Are wealthy moms the happiest moms? ‼️ Check out @ccfamilies.bsky.social Board Member Jennifer Glass’ comments in @theatlantic.com on the role wealth and education play in maternal satisfaction. www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...

The average age for first-time mothers is continuing to increase around the world. Read our new article by @tannisthas.bsky.social at FLAME University to learn more about research on how women try to balance professional and/or reproductive productivity. Midlife Motherhood: 🔗 bit.ly/3JExnIF 🔗

@mikesavagelse.bsky.social on UK wealth inequality in @uk.theconversation.com, Yu Xie and Junming Huang on China and scholarship in @washingtonpost.com, and Ashley Railey on substance use in OSU News. Read more here from The Society Pages' Clippings of Sociology in the News: 🔗 bit.ly/3WOQHG1 🔗

This looks to be a great and necessary conversation!

Muslims continue to face rising Islamophobia in the U.S. People often assign “Muslim-ness” not only to clothing but to entire racial groups. Check out our new write-up by Shania Kuo, summarizing core research on this topic. 🔗 bit.ly/47vnOn2 🔗

On November 6, 2025 from Noon-1:30 EST, First Publics will host a conversation exploring why and how teaching research methods matters, not only for scholarship, but also for critical thinking and public engagement in light of the contemporary polycrisis. Register here: buff.ly/rWfrkxE

Thank you for joining us @mestefan.bsky.social, @kylethegreen.bsky.social, @shamuskhan.bsky.social, Jonnie Lotesta, Myron Strong, and @lisawade.bsky.social

This week's Clippings includes: @ajravenelle.bsky.social in UNC News on Aziz Ansari's "Good Fortune", @cantonwiner.bsky.social in @theconversation.com on on gender detachment and Tony Silva & Emily Huddart on Canadians & the paranormal in @ca.theconversation.com. 🔗 bit.ly/4oUSlSA 🔗

Who's sleeping with the Trumpian Elephant? 👀 Read liamswiss.bsky.social (AcadiaSociology.bsky.social) in the latest issue of @contexts.org! ➡️https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/15365042251377357

Did you know that ~44% of Canadians believe in at least one paranormal phenomenon? Tony Silva & Emily Huddart in @ca.theconversation.com covers some of the supernatural beliefs up north: 🎃 bit.ly/47AAXLI 👻

🎃Happy Halloween from the TSP Crew!🎃

"...the idea that plants should be considered part of society is not a new one; it’s just new to some people," writes @sarahelton.bsky.social. 🌿 Free to read, download, and share ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

You’ve heard of gatekeeping—but what about gate closing? How does it shape households’ division of labor? 🎧 Find out on this week’s Equal-ish podcast episode featuring @ccfamilies.bsky.social Board Member @sjss.bsky.social! 🔗 linktr.ee/equalish

Public support for same-sex parents has risen sharply: from 46% (2012) to 63% (2022) for same-sex moms, and 43% to 61% for dads. Read our new piece by Jordyn Wald from research by Wendy D. Manning and @kris10gustafson.bsky.social in @jmfncfr.bsky.social: 🔗 bit.ly/3X3G3v2 🔗 (3 min read)

New photo essay! 📸 Contexts in pictures: Ryan Centner on an imperial network. Find it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

Michael Benediktsson in @nytimes.com on public benches, @awtsn.bsky.social in NewsCop on 🌐 access, Jennifer Glass in @theatlantic.com on 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, Alex Wood in @equaltimes.bsky.social on freelancing, & @avmenon.bsky.social in @washingtonpost.com on cosmetic surgery. TSP's Soc in the News: 🔗 bit.ly/4nlzaA1

You've probably heard that US fertility is "below replacement level." But what does that actually mean??? Demographers @lesja.bsky.social & others explain the link between birth rates & population growth in this new @ccfamilies.bsky.social brief. contemporaryfamilies.utah.edu/publications...

Are you with us in the fight against misinformation? If so, please consider donating to our fall fundraising campaign. As a thank-you, you’ll receive a downloadable e-book from our series on bold ideas for tackling the housing crisis. donate.theconversation.com/us?utm_campa...

🚨 New page! Contexts Magazine is now on LinkedIn. Give us a follow to bring snack-sized sociological insights to your feed! ➡️ www.linkedin.com/company/cont...

