One of the blogs I check out most consistently is Sociological Images, a site with a sociological but accessible take on everything from pop culture to high politics. One strength is it confronts the ways culture imagines and pictures gender and bodies, and last week’s post on women body images is no exception.

As primaries approach to select the Republican candidate that will run against President Obama in 2012, many key players vying for that position are doing everything they can to publicize their viewpoints. One of those players, Michelle Bachmann, hosted a book signing for her autobiography recently. It went as most booksignings go: Bachmann sat behind [...]

The Internet is arguably one of the most open and democratic systems on the planet. Art and ideas can be accessed and shared by anyone, with very few limitations, especially in the U.S One big exception is piracy, the sharing of copyrighted material.

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After sitting through a pointless 30-minute debate on whether Oklahoma State or Alabama should play for the National Championship against LSU, ESPN finally revealed where our beloved Michigan Wolverines would be playing for a bowl game.  Most of us anticipated playing in the Sugar Bowl but we certainly didn’t anticipate the opponent we would be matched [...]

In our brave new world we can communicate without effort and reach out to more people than ever before, but have we lost the ability to truly connect to people in the process?