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How To Derail The Push For Equal Rights: Talk About Sex!
“We just plain don’t like ‘em!” would be a difficult argument to sell as grounds to oppose equal rights and protection under the law for a marginalized group — and, this especially true in this era of...
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Another Consequence Of Everyday Racism: Daily Disappointment
Racism, as a social system, shapes and structures every aspect of society. As sociologist Eduado Bonilla-Silva argues in his structural perspective of racism (PDF), racism operates as a social...
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The Debate On Race Was Extended; Or, “Be Careful What You Wish For!”
In a recent post, I called for extending the New York Times Room For Debate, “Do Black Intellectuals Need to Talk About Race?“ My key concern was that due to various institutional constraints, the...
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On Doubting And Denying Each Other’s Experiences and Perspectives
The recent sociological blog debate on the supposed era of post-racism still weighs on my mind today, even as the conversation has tapered off. Beyond arguing against this idealistic (and limited)...
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Oppression As Terrorism
What image comes to mind when you hear the term “terrorist“? I can imagine most Americans think of something like the images that a quick Google search yields: Right now, these are the kinds of images...
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My Kind of Sociology! Toward A Self-Defined Activist-Academic Career
Being forced to watch the world whirl by me as I worked on my dissertation was tortuous: two cases on same-gender marriage heard by the US Supreme Court; horrendous media coverage of an already...
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April Is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) – Are We Aware Yet?
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). Recent events and the media coverage's of them tell us that this month is just as important as ever.
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On Sexism And Sociology: Who Is Dorothy Swaine Thomas?
Most sociologists know the adage that is fundamental to (much of) sociological thought — “If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences” — the Thomas theorem. It is so widely...
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It’s Time To Talk About Fatphobia
As soon as my partner asked, “are you sure you want to wear that?”, I knew the body image issues would come flowing out of me. Up to that point, I had kept them at a controllable level — like water at...
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Gender And Class Shape How Researchers See Your Race
Sociologists Andrew M. Penner and Aliya Saperstein have published yet another study that demonstrates how we categorize others in terms of race — not just racial stereotypes, but even racial identity —...
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A Space For Me In Feminist Activism?
Thinking exclusively about my perspective, values, and experiences — outside of history and contemporary politics — I hold a set of politics regarding gender equality that I define as feminist, as well...
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What Is Queer Sexual Empowerment?
I have been thinking about Miley Cyrus a bit lately. I never thought I would start off a post that way — particularly one about queer sexuality and queer people. She … I don’t even know what to call...
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Another Consequence Of Everyday Racism: Daily Disappointment
Racism, as a social system, shapes and structures every aspect of society. As sociologist Eduado Bonilla-Silva argues in his structural perspective of racism (PDF), racism operates as a social...
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