Homicide in Canada, 2018
New results from Statistics Canada available here with an infographic here.
Workers in the gig economy feel lonely and powerless
Interesting research by Canadian sociologists investigating what working in the gig economy is really like (and it’s not good). Article available here.
Sociology at Work
A very good site from Dr. Zuleyka Zevallos available here.
Applied Worldwide: Making Sociology Count
Visit this page (led by a group of American sociologists) to see resources on learning about sociology, explore it, and teach it. Site is here.
Stanford professor who changed America with just one study was also a liar
David Rosenhan, a psychologist that in the 1970s wrote, On Being Sane in Insane Places, was certainly criticized for methodological problems when it was published, but recently, found to be [...]
Hacking Barbie
A great article by Martha McCaughey and Beth Davison (available here and includes a video).
I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike
This New York Times opinion piece (available here) chronicles how Mary Cain’s training was gendered and abusive. The video in the piece is particularly compelling (here). Here is also a [...]
Smashing the Patriarchy
In a Guardian article (here) a new book by Gaia Vince is summarized. The article challenges the idea that patriarchy is “natural”. Spoiler alert – Vince argues that culture is [...]