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Rethinking Gender and Sexuality: Case Study of the Native American “Two...
We-Wah, a Zuni Berdache, from New Mexico, who was born biologically male but lived as a Two Spirit woman. via Chicago Whispers Sociology and anthropology have long used the experiences of “third sex”...
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Chileans in Australia: The Other 9/11 and the Legacy of the Pinochet Regime
Steet art portrait of Salvador Allende. Via Thierry Ehrmann, Flickr Today is the “Other September 11.” On this day in Chile, 1973, President Salvador Allende was killed in a coup by Augusto Pinochet....
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It’s Time to Bring Academic, Applied and Public Sociology Together
Art by John Haggerty via 2HeadedSnake. Below is a great interview with sociologist Dr. Tina Uys, who talks about the urgent need for sociology in South Africa (where she lives). Inequality is shifting...
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Why don’t more people join social justice movements?
Photo by socialistalternative via Flickr This week I interviewed sociologist and activist Dr Dan Brook for Sociology at Work (video below). I enjoyed chatting with Dan about his philosophy that...
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Beyond Arm Chair Social Science: Diabetes and Food Insecurity
“Exhaustion of food budgets might be an important driver of health inequities” – Hilary Seligman and colleagues By Zuleyka Zevallos, PhD The internet is filled with many science blogs and websites...
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How Media Hype Hurts Public Knowledge of Science
Photo: Astronomers by vastateparksstaff via Flickr, CC 2.0 Remember that news article that was going around saying that a high proportion of Americans can’t tell astrology from astronomy? Matthew...
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Everyday Sexism in Academia
Last week, I co-hosted a panel discussion by STEM Women on Everyday Sexism in Academia, along with Dr Buddhini Samarasinghe a Molecular Biologist from the UK. Our guests were Professor Rajini Rao PhD...
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Beyond Boycotts: Gender, Globalisation and Garment Factories in Bangladesh
Photo: Weronika via Flickr CC 2.0 In Bangladesh, four million people work in textile factories. Their work accounts for 80% of their country’s annual exports. Yet they work in extremely dangerous...
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Untangling Pop Culture’s Obsession with the Milgram Experiment
Photo: Milgram Experiment participant. Via Pacific Standard. The Milgram Experiment, which supposedly shows that all human beings are capable of participating in torture under the watchful eye of an...
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Applied Sociology in Action: Student Protests in Taiwan & Australia
Photo: Jimmy Kang via Flickr In March, sociology students in Taiwan were criticised for being released from class to attend peaceful protests occupying the Legislature Yuan from the 18th of March 18 to...
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Sexism on Wikipedia: Why the #YesAllWomen Edits Matter
#YesAllWomen The Wikipedia page for #YesAllWomen, a record of an anti-sexism online protest movement, is being edited to make it “less misandrist.” This Wiki page documents the Twitter hashtag that is...
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Sociology of Government-led Climate Change Denial
Photo via Flickr The Abbott Government in Australia has previously stated it does not believe in climate change and it has significantly withdrawn funding for this line of research in its latest Budget...
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Sexism and Racism in Film: Straight Outta Compton
A new film is in development which documents the rise of American rappers N.W.A. The Straight Outta Compton bioepic casting call came under heavy criticism for being racist, as the casting agent was...
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Vaginal Mysticism: Women’s Health and Celebrity Culture
Many people understand that celebrities are not health experts, yet the media persist on giving them a public forum to share their health and lifestyle advice. Journalists insist on printing celebrity...
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The K-Index: Gender Morality and Social Media Use by Scientists
Note: This blog post was first published on Google+ on the 31st of July A new, already highly controversial, article by Professor of Chemistry, Neil Hall, proposes a “satiric” measure that maps the...
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Letting Women Shine: Undoing Gender Inequality in Education
Australia’s Minister for Education, Christopher Pyne recently defended Budget changes that will make education highly unaffordable for most Australians. To add insult to injury, he used a sexist...
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Taylor Swift Having Fun With White Privilege: Racism and Sexism in Pop Culture
While people rush to defend Taylor Swift’s racist appropriation of Black female bodies in her latest video, Shake it Off, because it’s presented as “fun,” it’s worth remembering that “satire” is no...
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Social Justice in Ferguson: Addressing Racial Bias in Policing
Over 1,400 sociologists have signed an open letter protesting police brutality in Ferguson, USA. The letter includes practical measures to address the killing of Michael Brown and mistreatment of...
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Megan Smith: STEM Woman in the White House
You may have heard that Megan Smith former Vice President of GoogleX is now the Chief Technology Officer for The White House. Smith has both a Bachelor and a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering...
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Science Fellowships and Institutional Gender Bias in STEM
You may have read in late September that the ratio of women receiving Royal Society funding has “plummeted from one in three in 2010 to one in 20 this year.” While the Society also awards the Dorothy...
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