How Neural Networks Explain Sociology: Our Surroundings Matter
There’s a saying you’ve probably heard: “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” It’s a timeless piece of wisdom. But if you look …
Care equity and the welfare state in Japan: Contextualizing what the child protection system seeks to safeguard
The child abuse crisis: Japan has a lively arena of research on children’s social care. Yet, there has been relatively little attention given to social constructions of childhood, abuse, and …
Why do Some Migrant Mothers in China Use Home CCTV and Smartwatches to Monitor Their Children? – Gender & Society
By Rachel Murphy and Gaohui Wu Zhangmei was a 36-year-old rural-to-urban migrant worker who lived with her husband and her 13-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter in a provincial capital in …
Let Sociology Majors Dream Bigger
iStockPhoto // ValleraTo by Yolanda Wiggins | June 17, 2025 A few months ago, I walked into a HomeGoods and saw one of my brightest former students behind the cashier …
THEM & M’s: Sexualized Media and Emphasized Femininity
Over the course of the past year, M&M’s have been plastered all over the news, social media, and even Super Bowl commercials. In January 2022, Mars Wrigley gave the brown …
Forging A Gender-Household Plastics Nexus in The Circular Economy
Inexpensive, lightweight and durable, it is difficult to imagine a world without the ubiquitous plastics. If you have ever looked around your kitchen, bathroom or living room, you will realise …
THE CASE OF TONGQI IN CHINA” – Gender & Society
By Tori Shucheng Yang, Changhui Song, and Hui Xie Pan, a 50-year-old woman who, after ten years being married and giving birth to two children, found out that her husband …
Spring 2025 Table of Contents
“Fire Flight,” Parker Muzzerall “Listing Addiction on Your Resume,” Elena G. Van Stee “Defining Discrimination Changes Policy Preferences,” Parker Muzzerall “Financial Theatrics,” Elena G. Van Stee “Good Lawyer, Bad Lawyer,” …
Grin and Wear It? – Sociological Images
A recent photo from Dina Litovsky showing a model’s inflamed feet in slingback heels went viral, with reposts from National Geographic and a whole host of Instagram influencers. The photo …
Technology and precariousness: the employment downgrading of Europe’s middle class
Since the advent of the first industrial revolution, the growing automation of production processes has been accompanied by concerns (or hopes) regarding the displacement of human labour. Although significant increases …