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If you can, pick up a pen or pencil instead of that keyboard..

Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning Researchers are learning that handwriting engages the brain in ways typing can't match, raising questions about the costs of ditching this age-old practice, especially for kids.

Super Bowl Sociology!

THE SUPER BOWL: A sociological view - Sociology Toolbox The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota

Guerrero: What first-generation college students actually need An activist surveyed the students and found a mental health crisis fueled by financial fears and loneliness.

You Can Succeed At College Once You Figure Out All The Little Things No One Tells You About The "hidden curriculum" of higher education, explained.

For the intersex community, 'Every Body' exists on a spectrum Alicia Roth Weigel is one of three activists profiled in Julie Cohen's new documentary. She says intersex is an umbrella term for people whose "anatomy doesn't fit super neatly into a binary box."

Men are hunters, women are gatherers. That was the assumption. A new study upends it. The implications are potentially enormous, says history professor Kimberly Hamlin: "The myth that man is the hunter and woman is the gatherer ... naturalizes the inferiority of women."

Sociologist alert! Arlie Hochschild in dialogue with Jane Fonda, May 5th 11 am PST

The APA has a great style manual to help us do better with using bias-free language - check it out! The sections on gender, race, etc, are mini-courses on those topics. :-)

Bias-free language Writers using APA Style must strive to use language that is free of bias and avoid perpetuating prejudicial beliefs or demeaning attitudes in their writing. Topics covered: age, disability, gender, participation in research, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and intersect...

Best Data Visualization Projects of 2022 Every year, I pick my favorite data visualization projects, which tend to cover a wide range of purposes but are typically for presentation. Here are my favorites for 2022.

"At July's Wimbledon tournament, a group of protestors wore red undershorts underneath white skirts, holding signs emblazoned with messages including "About Bloody Time.""

Wimbledon will allow women to wear colored undershorts, in nod to period concerns The tournament will make an exception to its strict all-white clothing rules, after female players described altering their menstrual cycles to not stress about leaking onto their tennis whites.

M&M's Mascots Change to Represent a 'Progressive World' The candy maker takes the focus off its characters' gender.

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When People Assume You’re Not In Charge Because You’re a Woman “Role incredulity” is a systemic issue — and organizations need to deal with it.

Trailblazing feminist author, critic and activist bell hooks has died at 69 The prolific author, poet, cultural critic, feminist and professor, who wrote more than three dozen wide-ranging books, died Wednesday at her home in Berea, Ky.

Preparing for next week's National Day of Mourning.

13 Books That Will Make You Rethink California’s Indigenous History Learn about California's history through Indigenous perspectives.

How the Longest Running Shows Rated Over Episodes Most television shows don’t get past the first season, but there are some that manage to stick around. These are the 175 longest running shows on IMDb that have ratings.

Lego to remove gender bias from its toys after findings of child survey Exclusive: research reveals harmful stereotypes still hindering girls, boys and their parents

Isaac Asimov's "Foundation": Predicting the future with mathematical sociology The writer’s "Foundation" series, recently adapted into a show by Apple TV, was inspired by a fascinating, real-life academic discipline.

We understand that headlines making statements such as “75% of COVID-19 patients were vaccinated” can sound scary. That is, until you factor in context and accurate statistical analysis. Unfortunately, many news outlets fall prey to misrepresentation of data, so we are here to provide a quick tutorial!

Here we provide a hypothetical example: a situation in which 1000 people have COVID-19. 950 of those are vaccinated and 50 of these are unvaccinated (we’ve exaggerated these numbers for the lesson, but let’s assume it’s in an area with high vaccination rates).

Of the 950 COVID-19 cases amongst vaccinated people, 10 of them become hospitalized. That’s a 1% hospitalization rate amongst vaccinated individuals.

Of the 50 COVID-19 cases amongst unvaccinated people, 5 of them become hospitalized. That’s a 10% hospitalization rate amongst unvaccinated individuals, or 10 times HIGHER the hospitalization rate compared to vaccinated people.

Unfortunately, those who are unfamiliar with biostatistics may misconstrue these data and state something inaccurate such as: “two-thirds of hospitalizations were among those who were vaccinated for COVID-19”. While technically true, it fails to account for the RATE of hospitalization between groups. That proportion is the true number that matters.

Please remember to keep this in mind when you see scary-sounding headlines such as we saw in the case of the Provincetown COVID-19 outbreak. Remember, numbers are all relative, and we need to keep context in mind.

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Gymnastics team, tired of 'sexualization,' wears unitards The team’s outfits looked similar to the others in the room as the arena lights gleamed off crystals crisscrossing their chests and down their crimson and white sleeves. But the German gymnastics team’s new Olympic suits didn’t stop at their hips.

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10 Great Jobs for Sociology Majors Plus expert advice on how to land one!

Census data - first release! census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/2020-census-apportionment-results.html

2020 Census Apportionment Results Delivered to the President The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that the 2020 Census shows the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2020, was 331,449,281.

More than 6.8 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson (Janssen) vaccine have been administered in the US. Six cases of a type of blood clot, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) have been reported. As a result, the CDC and FDA are temporarily pausing the administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine across the country in order to review data tomorrow, April 14th.

It’s important to note that so far, this risk of developing a blood clot after receiving the J&J vaccine is 0.000088%.

Each of these instances were observed in women between the ages 18 and 48, and symptoms developed between 6 and 13 days after vaccination. We do not yet know about additional confounding factors such as other medical conditions, medication history, etc. That is what the review will dissect.

But, how does this risk compare to other incidences of blood clotting?

In the general public, the risk of developing blood clots (including DVT, VTE, and others) is about 0.1%, with 300,000-500,000 blood clotting events reported annually in the US (population 351 million).

The risk of developing clots as a result of COVID-19 ITSELF is quite high: it can be up to 30% particularly for those who are hospitalized in the ICU, but can also be up to 8% for those who have moderate cases of COVID-19 requiring hospitalization.

Even amongst people who take hormonal birth control, the risk of developing blood clots ranges between 0.3% to 1%.

What does this tell us?

The risk of CVST as a result of the J&J vaccine is EXTREMELY small. It is an exceedingly rare occurrence, and as of now, there is no definitive causal relationship. These clots are rarer than the general incidence of clots amongst the general population, and are orders of magnitude less rare than the clotting complications of COVID-19.

If you have received your J&J vaccine, there is no reason to worry. Regulatory review is there for a reason, and we will continue to update as things evolve.

Note: this rare occurrence of CVST has NOT occurred in response to the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines. This has been reported for the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is still being administered globally after review determined the benefits outweighed the extremely small risk.

Sources:
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/joint-cdc-and-fda-statement-johnson-johnson-covid-19-vaccine
https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2589-5370%2820%2930383-7
https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca-benefits-still-outweigh-risks-despite-possible-link-rare-blood-clots
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/cerebral-venous-sinus-thrombosis
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/yes-your-birth-control-could-make-you-more-likely-to-have-a-blood-clot/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16966543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2020806/ #:~:text=Venous%20thrombosis%2C%20comprising%20deep%20vein,PE%20with%20or%20without%20DVT

Coronavirus Cases Are Rising Again. See How Your State Is Doing View NPR's maps and graphics to see where COVID-19 is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are growing and which are leveling off.

What Is Infrastructure? It's A Gender Issue, For Starters Many traditional infrastructure jobs have gone to men in the past. Progressives like Rep. Katie Porter fear that the way Biden is splitting his economic agenda could hurt American women.

Talking With Students About Transgender Athletes As lawmakers across the country continue to restrict the rights of trans people—particularly trans students—educators can take this moment to start a conversation about transgender identity, justice and ways to take action.

Why Pronouncing Names Correctly Is More Than Common Courtesy : Life Kit Our names are an extension of who we are. And if your name is mispronounced all the time, you know how painful that can be. In this episode, we're talking about why getting names right is so important — and how to correct others and rectify your own mistakes.