letter from the editors: winter 2025
And so begins our end. With this issue we step forward into the final year of our editorship of Contexts, embodying in … Read More
winter 2025 table of contents
from the editors in brief: “Cash and Control,” Colter J. Uscola. “Place-Based Politics,” Parker Muzzerall. “New Labor Model, Same Old Problems,” Parker Muzzerall. Read More
23 and we?
With the explosion of genetic ancestry testing, more and more Americans are connecting with new parts of their ethno-racial identities. But does a White suburban … Read More
the wages of digital emotional labor
How do online interactions mirror societal norms? A recent Social Psychology Quarterly article reveals that even those online spaces that are collectively supportive against … Read More
status consistency wanted
Status matters, but not in the way we might think. While it may not, for example, be surprising to learn that being attractive helps secure … Read More
whose parents are paying?
Media coverage of race and higher education in the United States often portrays Asian American and White families as competing for limited seats at prestigious … Read More
a woman walks into a brothel…
Sex sells, the old marketing adage goes, but who is buying? Many assume that commercial sex is purchased by men, from women. However, new … Read More
intergenerational costs
Stigmatization is often thought of as an individualized burden. But can this shameful mark be experienced by and shared with others? New work published … Read More
shedding the wealth
Let’s be real: taxes and fees stink. In Venezuela, a nation experiencing an ongoing political and economic crisis, nearly 52% of the workforce depends upon … Read More
rural rainbows
When envisioning the places most conducive to lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) flourishing, we might picture urban hubs like Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver, with their … Read More
