Sociological Meanderings Towards Collective Well-Being — Bessel van der Kolk wrote a book called, The Body Keeps the Score. Resmaa Menakem wrote a book called My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies. Alicia Galvez wrote a book called Eating NAFTA: Trade, Food Policies, and the Destruction of Mexico. …

Masculinity is a Public Health Threat — Life in a domestic violence shelter is full of rules. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, as I read the news about men who drive their cars into festivals and protests, killing neighbors and grandparents; boys who bring their dad’s guns to school, killing and injuring their classmates…

Sociological Lessons from Marx and Durkheim. — Solidarity requires visibility. As second-wave feminists argued, “the personal is political,” and this was carried forward by the LGBTQ+ rights movement’s call for “coming out.” The process of coming out, while deeply personal, is also always political. While there are some good reasons to delay coming out to some people…

Sociological Meanderings Towards Collective Well-Being Workers–such as the folks at Amazon and Starbucks–are attempting to unionize amidst difficult working conditions and rising inflation. Gas prices are really high right now. And Oil companies are raking in the profits. Shipping companies are also charging more for their services–and again, making huge…

Sociological Meanderings Towards Collective Well-Being What is sociology? The study of society. But, what exactly is society? To get right down to it, sociology studies the way that people are organized, and how that organization changes across time and space. What do we mean when we say “organized”? Well, that…

And the Roxane Gay MasterClass Raise Your Voice Challenge — Since I’m on sabbatical this semester writing a book I decided to join MasterClass to watch and learn from their writing courses. I wanted to learn from Joy Harjo, Amy Tan and Roxane Gay so as to infuse my writing (process) with something akin to joy. I’m writing an academic…

When work becomes home and home becomes work. — I’m midway through my sabbatical and I must admit something, despite some embarrassment: I’m exhausted. It’s one of those moments where it’s remarkably clear how powerful our unconscious biases and unspoken cultural ideologies are. I imagined sabbatical to be a period of deep rest and creativity. …

“To choose love is to go against the prevailing values of the culture” (hooks). — Of the many, one of the more difficult moments of the pandemic for me was when standing in the lobby of a medical facility, I was told that my wife couldn’t go into the doctor’s office with me. It was my first meeting with my new surgeon — who would…

Let the 1619 Project be our guide. — Like most other days, I started today by opening up the New York Times app on my phone to be greeted with this headline: Democrats Fail to Alter Filibuster as G.O.P Blocks Voting Rights Bill. I felt a sinking feeling in my chest — disappointment, fear — and then thought…