‼️ 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/

This week @CCFamilies.bsky.social blog hosted by @TheSocietyPages.bsky.social, I ask 3 questions of William Lopez about his book, Raiding the Heartland. Check it out: thesocietypages.org/ccf/

Sociology+News! This week's TSP Clippings: 🧠Women managing the household mental load ⚠️ The phantom of political violence in 2025 @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social 📻 Public radio’s donor dependence @lauragarbes.bsky.social ✊France’s Block Everything & 2018's Yellow Vests 🔗 bit.ly/4mizu1Q 🔗

new GTaC! Stefano Bloch shares lessons from his recently published article “Crime as Relational Concept in Political Geography” and says nice things about @timcresswell.bsky.social - thesocietypages.org/theory/2025/... @sunybrockport.bsky.social @thesocietypages.bsky.social @uarizona.bsky.social

Politics could help explain shifting religious trends among young Americans. Gen Z men are moving rightward politically while women become more progressive, potentially affecting their views on faith. theconversation.com/social-scien...

Bail reform works. Studies show cutting cash bail reduces unnecessary jail time without increasing crime: theconversation.com/bail-reforms...

What does it really mean to be authentic? TSP's @malloryharrington.bsky.social & Francesca Bernardino explore identity, roles, and social boundaries in their new piece covering key research on identity & authenticity in 2025. Read more: 🔗 bit.ly/46aHEVz 🔗

TSP Tuesdays brings you a weekly recap of the latest sociology in the news, our new piece on discussing pay at work by Francesca Bernardino, and new content from our partners @contexts.org and @ccfamilies.bsky.social. Read it here: 🔗 bit.ly/3V9kjNG 🔗

What Kink Practitioners Can Teach Us About Building Community? This week I discuss my book w/ @ArielleKuperberg.bsky.social, Bound by BDSM: Unexpected Lessons in Building a Happier Life on the @CCFamilies.bsky.social blog hosted by @TheSocietyPages.bsky.social Check it out: thesocietypages.org/ccf/

TSP’s Clippings is back for the Fall! Covering sociology in the news, this week includes bureaucracy & democracy, masculinity on Twitch, policing & punishment, housing & sociology, boyhood socialization, & whistleblowing. Read it here: 🔗 bit.ly/4pl9ber 🔗

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New sociology! In "Aging with Imagination," Colter J. Uscola covers @julianejarke.bsky.social and @helenmanchester.bsky.social's research, published in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social, on participatory futuring workshops for older people dreaming of what's next contexts.org/articles/aging-with-imagination/

Congrats! I'd love to do a 3 questions interview for the @ccfamilies.bsky.social blog hosted by @thesocietypages.bsky.social DM or email me if you're at all interested.

Pay-talk may be taboo, but it’s a key force in shaping workplace power. In a recent @sfjournal.bsky.social, @patrickadenice.bsky.social, @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social, & Shengwei Sun show how workplace rules & norms are shifting, as workers break silence fight wage inequality. 🔗 bit.ly/3HTj16n 🔗

Readings for #OverdoseAwarenessWeek? Contexts has you covered! A thread of accessible, affecting sociology: ↪️ The War on Drugs Turns 50, by @ebcampbell.bsky.social: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.... ↪️ Grieving Overdose, by @ebcampbell.bsky.social: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is dealing with the biggest flood in its history, a senior official said Sunday, as water levels of rivers rise to all-time highs. https://to.pbs.org/41sWKmy

How do Americans define discrimination? Research by ‪‪@evangelinewarren.com‬ & @sociologylauren.bsky.social‬ in the American Journal of Sociology shows that views on racism, sexism, & classism are complicated and filled with nuance. Read @Jordyyyn117031's latest on TSP here: 🔗 bit.ly/3HCRC8G 🔗

↪️"Race, Class, and the Framing of Drug Epidemics," Rebecca Tiger: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.... ↪️"Race and Changing Perceptions of Crime and Drug Addiction in the U.S.," Reggie Byron: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

Sociology quick-take! "Defining Discrimination Changes Policy Preferences" covers new @amjsoc.bsky.social research by @sociologylauren.bsky.social & @evangelinewarren.com on Americans' racism, sexism, & classism evaluation criteria & how they change opinions on redress contexts.org/articles/def...

Check out this new Reflection on teaching environmental justice cross-nationally. Ahmed explores the differences in contexts and how this has informed his approach to teaching students, our first publics. buff.ly/UdNFnM7

Check out our new brief @ccfamilies.bsky.social on the limitations of population projections for understanding future fertility patterns. The growing public discourse on declining fertility needs demographers voices and expertise, while recognizing the limits of our methods.

New! In "Medicalizing Maternity," grad student Colter Uscola covers Charlotte Abel and @stefantimmermans.bsky.social's #Sociology research on medical provision and surveillance in pregnancy care for those with psychiatric symptoms: contexts.org/articles/med... @socprobsjournal.bsky.social

New Guest Post! "Sociology gives us a framework to see that this is not just bad housing structure. It is a structural problem. When the employer controls housing, every complaint becomes a risk." thesocietypages.org/socimages/20...

In "Green Card Soldiers," by @sofaptekar.bsky.social, we learn that #citizenship proves harder-than-advertised to achieve through enlistment, but it matters for immigrants’ #military service and the lives they lead afterward. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.... #sociology #immigration

TSP has you covered with the latest in public sociology from us and our partners @contexts.org, @ccfamilies.bsky.social, @firstpublics.bsky.social, @socimages.bsky.social. From climate policy & work-family balance to migrant housing & gender detachment, read it all here: 🔗 bit.ly/41bt7G5 🔗

Migrant farmworkers sustain U.S. agriculture, but their housing is often built to control. Check out this new piece by Joey Colby Bernert from @socimages.bsky.social: 🔗 bit.ly/4mn2wOK 🔗

@JanMarcMorawe.bsky.social talks about contraceptive decision-making by men in Germany, this week @CCFamilies.bsky.social blog hosted by @TheSocietyPages.bsky.social Check it out: thesocietypages.org/ccf/

🌡️What should the gov “set the thermostat” to for environmental spending? Turns out too hot or too cold can shift public's priorities. Check out our new piece by S Ericson on environmental spending from research in Environmental Sociology: 🔗 bit.ly/4lqNCFP 🔗

In this moment of extreme economic uncertainty, sociology has lots to tell us about how we got here, what's at stake, and how we can move to a more secure, equitable, and sustainable future. Join me today (in-person or virtually) for what is sure to be a hard-hitting panel discussion.

"if we think about the value of a degree in terms of doing interesting, skill-intensive work, not just short-term earnings, we see real advantages in liberal arts education"

ASA recognizes and appreciates our long-term members! #ASA2025

It’s timmmmeeeeee 🎶 Go find our editorial assistant!

Need some quick elevator-chat fodder for #ASA2025? Try our latest In Briefs: bite-sized summaries of new sociology from across the journals (international, too!): journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

💰Bitcoin is gaining ground in the U.S. and worldwide, offering lifelines in high-inflation economies. But with acceptance comes regulation. Read @contexts.org ’s recent piece by Colter Uscola on the crypto in Venezuela from @bigdatasoc.bsky.social: 🔗 bit.ly/41CbQG7 🔗 (4 min read)

Is this your first time at the ASA Annual Meeting? Join the ASA First-Time Attendee Orientation tomorrow morning, 8:00-9:30 a.m., to get tips on navigating and getting the most out of your meeting experience.

These are the faces of @contextsmag editors who can’t wait to hear your ideas, #ASA2025 @sethabrutyn.bsky.social @lettapage.bsky.social

Different countries, different norms. A Danish zoo asked for unwanted "pet" donations (rabbits, guinea pigs, horses)—to be euthanized and fed to predators. Learn more on the role of animals in society here: 🔗 bit.ly/46MXXZc 🔗 🔗 bit.ly/40RtAgv 🔗 @contexts.org

🚨New Blog from @cantonwiner.bsky.social: Does everyone *have* a #gender? "The concept of gender detachment resists the assumption that everyone does (and should) have a gender identity—an assumption I call compulsory gender." #sociology #ASA2025 #ASA25 contexts.org/blog/does-ev...

Want to integrate some ethics into your course this [email protected]'s resource highlighted on @firstpublics.bsky.social offers 100+ case studies perfect for sparking dialogue in class. Explore this & more great resources from FirstPublics here: 🔗 bit.ly/454bIBy 🔗