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A quarterly magazine that believes public sociology can be both approachable and applicable! Edited by Amin Ghaziani, Seth Abrutyn, and Letta Page, with incoming editors David Grazian and Elena G. van Stee.

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Great piece by Lawrence Eppard in @contexts.org challenging how we measure poverty.
I Think I Was Wrong about Poverty - Lawrence M. Eppard, 2025
Lawrence M. Eppard on measuring deprivation.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Tune in to sociology! Hear interviews with authors of articles published in ASA journals, including the American Sociological Review, @sociologicaltheory.bsky.social, @sociusjournal.bsky.social, @contexts.org, @teachingsociology.bsky.social, @spquarterly.bsky.social, and more! https://bit.ly/3LMjWqK
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In a thoughtful essay, Laurel R. Davis-Delano and Stephanie A. Fryberg explain how our summer 2025 cover reflected and reinforced settler colonialism. Read their essay and the Contexts editorial team's apology: contexts.org/articles/the...
November 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Get it while it’s open-access! Today is the last day to read our latest issue for free!

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November 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Q&A! aminghaziani.bsky.social speaks with former Contexts editors Jodi O’Brien & ajoystein.bsky.social about translating research and engaging with the public.

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November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Contexts is thrilled to have @jonwynn.bsky.social on the team as our new Books section editor! 🥳

Send your 📚 pitches to [email protected]

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#sociologists who like fiction! I am the new Books section editor for @contexts.org, and I would *love* to see your pitches for essays + reviews on sociological novels, memoirs or trade books! More info here: contexts.org/submission-g...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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#sociologists who like fiction! I am the new Books section editor for @contexts.org, and I would *love* to see your pitches for essays + reviews on sociological novels, memoirs or trade books! More info here: contexts.org/submission-g...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In brief! In "Coding our AI Interactions," @colteruscola.bsky.social reviews Elizabeth Rodwell's research on the UX designers who decide how machines "talk" to people.

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November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In brief! In "Coding our AI Interactions," @colteruscola.bsky.social reviews Elizabeth Rodwell's research on the UX designers who decide how machines "talk" to people.

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November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Nantucket construction uncovered human remains right where the map said they’d be.

Read "Digging into Indigenous History" by Stephanie A. Bohon and Shaylee Hodges in @contexts.org!

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November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🥇 What makes a 3-year-old applicant “worthy” of admission to an elite preschool? Incoming managing editor @elenavanstee.bsky.social reviews @estelabdiaz.bsky.social & Lauren Rivera's recent ASR article.

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November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Just a few days left to read ASA’s Contexts Magazine @contexts.org  for free! Featuring an article by Phillip & April Vannini @aprilvannini.bsky.social @royalroads.ca on how underwater hotels reshape our understandings of human and more-than-human life. Ends Nov. 16 https://bit.ly/ContextsSummer25
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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There is nothing more flattering than someone taking time to read your work, except people taking time to engage your work. Thanks @amcneely.com and @contexts.org .
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
New in Books! @kaareeenah.bsky.social on Worn Out and Data Driven. 📚
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November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Curious about how understanding plants can help us better understand society? Read Sarah Elton's piece in ASA’s Contexts @contexts.org. This and more are free to read until Nov 16! https://bit.ly/ContextsSummer25 @sarahelton.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @criticalqual.bsky.social @uoftdlsph.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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My commentary in @contexts.org on recent challenges in the Canada-US relationship:
Who's sleeping with the Trumpian Elephant? 👀

Read liamswiss.bsky.social (AcadiaSociology.bsky.social) in the latest issue of @contexts.org!
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November 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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My commentary in @contexts.org on recent challenges in the Canada-US relationship:
Who's sleeping with the Trumpian Elephant? 👀

Read liamswiss.bsky.social (AcadiaSociology.bsky.social) in the latest issue of @contexts.org!
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November 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Commentary on the fraught Canada-US relationship from @acadiasociology.bsky.social @liamswiss.bsky.social in @contexts.org
Who's sleeping with the Trumpian Elephant? 👀

Read liamswiss.bsky.social (AcadiaSociology.bsky.social) in the latest issue of @contexts.org!
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November 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A letter from the editorial team: contexts.org/articles/a-n...
November 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Who's sleeping with the Trumpian Elephant? 👀

Read liamswiss.bsky.social (AcadiaSociology.bsky.social) in the latest issue of @contexts.org!
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November 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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"...the idea that plants should be considered part of society is not a new one; it’s just new to some people," writes @sarahelton.bsky.social. 🌿

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October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Out now—the new issue of ASA’s Contexts Magazine @contexts.org! Read about how activists are offering new ways to think about activism, freedom, and community-building in the article by chaniqua d. simpson @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social. Free to read until Nov. 16. https://bit.ly/ContextsSummer25
October 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"...the idea that plants should be considered part of society is not a new one; it’s just new to some people," writes @sarahelton.bsky.social. 🌿

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October 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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October 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM