Yesterday I told my therapist about my research question for sociology class. He says studies have shown that depending on the field there is a certain age where you have to be discovered for you to be embraced by that industry. He mentioned age 14 or 15 for an instrument like violin, for example. The exception was…
Our second writing assignment in Sociological Imagination will be an annotated bibliography on a social stratification topic of our choosing. We were asked to share our preliminary research questions with the class. Mine is, “In what ways does the music industry discriminate against newcomers over age 40?” I explained that whenever established artists or industry…
The things yogi Jessamyn says on her Instagram feed about larger bodies in the yoga world resonate with me, particularly as a larger-bodied woman of color. I don’t always think of these things on a conscious level, but as I have gotten larger I am less likely to believe in my body’s ability to move…
Somehow I have lived in New York City for over a decade without knowing about the African Burial Ground National Monument in downtown Manhattan. I agreed to meet a friend there today for a tour. I was not prepared to come face to face with physical evidence (burial mounds) of the remains interred there. In honor…
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