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  • The Discussion of Being an Ethical Consumer

    In a recent discussion hosted by my local PFlag chapter on community activism—how we can and do participate, especially within the limits of our abilities—the question of where to draw the line with companies came up. It’s been on many of our minds, especially in light of recent boycotts, blackout days, and companies deciding whether…

  • Sociology Helps Me Stay Hopeful

    Lately, the world has felt quite overwhelming and even scary somedays. There is a heavy weigh on a lot of us the presses down making us feel hopeless. It is natural for this to cycle through with some days being harder. Recently, it has been much harder to balance it out. I know it may…

  • Nursing During Covid-19 (Thesis Conclusion)

    A little bit more time between posts than I had expected, but here we are, let’s talk about what conclusions I drew from my research.  Applying theory to a research question is like setting up a camera’s focus. It means taking a set of ideas and concepts with which you’ll examine those parts of the data.…

  • Creating a Sociological Study

    There are many worthy examples to use to start off explaining the deeper parts of sociological theory and how it applies to our daily lives. Today, however, I decided to go with a topic we’re all quite familiar with from recent years and that is the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s easy enough to say that the pandemic…

  • The Big Picture of Sociology

    One of my favorite questions I’ve ever gotten after I said I was studying (at the time) to be a sociologist was did that mean I was “learning to read minds?” To this day, I still don’t know if this was a joke (it was said seriously) or where the girl, who asked me, had…

  • Mission Statement

    There are many ways that scientific research is accessible now, not just in books written both for the deeply interested who love the jargon and language of a particular subject; and others that geared towards to average citizen who is just interested in knowing more. Youtube and TikTok have also made science more approachable with…