Congrats to *co-winners* of our 2020 book prize: Elizabeth Bernstein (@BarnardCollege) for “Brokered Subjects” and Nicola Mai (@KingstonUni) for “Mobile Orientations” (both from @UChicagoPress)!
We are excited to announce that we are joining other ASA sections in redirecting $$ budgeted for our annual reception to the @ASAnews Minority Fellowship Program. Est. in 1974, MFP supports the dev & training of sociologists of color.
The call for papers for a special issue of Teaching Sociology on Teaching Sexualities remains open despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Email the guest editors for more information or to submit your manuscript and/or book and film review suggestions. @AsaSexualities@AsaTeaching
Soc of Sexualities folks: Just two weeks left to submit nominations for the Simon and Gagnon and Early Career Awards. Nominations should be submitted to @c_j_pascoe See the @AsaSexualities newsletters for more info. @ASAnews#sociologytwitter
Congrats to member Dr Carrie Foote of @IUPUI for being named Arts 4 AIDS 2019 Hero of the Year. “The committee selected Dr. Carrie b/c of her belief in healthcare as a human right & her generous... commitment to those most underserved and stigmatized.” #MemberMonday
What do LGBTQ people think makes for a good straight ally? @Soc_Forbes and @KojiUeno2 interview 20 LGBTQ college students to find out in a new article in @SOC_Persp_PDX #MemberMonday
“Remaking a Life” shows how women move from ‘dying from’ to ‘thriving despite’ HIV & other injuries of inequality. Catch @watkinshayes as she tours the country talking about her new book that @staceyabrams says “carves a path forward to progress” #MemberMonday@NUsociology
From political marches and support group meetings to family dinner tables in cities and small towns, member @AmyBrainer of @UM_Dearborn explores queer kinship in Taiwan in a new book with @RutgersUPress#MemberMonday
How do Latina exotic dancers navigate how their bodies are read? New ethnographic work from member Christina Khan of @WGSSSBU is out in @Gend_Soc exploring the embodied cues Latina dancers use to express Latinadad #MemberMonday https://t.co/cq8e3DSvOW
How is the shift towards “questionably queer” bar spaces impacting LGBT women? It’s effectively displacing them, new research from section member @JaimeHartless in @GPCjournal#MemberMonday https://t.co/Bg2uFsa2P3
News research on “daddies” & “cougars” finds ppl in intergenerational 👫 fare pretty similarly to folks in relationships w/similar-age partners—tho 👱🏽♀️ w/older 👴🏼 partners report > issues in the bedroom. @Sociology_Silva new article in @SociusJournal#MemberMonday
Did a new study really find evidence for multiple gay genes? Not so fast, says member @jw_lockhart in a new blog post. “Looking to biology🧪 and genetics 🧬 for explanations... is silly.” #MemberMonday@sciencemagazine@UMSociology https://t.co/sF1GBFhDph