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• in Entertainment
  We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân (2011) Focuses on A Nearly Lost Language
  Documentary captures a linguistic miracle as Cape Cod’s Wampanoag Indians reclaim their lost language and reconnect with their heritage.
  by missbobetier / on Mar 13, 2012
• in Entertainment
  Buffing Up Your Brain: This Will Make You Smarter by John Brockman
  Are you willing to take a chance on a book titled THIS WILL MAKE YOU SMARTER?
  by missbobetier / on Mar 7, 2012
• in Business
  Black Friday Madness: Should America Seek Help?
  Does consumer madness on Black Friday indicate a larger problem with the American economic system?
  by sethjared / on Nov 15, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “sociology”

 

• 1 in 10 teens using study drugs, but parents arent paying attention

  
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  As high schoolers prepare for final exams, teens nationwide may be tempted to use a "study drug" ­- a prescription stimulant or amphetamine -- to gain an academic edge. But a new University of Michigan poll shows only one in 100 parents of teens 13-17 years old believes that their teen has used a study drug. read ...
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• Cyberbullying Indicators: What Digital Behavior Reveals?

  
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  Cyberbullying teens have been making headlines and people are now scampering to understand just what they should do to control the situation before it gets out of hand. Parents and educators have a vital role to play in terms of prevention. However, many a times a teen that don’t speak up shows no ...
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• David’s Bookclub: The Warmth of Other Suns

  
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  The achievement of Isabel Wilkersons amazing The Warmth of Other Suns is to transmute sociology into memoir. Go here to see the original: David’s Bookclub: The Warmth of Other Suns
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• [round-up] Monday feminist round-up (20th May 2013)

  
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  All else this week, then. - Think Progress updates on US college campuses which are starting to combat high rates of rape, and rape culture, on campus . It’s not so many, alas. - Bitch has got an interesting piece on women-only comedy spaces . - sianandcrookedrib discusses the shaming of single mothers on ...
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• Intervention symposium – ‘Explosive geographies’

  
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  On April 15, 2013, two bombs targeting the Boston Marathon exploded on Boylston St, killing three and initiating the United State’s most visible domestic security operation of the decade. Two days later, a fertilizer plant located in the town of West, Texas exploded spectacularly, killing 14 and levelling a ...
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• [link] Teenage pregnancies won’t be stopped by shaming young mothers

  
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  On commentisfree : Teenage pregnancy. The term still sends terror shooting through my veins, even now, seven years clear of my teens. It hung over me like a sceptre, whispering: “Whatever you do, don’t get yourself pregnant.” It was the worst thing. The end of everything. This idea, that teenage pregnancy ...
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• Why Can’t Millennials Find Jobs?

  
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  Half of hiring managers say wearing attire ill-suited for an interview was one of the biggest mistakes they saw. Others include lack of eye contact (33%), checking phone or texting (30%), fidgeting (26%) and bad posture (22%). Other interview horror stories? Nearly half of hiring managers (44%) said showing up late or ...
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• Organization and Religion: The Difference 150 Years Makes

  
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  Submitted: Mar 28, 2013 By Monte Sahlin “Organization” was a big issue in 1863 when the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists was started and 150 years later it is still a major issue in different ways, but fundamentally the same. Because of the way they had been treated by their various denominations ...
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• a non-sexual view of marriage

  
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  Robin Phillips argues against Premise 1:Gay ‘Marriage’ Hinges on a Non-Sexual View of MarriageI begin with the point that same-sex ‘marriage’ hinges on a non-sexual view of marriage. In contrast to the traditional view of marriage, which we can call ‘the conjugal view’, same-sex ‘marriage’ depends for ...
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• [infographic] Pregnancy and childbirth primary killer of 15-19 year old girls in developing countries

  
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  From upworthy : In many developing countries, having more children at younger ages acts as a safety net as parents age. However, when girls as young as 15 (and younger) are getting married and getting pregnant, there can be serious physical consequences. Pregnancy and childbirth are the #1 killers of girls aged 15-19 ...
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• [link] Hey ladies, don’t leave it too late! On First Response and manufactured fertility panic

  
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  That piece I just linked to about shaming women into having their babies when they’re, I don’t know, aged 20-24 or something ? It’s all about this: Get Britain Fertile . I wish I was kidding. Get Britain Fertile looks like it’s all sponsored by First Response (just in case you thought there wasn’t going ...
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• [link] Why society still needs feminism

  
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  Lots of becauses here. Every one of them true. On timesdelphic : Because to men, a key is a device to open something. For women, it’s a weapon we hold between our fingers when we’re walking alone at night. Because the biggest insult for a guy is to be called a “pussy,” a “little bitch” or a “girl.” ...
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• [link] Infertility, patriarchy, profit and me, or: “KERCHING!” – Infertility and woman blaming, woman shaming, woman controlling

  
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  Excellent post. Should be read by all. kareningalasmith : I awoke this morning to what I thought was good news: a campaign to raise awareness of the relationship between a woman’s age and infertility. I’m 45. I’d assumed that I’d become pregnant when the time was right. The time felt right when I was ...
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• [quote] Why You Shouldn’t Tell That Random Girl On The Street That She’s Hot

  
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  Précis: you think it’s a compliment, we think it’s threatening, intrusive, demeaning, humiliating, and enforcing of everything that’s wrong with patriarchal culture – that our bodies are not our own. “ Here’s the thing. Men in our culture have been socialized to believe that their opinions on ...
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• [image] Brave’s Merida Gets a Disney Make-Over

  
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  Click on the image for larger. In 2006, The Walt Disney Company bought the computer-animated feature film powerhouse Pixar.  This makes the lead of their most recent movie, Brave (2012), not just a princess, but a Disney Princess. Merida is having a royal coronation at the Magic Kingdom this morning . For her ...
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• Interview with László Lovász

  
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  On November 28, 2011, Avi Wigderson interviewed László Lovász . A total of 27 short videos can be watched at the Simons Foundation website. I particularly liked the discussion on the LLL algorithm , and also on semidefinite relaxations. __________ Related: The social construction of Hungarian genius ...
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• [image] Not just a girl…

  
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  These images are fantastic. The whole idea is fantastic. “ [...] so let’s set aside the Barbie Dolls and the Disney Princesses for just a moment, and let’s show our girls the REAL women they can be. [ Rest , jaimemoorephotography.] Tagged: discrimination , equality , feminism , sexism , sociology ...
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• "Crunchy Cons took a pretty hard line against suburban living..."

  
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  Rod Dreher, reconsiders suburbia .  "Crunchy Cons: The New Conservative Counterculture and Its Return to Roots" is the name of a book he wrote, back in 2006. As the italics indicate, the quote above refers to what he said in his book, not what the people he labeled "crunchy" did — at least not directly. In ...
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• Drone Policy in Yemen

  
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  For anyone in the NYC region, I will be giving a talk at the COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SEMINAR on KNOWLEDGE, TECHNOLOGY, and SOCIAL SYSTEMS on Wednesday, May 15, 7 pm (at Columbia University’s Faculty House). The title of the talk is: “Drone Strikes in the War on Terror: The Case of Post-Arab-Spring Yemen.” Unmanned ...
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• IQ, Race, Immigration

  
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  Heritage Foundation has stepped in it again, with a "report" on immigration reform [see Krugmans post ]. It has led to one good thing, though: we get to revisit the topic of what IQ is and what it is not. Two links: James Heckman (1995): Lessons from the Bell Curve [ pdf ]. Dana Goldstein: Attention Jason ...
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