Our latest piece by Jake Otis highlights recent research by Lynette Renner at the University of Minnesota, Carolyn Hartley & Knute Carter the University of Iowa on how domestic violence victims take different paths towards addressing their harm. Read it here: 🔗 bit.ly/43sOVxR 🔗 (2 minute read)

"The Little Engine that Maybe Could" 🚂 Co-editor @aminghaziani.bsky.social interviews former editors Syed Ali and @philipncohen.com (univofmaryland.bsky.social) about overcoming challenges to deliver meaningful sociology to the public. Paywall-free! ➡️ contexts.org/articles/su2...

Young people increasingly rely on YouTube for politic education. Check out our new podcast episode of the TSP board discussing Emine Fidan Elcioglu's @utsc.utoronto.ca recent piece in @us.theconversation.com : 🔗 bit.ly/47zwc6h 🔗 (4 minute listen)

Looking for a guide to teaching theory? See @mestefan.bsky.social's newest Reflection with First Publics, where he introduces 7 principles that you can adopt in any classroom.

Check out this new Reflection on our site, "Teaching Consent Before Content," By Joey Bernert! Link: buff.ly/rvjwIfL

‼️New @ccfamilies.bsky.social Brief Report ‼️ How Do We Know When Fertility Is Too Low? Falling birth rates have fueled worries about “below replacement” fertility. But the link between today’s fertility rate and long-term population decline isn’t so simple. Check it out here: 🔗 bit.ly/4hjOHyS

🚨New Issue Out Now!! Open Access!! Navigate all the fresh #sociology with our clickable table of contents (contexts.org/articles/su2...), listen to the issue's companion playlist (open.spotify.com/playlist/5PB...), and read the "digest" (mailchi.mp/ea0c38553548...) to learn more!

Another great issue from the @contexts.org crew! Check out @kaareeenah.bsky.social's review of @karenlevy.bsky.social's Data Driven and Madison Van Oort's Worn Out! - journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.... - I really appreciate the part on moving from an either/or to a both/and approach to organizing.

A gun-curious sociology professor? Check out @davidyamane.bsky.social's essay in our new @contexts.org issue! @wakeforest.bsky.social @sagepub.com @asanews.bsky.social

This week's Clippings of Soc in the News: @lizchiarello.bsky.social in @us.theconversation.com, Patrick Sheehan in Arts X Science Magazine, Charles Derber in @thenation.com, @nancyberns.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com, & Abigail Coplin in @washingtonpost.com. Read it here: 🔗 bit.ly/3KXjSEd 🔗

New piece from TSP's Dylan DiGiacomo-Stumm, "How Abortion Access Shapes Women’s Financial Futures" from research by @bgeverett.bsky.social at @utah.edu and Catherine J. Taylor at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social in American Sociological Review. Read it here: 🔗 bit.ly/3KPsOeO 🔗

*thank you @sarahksshannon.bsky.social for continuing to invite me to be part of this whole figuring out the possibilities of public sociology thing. I think we are now going on fifteen years since @contexts.org and @thesocietypages.bsky.social sent us down this path?

This week's TSP Clippings of Sociology in the news includes coverage on censorship, politics, modernity & more from @martinshaw.bsky.social, Michael Macy, Adam Szetela, Shiyu Ji, Emine Fidan Elcioglu, & Andreas Reckwitz: 📰 bit.ly/42FySN0 📰

One man's stigma is another man's professional asset? In "Listing Addiction on Your Resume," @elenavanstee.bsky.social covers recent work from Joe Silcox and @evanstewart.bsky.social on personal experience and the emerging field of recovery coaching contexts.org/articles/lis... #sociology #sobriety

🚨Fresh #sociology alert! In "Good Lawyer, Bad Lawyer," @elenavanstee.bsky.social summarizes @mathuclair.bsky.social and Sophia Hunt's research into the decision-making processes of young progressives entering professions they see as perpetuating #inequality contexts.org/articles/goo...

new GTaC! @aliciamwalker1.bsky.social and @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social stopped by to discuss their new book Bound by BDSM: Unexpected Lessons in Building a Happier Life: thesocietypages.org/theory/2025/... @sunybrockport.bsky.social @thesocietypages.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

