Posts created by students in SOC 101 during the Spring 2020 semester.
Antisemetic images are not what anyone expects to find scribbled in an elementary school bathroom in a quaint, seaside town just 16 miles north of Boston. But this past January 18th, and again on January 26th, this is exactly what students discovered inside two boys’ bathrooms at Village School in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Then, on January […]
The amount of medication that Americans take to combat mental illness is astounding. In recent decades, the pharmaceutical and medical industries have convinced a large number of people that drugs are a cure-all for mental illnesses. This increased reliance on these drugs is part of rising pharmaceuticalization in the United States. Pharmaceuticalization has been defined as […]
I grew up on the Upper West Side in New York City. The blue portion of the map is the area I grew up in; it consists of mostly tall, expensive apartment buildings. I spent a lot of time playing basketball at the Frederick Douglass Playground (grayed area on the map). It is the foremost […]
ESPN is one of the major sports news companies in the world. As shown below, the top banner on ESPN.com includes shortcuts to only male leagues. The “Soccer” tab is not male-specific, yet when the computer mouse hovers over it, male leagues and teams dominate the screen. The only female team included here is the […]
Max Gersch Growing up in a Washington, D.C. daycare, I spent many days wandering through the Smithsonian admiring the breathtaking exhibits, but I took for granted how those museums acquired their art and never wondered how it got where it was. Michael Rakowitz’s current exhibit, Nimrud, at the Wellin Museum at Hamilton College raises provocative […]
By Sofia Riker The idea of the “male gaze” is most visually present in the film industry, where female characters are often depicted through the eyes of a man. Often, this view is overly sexual and “associated with the male protagonist’s point-of-view” (Loreck, 2016). Through camera angles and plot positioning, it has historically been made […]
As a female athlete in college I noticed many of my teammates and other friends (who also happen to be athletes) frequently comment on their body weight and defects, and the food they allow themselves or not to consume. After some research, I found that my friends are in a gray area, where they don’t […]
Housing in the United States: Separate and Unequal Racist policies and institutions perpetuate inequality. Housing choices for minorities have been historically limited due to racial zoning laws (now illegal but still practiced). These laws allowed banks and companies to deny loans and housing to people of color. Along with the legacies of slavery, exclusion acts, […]
People from all over the world immigrate to the U.S. to experience the American Dream, but when they arrive many face considerable challenges. Approximately 44.8 million immigrants live in the United States as of 2018 with 25% coming from Mexico, 6% from China, 6% from India, 4% from the Philippines, 3% from El Salvador, and […]
Redlining was the historical practice of denying loans and services to those who lived in areas that were deemed of low economic value. Minorities (African Americans and immigrants) often lived in these redlined districts and were subjected to inequality, while the wealthy, white, majority were able to afford areas that were deemed safe and desirable. […]
