When we ask for something big—time, effort, money—do we hedge against rejection or assume success? With @gio-rossi.bsky.social & Tanya Stivers, we find that people are incurably optimistic, even though big requests often meet resistance. Published open access in @socquarterly.bsky.social. #EMCA

FREE TO READ Andrew Chalfoun, Giovanni Rossi, & Tanya Stivers show that everyday requests are made with an optimistic stance. Across seven language communities, people ask as if the answer will be “yes,” revealing a pervasive optimism bias in routine interaction. Read more at bit.ly/4oKjWWs

New publication by Amin Ghaziani (@aminghaziani.bsky.social) in (@socquarterly.bsky.social). “The Sociology of Queer Nightlife.” The Sociological Quarterly 66(4): 661-674. Available here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/utsq20/6.... The article provides a sociological perspective on queer nightlife.

#MorningReads Over half of U.S. adults (55%) support both divorce & forgoing marriage, even w/ children involved. These views are more common among women, LGBTQ+ people, and those cohabiting or divorced, & less common among older, religious, and conservative adults. w/ @gaylekaufman.bsky.social

NEW IN TSQ Jihye Park and Rene Rocha show that restrictive interior immigration enforcement does not encourage self-deportation among undocumented immigrants and thus functions "less as an empirically grounded policy intervention and more as a form of symbolic politics." Read more: bit.ly/3KD1OPn

The latest issue of TSQ is now live! Check out this very special issue on queer nightlife, edited by Amin Ghaziani (@aminghaziani.bsky.social), at www.tandfonline.com/toc/utsq20/6...

I’m really proud of this paper. Partially because I got to run a survey question about the Fluke Man of Newark, but mostly because I was pretty sure what was happening with a phenomenon and I turned out to be completely wrong (Tony was right).

Reminder--"Femininity, LGBTQ Identity, and Paranormal Belief" is free to read through the end of September!

ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Da Eun Jung, David J. Harding, Stephanie Luna-Lopez, and Maria S. Smith examine how small business owners develop new organizational practices to help evaluate candidates with criminal records. Read more at bit.ly/46wabUk

FREE TO READ! "Femininity, LGBTQ Identity, and Paranormal Belief: Doing Gender and Religious Individualism" by Tony Silva and Dan Cassino (@dancassino.bsky.social) is free to read until September 30. Read the article at bit.ly/4iP0ZiR

NEW IN TSQ In this TSQ article, Taimur Ahmad considers how social scientists can better understand the social roles of natural entities such as rivers. Read more at bit.ly/3VirZNn

A Billy Joel reference spotted the other day: bsky.app/profile/socq...

Reminder: "The Sociology of Digital Inequality: The Stratification of Social Media Popularity in College Sports" by Joshua Woods and Julia Galiffa is free to read through the end of August!

ONLINE FIRST Analyzing data from France, Célia Bouchet, Michelle Maroto (@mmaroto.bsky.social), and David Pettinicchio (@dnpetti.bsky.social) show that, even among part-time workers, people with disabilities earn less than those without disabilities. Read more at bit.ly/4lHPUAJ

ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Andrea DeKeseredy, Michelle Maroto, and Amy Kaler examine how trust in institutions and their messages shapes parents’ decisions around childhood vaccination. Read more at bit.ly/4ls1m3u

🚨🚨🚨 New Publication Alert Working Part-Time: Earnings Penalties Among People with Disabilities Across Occupational Groups in France By Célia Bouchet, Michelle Maroto, & David Pettinicchio www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

ONLINE FIRST Focusing on the case of Ukrainian refugees in Poland, Marta Skowrońska examines how hosts navigate the complexities of power, intimacy, and reciprocity in long-term hosting. Read more at bit.ly/41psclh

FREE TO READ! "The Sociology of Digital Inequality: The Stratification of Social Media Popularity in College Sports" by Joshua Woods and Julia Galiffa is free to read through August 31. Read it at bit.ly/41ZMDGc

Reminder: Elizabeth Felix's article "Who is Labeled a Potential Mass Shooter? Mental Health Status, Perceived Propensities for Mass Violence, and Mental Health Stigma" is free to read until July 31!

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS In her Midwest Sociological Society (@midwestsoc.bsky.social) Presidential Address, LaShaune P. Johnson emphasizes the importance of building relationships with people and organizations in one's local community. Read more at bit.ly/4lpzBJw

FREE TO ACCESS THROUGH JULY 31 "Who is Labeled a Potential Mass Shooter? Mental Health Status, Perceived Propensities for Mass Violence, and Mental Health Stigma" by Elizabeth Felix is now free to read through July 31. Read it at bit.ly/4ltP6zB

OPEN ACCESS In a new TSQ article, Matthew Erkenbrack finds that parental involvement in school activities such as PTAs is associated with larger parental networks, but not with improved learning or behavioral outcomes Read more at bit.ly/4ekNohC

Reminder: "The Preparedness Paradox in Climate Attitudes" is free to read until June 30!

ONLINE FIRST Drawing on ethnographic data from Buenos Aires and Dubai, Ryan Centner examines how gay expatriates engage in "everynight politics" in the places where they settle. Read more at bit.ly/3SXhBtw

Glad to see our work featured! This paper was very fun to work on with one of @umbsociology.bsky.social’s newest graduates: Doctor Rivera-Kientz!

