Tag: Sociology
When fracking moves into the neighborhood, mental health risks rise
Stephanie Malin, Colorado State University
Hydraulic fracturing has boomed in the U.S. over the past decade, but unless you live near it, you may not...
Want to reform America’s police? Look to firefighters
Roscoe Scarborough, College of Coastal Georgia
Freddie Gray. Eric Garner. Michael Brown.
The deaths of black youth and men at the hands of police have sparked...
How male ‘porn superfans’ really view women
Paul J. Maginn, University of Western Australia; Aleta Baldwin, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Barbara Brents, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and...
Women take a hit for reporting sexual harassment, but #MeToo may...
Chloe Grace Hart, Stanford University
An unprecedented number of women have come forward to share stories of workplace sexual harassment since the #MeToo movement gained...
For the parents of gender-nonconforming kids, a new approach to care
Tey Meadow, Columbia University
Ari had a difficult time talking about his gender.
He had always been feminine, insisting on wearing only androgynous clothing, flowing...
For the parents of gender-nonconforming kids, a new approach to care
Tey Meadow, Columbia University
Ari had a difficult time talking about his gender.
He had always been feminine, insisting on wearing only androgynous clothing, flowing...
Black and biracial Americans wouldn’t need to code-switch if we lived...
Chandra D.L. Waring, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Boots Riley’s new film “Sorry to Bother You” does anything but apologize.
In telling the story of Cassius, a...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