Sociology in the News! This week: 🎧 @tressiemcphd.bsky.social on Trump’s humor politics 🔒Martin Eiermann on digital privacy 🏛️Christopher Justin Einolf & Dylan J. Riley on democracy 👻Laura Hall on horror & settler colonialism Read it here: 🔗 bit.ly/4nAF3Kt 🔗

🚨New research brief! In "Fire Flight," Parker Muzzerall writes up work from Kathryn McConnell (UBC Sociology) et al. on out-migration following wildfires like those that hit Los Angeles County in 2025: contexts.org/articles/fire-flight/ #naturaldisaster #climatechange #environmentalsociology

Check out the TSP Friday Roundup by Sara Kadoura! Every week, we review and summarize the latest from us and our partners @contexts.org, @ccfamilies.bsky.social, & @firstpublics.bsky.social: 🔗 bit.ly/3VKFjKT 🔗

‼️ Today on the @thesocietypages.bsky.social blog ‼️ The Silent Signals of Great Sex: What We’re Not Saying in the Bedroom Research by @ccfamilies.bsky.social Co-Chair @aliciamwalker1.bsky.social and Audrey Lutmer explores nonverbal sexual communication and its impact on intimacy. 🔗 bit.ly/46tvozu

🍳Who does the chores? New research in @sociusjournal.bsky.social by @melissamilkie.bsky.social shows the housework+childcare gap is shrinking, reflecting shifting gender expectations in society, and at home. Read & Share our new piece by Emma Goldstein here: 📊 bit.ly/4851MK1 📊

Is the Computer Science, Engineering, & Mathematics Field gender-neutral? Park et al.’s new research in #Socius employs #mixedmethods to understand how #gendered perceptions of #CSEM work challenges change throughout job tenure Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...

New! From @michaelbriscoe.bsky.social, a response to Eppard and Mackey's @contexts.org piece on liberal bias in academia: "A Closer Look at Ideology *and* Truth on Campus" contexts.org/blog/a-closer-look #sociology #highereducation #liberalbias

🎙️ On Give Theory a Chance, @kylethegreen.bsky.social at @sunybrockport.bsky.social talks with leading sociologists around the world about how theory shapes their work and our complicated world. Listen & Follow on Spotify: bit.ly/4mLMhub Or listen on our site: bit.ly/4gXjNw7

🤖New on the blog! In "Working for AI," sociologist Jeffrey C. Dixon @holy-cross.bsky.social considers techno-optimism, but concludes: "The AI industry does not “stand on the shoulders of giants”... Its feet are firmly placed on workers’ and users’ backs." contexts.org/blog/working...

📢 Check out our third @thesocietypages.bsky.social post from this month! 3Q With William D. Lopez on Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and Resistance 🔗 thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/09/...

Our latest September @thesocietypages.bsky.social blog post features Dr. Anna Gjika discussing her book: When Rape Goes Viral: Youth and Sexual Assault in the Digital Age. @gjikaphd.bsky.social Read our 3Q here: 🔗 thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/09/...

📢 September Notice! Have you visited the @ccfamilies.bsky.social blog hosted by @thesocietypages.bsky.social this month? Make sure to check it out! First up: 3Q with Andréa Becker Get it Out: On The Politics of Hysterectomy 🔗 thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/09/... @andreabeckerphd.bsky.social

New Clippings: Political violence on the rise, the decline of Jewish humor, threats to census expertise, and outrage-based media fueling polarization. @paulbecker1999.bsky.social @drmann.bsky.social Follow us to stay up-to-date with the latest Sociology in the news! 🔗 bit.ly/4gzg6wm 🔗

Queer in Vancouver. Gay in Texas. LGBTQ+ identity labels aren’t fixed: they shift across geography, family, and community. Recent sociological research from Andy Holmes & @aminghaziani.bsky.social in @sociusjournal.bsky.social explores why. Check it out here: 🔗 bit.ly/46IZcIq 🔗

Bite-sized sociology! @contexts.org grad student ed Colter J. Uscola's "Parental Profiteering" covers @tomdivon.bsky.social, @taylorannabell.bsky.social, & @cgoanta.bsky.social's new work on "kidfluencers" & the social media commodification of childhood: contexts.org/articles/parental-profiteering/