely to deliver long term relief: social movement organizing.