Fall 2014
Volume: 13 | Number: 4
A Storm Called Hercules
by Corey FieldsWinter storms now have names like Hercules and Maximus, thanks to the Weather Channel. By naming storms, … Read More
Molly Deaths and the Failed War on Drugs
Sociologist Tammy L. Anderson proposes that the 2003 RAVE Act may endanger ravers more than protect them. Today's popularity of huge commercial raves—and the incidence of health complications at them—suggests this relic law of the twentieth century War on Drugs needs our attention.. Read More
Experts and Skeptics
Is racism a matter of individual psychopathology? Can disabled women be good parents? Does prohibiting drug use at electronic music dance parties save lives? Can … Read More
Rich Defendant, Poor Defendant
Robert H. Richards IV, an heir to the du Pont fortune, was convicted of sexually abusing his own child. Justifying her decision to put Richards … Read More
The Selfie Exchange
by Corey FieldsIf you are a teen with a social media account, chances are you have posted a selfie. Read More
The Precariat
Economist Guy Standing explains how millions of people are in the precariat, and in defining this emerging class, points to the dangerous political and social consequences as well as the exciting progressive revival that this class could produce. Read More
Medicalizing Racism
Sociologist James M. Thomas examines how public and scientific accounts of racism draw upon medical and psychological models, and how this contributes to our understandings of racism as a medical, rather than social, problem. Read More
Mothering While Disabled
Sociologist Angela Frederick argues the legacy of the Eugenics movement persists today. She explores how mothers with disabilities continue to face pervasive threats to their right to parent. Read More
The Sex Lives of Sex Researchers
Sociologist Janice M. Irvine examines biographies of Alfred Kinsey in order to explore stigma attached to sexuality research. Read More
What Drove Anders Breivik?
Political psychologist Barry Richards looks behind the anti-Muslim motive which appeared to drive Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik. While agreeing with the court's judgment that Breivik was responsible for his actions, he finds a deeply deluded and paranoid person for whom the massacre of young political activists (mainly non-Muslim) was a desperate attempt to defend his fragile masculinity. Read More
