The MTV Video Music Awards were Sunday night. Singer Doja Cat hosted, and Lil’ Nas X took home the prize for Video of the Year. Justin Bieber won Artist of the Year, while BTS won Group of the Year. Celebrities...
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Froze Up in Texas
The past week has been harrowing for Texas residents. A blast of arctic air sent the state into a deep freeze with snow blanketing not only northern counties, but also beaches along the coast. Historic cold saw temperatures in the...
Continue ReadingAre YOU Crazy Busy?
The semester is in full swing, and there is a good chance you are busy. I mean, really busy. From Zoom classes to Zoom office hours and Zoom study groups, people everywhere are incredibly busy. Have you ever taken the...
Continue ReadingSuper Fans and the Sociology of Sports
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the tangential concerns hotly covered by the news media has been the disruption of sports. As the number of deaths surpasses 195,000, there has been persistent discussion about how to safely...
Continue ReadingAre YOU Part of Society?
There has been a lot of talk in the news recently about government and state officials acting independently or in small consortiums as they work to flatten the pandemic curve. From going it alone by issuing citywide mask ordinances and...
Continue ReadingYOHO, AOC, & @#$%&!
There has never been a political party that had cursing people out as one of its driving tenets. Yet that is exactly what Florida Representative Ted Yoho did to New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (AOC) on the steps of...
Continue ReadingWhat Kind of Future Do YOU Want?
Social change, forces that change the organization and social structures of society, is happening rapidly all around us. COVID-19 alone was instrumental in a myriad of temporary and permanent changes. Some of these changes have been the result of job...
Continue ReadingAre You Feeling Alone?
“Human beings do not like to be alone.” On the face of it, this statement about social isolation from CalPoly Pomona sociologist Jack Fong seems obvious. In reality, it is a profound assessment of our collective experience of the Covid-19...
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