@nickwolfinger.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Utah. Written some books about marriage & divorce. NAGA winner. Pot-bellied pig owner. No Substack. Per Utah state law, my opinions are my opinions.
Brothels persisted well into the 20th century. Indeed, there was one in Berkeley as late as 1990.
But cars started to make them obsolete, and the internet finished the job.
The late James A. Davis, the Harvard sociologist best known as the founder of the General Social Survey, wrote the following about academic job searches thirty years ago, and it remains spot on.
www.jstor.org/stable/685041 (alas, paywalled)
Just relaxing at home.
Interesting new paper on fertility trends in the UK. Neither age nor ethnicity can seemingly explain the declines of the past few decades.
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/rout...
Thanks so much, Marcy! I appreciate your kind words. Alas, I'm not sure this pod will reach academic sociology, but what can you do?
Recognizing the independence of made-up counties was a particularly Stalinesque touch, no?
I did a super interesting pod on my book Thanks for Nothing this week, on the economics of single motherhood. NB @marcyc.bsky.social
youtu.be/ghMCOPGMKSE
I am a big fan of the data viz section of @sociusjournal.bsky.social Proud that this one was ranked in the top 10. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @ncfmr-bgsu.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/so...
At @utah.edu, this is an actual training that faculty have to mindlessly click through. Are all these banal online trainings a thing at all universities now?
+1. Book and movie both really good.
New from me & Matt McKeever: the Trump administration purses pro-natalism by giving with one hand while taking away with the other.
Millions of Californians are at risk of going hungry as CalFresh and other federal benefits are delayed. But we don’t wait — we act.
Step up and support your neighbors: volunteer, donate, or spread the word. Together, we can help those in need.
#OperationFeedCA
@calvolunteers.bsky.social
My debut for @motherjones.com explores the Trump administration’s ambivalent pro-natalism. Thanks for the midwifery, @michaelmechanic.bsky.social.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is the first I'm hearing of diversity statements for one's bibliography, & I'm curious: is there anyone who doesn't use generative AI to produce this sort of content?
HT @soumitrashukla.bsky.social
My recent book Thanks for Nothing is neo-Moynihan-ish, so we've thought a lot about him in the past couple of years.
It's the 60th anniversary of the Moynihan Report, & my colleague Matt McKeever & I aver that progressives and conservatives alike need to have another look at this "prophetic document." No paywall vvv
quillette.com/2025/10/04/i...
My pets are cuter than yours.
Ah, just losing interest in social media. But here's a good pic of both children cuddling with me.
& all is well, albeit busy with my interstate commute. & you?
Charlie Kirk’s widow is fundraising off her husband’s murder less than a week later.
To counter Trump regime attacks on their public university systems and other institutions, states should issue bonds, hold ballot initiatives, or related measures.
University of California system debt has an AA rating. Resist Trump abuses, support higher ed, and a fairly safe investment all in one.
Enjoy your fentanyl & feel better!
Also contributions from @liamomaraiv.bsky.social, @jmxprod.bsky.social, & many people less online.
I've taught college for almost 30 years, & things are much different now. Treating students like that will get you investigated. This year I published a collection of professor's investigation stories, including from @robertfrodeman.bsky.social & myself.
www.amazon.com/Professors-S...
There were TWO mass shootings on Monday, though only the one in NYC drew big coverage. The other was at a resort in Reno, NV, where three victims died and three others were injured.
Our pioneering database, launched 13 years ago, now documents 153 mass shootings www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
Are we experiencing "late capitalism" now that autism spectrum has become an important demo for the toothbrush market?
.@heterodoxacademy.bsky.social has just released video for my panel with Lee Jussim & Deandre Poole last month for my book Professors Speak Out.
Paging PSO contributors @robertfrodeman.bsky.social @liamomaraiv.bsky.social @jmxprod.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=icIu...
Congrats! Visit as in, give a lecture?
As I'm sure you know, the founders were terrified of the demos and sought a somewhat anti-democratic constitution for this reason.
But if you're gonna finger the invention of Fox, why not blame Reagan's repeal of the Fairness Doctine?
An Aussie blogger reviews my book Professors Speak Out: The Truth About Campus Investigations. Tagging POS contributors @PsychRabble @eweissunburied @LiamOMaraIV @FrancesWiddows1
comments.bmartin.cc/2025/07/18/t...
George Mason is a strange choice of universities for Trump to target. Its been the beneficiary of extensive Koch bros largesse. The law school is even named after Antonin Scalia.