FREE TO READ "The Preparedness Paradox in Climate Attitudes: Democrats Worry, Republicans Prepare" by Katsyris Rivera-Kientz and Evan Stewart (@evanstewart.bsky.social) is free to read now until June 30. Read it at bit.ly/4kqJtSK

Congratulations, Gabby Gomez, Ph.D.!!

REMINDER "Colorblind Cops in Christian America: Christian Nationalism, Race, Politics, and Beliefs About Racist Policing" by Christopher Seto, Darci Schmidgall, and Samuel Perry is free to read through May 31! Read it at bit.ly/3ZyPu6A

ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Blaine Smith draws on ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, and archival press reports to show how drag has scaled from a pathologized subculture to one of the most popular strategies for sustaining queer nightlife. Read more at bit.ly/4jGqIud

ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Tyler Baldor examines how some queer nightlife spaces straighten in clientele while retaining their queer reputations. Read more at bit.ly/4iLxWvO

FREE TO READ "Colorblind Cops in Christian America: Christian Nationalism, Race, Politics, and Beliefs About Racist Policing" by Christopher Seto (@criminovelist.bsky.social), Darci Schmidgall, and Samuel Perry (@profsamperry.bsky.social) is free to read through May 31! Read it at bit.ly/3ZyPu6A

ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Robert Kunovich shows that liberals and conservatives working in science-related fields are even less similar in their perspectives on science and religion than those not working in science-related fields. Read more: bit.ly/44AdTwI

OPEN ACCESS In this new TSQ article, Christopher Seto (@criminovelist.bsky.social) and Jian Su clarify the relationship between religious ecology and crime. Read more at bit.ly/3EnW21w

New article out! I demonstrate how Chicago’s kink scene responded to COVID-19 and Mpox by creatively recrafting nightlife online, safeguarding cherished venues, and transforming sites of pleasure into spaces of health mobilization. #sociology

ONLINE FIRST In this TSQ article, Jorge Ochoa (@jorge-ochoa.bsky.social) argues that Chicago kinksters harnessed the creative, retentive, and historically layered—or, in a word, palimpsestic—features of their scene to respond to the unsettled times of COVID-19 and mpox. Read more at bit.ly/4j9LGkP

ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Ashley Green draws on in-depth interviews to explore LGBTQ+ women's experiences within gay bars. Read more at bit.ly/4lyxWlo

ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Watufani M. Poe argues that Black queer-focused parties are more than simply social spaces; they are attempts at creating alternative worlds where Black queer people can experiment with different forms of being. Read more at bit.ly/3RdVnlZ

ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Mark McCormack and Fiona Measham examine the immediate and longer-term impacts of COVID-19 on queer nightlife. Read more at bit.ly/3XPbUkd

ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Elizabeth Felix examines who is labeled a potential mass shooter & how stereotypes regarding potential mass shooters contribute to mental health stigma. Read more at bit.ly/3Yg4WVo

ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Elizabeth Felix examines who is labeled a potential mass shooter & how stereotypes regarding potential mass shooters contribute to mental health stigma. Read more at bit.ly/3Yg4WVo

The way I added this to my 'Sociology of Pop Culture' syllabus *so fast* - I am teaching it for the first time next spring, so I am in gather mode if folks have other recommendations! 🥰

FREE TO READ THROUGH APRIL 30 "Nepo Babies and the Myth of Meritocracy" by Jordan Foster and Michelle Maroto (@mmaroto.bsky.social) is free to read now through April 30. Read the article at doi.org/10.1080/0038...

Excited to be in this issue and about our new drop!! Check it out: @gaylekaufman.bsky.social & I examine attitudes toward marriage & divorce in the context of having children, identifying a new typology of beliefs. Findings from the 2021 American Marriage Survey (n=2,789). Key takeaways below! 🧵⬇️

NEW ISSUE ALERT! Volume 66, issue 2, of The Sociological Quarterly is now live, featuring articles from @mmaroto.bsky.social, @gaylekaufman.bsky.social, @drcompton.bsky.social, @evanstewart.bsky.social, @profsamperry.bsky.social, @dmonaghan.bsky.social, and more! Read more at bit.ly/3X8U77W

I promise you that Tony Silva has the most attention-grabbing research questions of any person you will ever meet.

ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Tony Silva and Dan Cassino (@dancassino.bsky.social) examine how gender and sexuality are related to belief in the paranormal. Read more at bit.ly/4iP0ZiR

Now out in pre-print! We looked at the interplay of sex, sexuality and gender in shaping views of the paranormal. LGBTQ Americans are more likely to say that they believe in the supernatural: but is it sexuality driving the effects? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Canton Winer (@cantonwiner.bsky.social) draws on in-depth interviews to investigate asexual perspectives on queer nightlife. Read more at bit.ly/3DSTl7S

ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Deana Rohlinger and colleagues employ mixed methods to examine the role of emotion in individual claimsmaking. Read more at bit.ly/4l5mygA

ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Gregory Fayard calls for a "sociology of transportation" and outlines what a sociology of transportation can contribute to three major areas of sociological research—microsociology, inequalities, and political sociology. Read more at bit.ly/4bDhj3s