2020-06-15 03:23
Events from the past few weeks have shaken the world, not because something new or different happened, but because the world was forced to watch a particularly bothersome and lengthy image t… Read More
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Sociology blog with heavy emphases on sports, masculinities, popular culture, and violence.
2020-05-31 02:32
"...when the looting starts, the shooting starts" (U.S. President Donald Trump). In the aftermath of George Floyd's murder, coming at the hands (or knee) of white police officer, Derek… Read More
2019-12-05 08:12
I'm a few episodes behind on season 39 of CBS's Survivor, so no doubt others have written at length and in shorter social media posts, but I can't help myself. The episode reeks of both inte… Read More
2019-09-30 00:01
Beginning with Malala Yousafzai, she along with Emma González and Greta Thurnberg, have been leading major campaigns since the early 2010's. Lots of patterns to recognise here, not on… Read More
2013-09-17 13:31
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2013-08-29 07:04
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2012-12-09 11:34
Over at Sociology in Focus, I have a completed 4-part series on contemporary slavery in Thailand based on a recent trip I took in August with Global Exchange.Part 1 is titled "Contemporary S… Read More
2012-11-07 13:57
Okay, so Obama pulled it off. I'm happy, but more so relieved that Romney didn't win. In typical Obama fashion, a well delivered victory speech:@ 11:00:"We believe in a generous America, in… Read More
2012-11-05 22:49
Patriarchy is defined as “…a form of social organization in which cultural and institutional beliefs and patterns accept, support, and reproduce the domination of wome… Read More
2012-11-04 05:28
Within the party, leadership admits Republican disapproval directed towards President Obama is tied heavily to ongoing racist values. Via the Huffington Post: Such trends noted above… Read More
2012-09-22 23:23
Shane Logan has an interesting 15-minute presentation through TED on masculinity and MMA. There's some good sociology in the talk (good conceptually, I would have liked to have seen more emp… Read More
2012-09-15 02:24
Just another quick example here of how men in sport - particularly those in "rough and tumble" sports where women are largely excluded - continue to put down their adversaries by feminizing… Read More
2012-02-21 02:24
Got a new post up over at SociologyInFocus.com titled, "Hegemonic Masculinity in Super Bowl Commercials. It analyzes the three commercials shown below, within the hegemonic masculinity frame… Read More
2012-02-13 19:48
UPDATE: The post is now up -- "Linsanity: Jeremy Lin: Dispelling the Model Minority Myth."Look, I cannot just sit back and let Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks keep blowing up without posti… Read More
2012-02-08 02:26
Okay, one more entry I've posted over at Sociology In Focus uses Max Weber's element of legal-rational authority to dissect the pepper spraying that happened at the University of California… Read More
2012-02-07 08:57
The other thing I've started at Sociology In Focus is a series on the sociology of mixed martial arts. Thus far, I've made three posts in the series:The Sociology of MMA: How Do You Define V… Read More
2012-02-07 08:42
I have been completely neglecting my "Grumpy Sociologist" blog here since also blogging over at Sociology In Focus. Back in January, while walking around one of the innumerable mini-malls in… Read More
2011-10-24 23:11
Over at SociologyInFocus.com, I just posted a piece on the 2011 Rugby World Cup (RWC) and its contextualized place in New Zealand society. The piece examines the RWC accounting for:its own s… Read More
2011-10-15 08:52
More on this later Read More
2011-10-13 22:52
In assigning mini-documentaries for my courses, I rely on Aljazeera more than any other news site. A pretty high majority of my students appreciate the videos, but it's not uncommon for a st… Read More
2011-09-24 03:36
In the United States, a recent phenomenon in higher education has gained steam – the increasing number of for-profit colleges/universities. Typically, universities are state-subsidized… Read More
2011-08-29 23:00
So I'm blogging over at SociologyInFocus.com now as well. Track & Field afficionados are well aware of South African 400m sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who made it to the semi-finals in this… Read More
2011-08-21 07:50
Drug use and sex work are topics that tend to evoke high emotion in the general public. Viewed as victimless crimes by some, others note that victimization is an integral component of intern… Read More
2011-08-20 03:41
In the 1990s, The Spice Girls had an infectious global impact on young people across Europe, North America, and Australia – girls in particular. While some may argue women’s sexu… Read More
2011-08-19 07:10
NPR has a story up that discusses the ways gun stores are now catering to an increasingly female client-base. The images pictured here illustrate the symbolic gendering of color plastered on… Read More
2011-08-19 00:25
Here are two videos that walk you through the chi-square analysis Read More
2011-08-10 02:41
So I've walked into an interesting situation at The University of Auckland. The main concern for me is that if my research time is limited, I will have less official time to work with commun… Read More
2011-07-10 06:21
It's been a hell of a run Hawai'i. Hope the research and work here has been helpful, not another modern form of colonialism and snooty academic hodgepodge. Here's the most recent stuff:Youth… Read More
2011-06-15 13:00
Using the following six criteria, 213 international gender experts ranked Afghanistan, Congo, Pakistan, India, and Somalia as the most dangerous countries in the world for women:health threa… Read More
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