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@contextsmag.bsky.social A quarterly sociology mag. upholding the 4 Rs: Rigorous, Readable, Relevant, and Rad. Eds @Amin_Ghaziani @seth_abrutyn @lettapage
Joined September 2009
Beyond #Girlboss and #Tradwife: #Sociology scholars.@professorsmitha & @cinziasolari write that hashtag feminism responds to White western women's binds, but overlooks the global, utopic, liberatory feminist vision to help all struggling women
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RT @contextsmag: Our Winter '25 issue is now live and unpaywalled at Want a clickable table of contents? Go here:….
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New! 📚 #Sociology research at an all-Black, all-boys high school reveals the high tolls of the untended grief when youth survive peers' #gun deaths: 🎧 Learn more in this @asanews.bsky.social.podcast with author @NoraGrossPhD:
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RT @JLWhiteside: New article "being first-generation" in Contexts! Glad to put FG students on the side of HOPE this time. Check it out! 💔💜….
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RT @AliciaMWalker1: Check out my "An Emotional Affair" in this issue of Contexts! It details the concept of relational management, a key be….
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New! Sociologists' election reflections as the 2nd Trump Administration took power: @daniellaurison, Mary Romero, @andrewjperrin, A. Spencer-Blume,.@menjivar_ceci, & E. Bonilla-Silva on the campaigns waged & the battles yet to come
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RT @Amin_Ghaziani: The Winter 2025 issue of @contextsmag just dropped! With its theme of "heartbreak and hope," the essays reflect what mak….
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Our Winter '25 issue is now live and unpaywalled at Want a clickable table of contents? Go here: Want a playlist for all this #sociology, with songs inspired by the articles in this issue? Go here:
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New blog from Marcel Paret (@UUtah, @go2uj) remembering the renowned revolutionary sociologist: "Michael Burawoy: An Absolute Gem." #sociology #publicsociology
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In Brief! Snack-sized sociology: UBC grad student Parker Muzzerall summarizes new work in Social Problems by Amina Zarrugh and Luis Romero (both @TCU) analyzing whether ancestry testing reifies a "one-drop" vision of ethno-racial identity
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RT @TheSocietyPages: This week's coverage includes the latest from us, @contextsmag, & @CCF_Families: covering reflections on Michael Buraw….
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New Blog! In "Is Authentic Dating Possible?".@stanford grad student Giora Ashkenazi takes a symbolic interactionist view, exploring the ways that inauthenticity crept into our romantic lives well before AI and chatbots and how we might push back:
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RT @TheSocietyPages: Sociology in the News: @rakaberkeley and @GeoffreyPleyers on the passing of renowned Sociologist Michael Burawoy, Max….
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🚨In Brief! Snack-sized sociology. UBC grad student Sophie X. Liu covers Paulina d. C. Inara Rodis's.@spquarterly article "The Managed Response," re: the limiting social expectations placed on racialized women online (and off)
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Over on @ucpress's website, editor @NaomiUCPress shares a moving remembrance of #MichaelBurawoy @berkeleysocio: "He was truly a role model . of political commitment, integrity, generosity, caring, and intellectual curiosity." 📸 Anna Villareal
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🚨In Brief! New snack-sized labor #sociology: "Status Consistency Wanted." UBC grad student Sophie X. Liu briefs "Attractiveness and Attainment: Status, Beauty, and Jobs in China and the United States," by @Chris_Marquis_, A. Tilcsik, & @DrZhangYing in AJS
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Contexts is now on BlueSky! Please come join us there: @ contexts . org (without the spaces).
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We know you're thinking about culture and society rightabout now -- why not write something up for @contextsmag's culture section? Reach out to section editor @joojitsulee with your ideas, because the more sociology the better right now, eh?
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🚨In Brief! Snack-sized sociology. In "Whose Parents Are Paying?" @elenavanstee covers new work from Kimberly Goyette et al. in @SREJournal on patterns in parental outlays for U.S. higher ed. costs by race, ethnicity, and immigrant generation:
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