Your Taste in Art Helps Predict Your Support for Brexit
A different type of post-election analysis finds an aesthetic divide in the United Kingdom.
Sociology
White Mass Shooters Are Treated More Sympathetically by the Media
New research finds they are more likely than their black counterparts to be portrayed as victims of mental illness.
What We Can Learn From People Who Have Left White Supremacy Groups
Pacific Standard spoke with a sociologist who has interviewed dozens of former members of the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazi groups, Christian Identity sects, and other white-ethnicity hate groups.
Why Do So Many People Love to Hate Chinese Tourists?
Two Chinese tourists gave the Nazi salute in Berlin, breaking the law and garnering international media attention.
Lessons From Tinder's In-House Love Doctor
What our profile pictures and swipe-rights can tell us about human behavior, according to sociologist Jessica Carbino.
Five Studies: The Price of Emotional Labor
Smiling your way to happiness is indeed possible—but the emotional labor economy is about as unfair as the rest of the economy.
What the Music You Hate Says About You
We're more open to certain genres than we were 20 years ago, and more closed to others.
Your Research-Based Guide to American White Supremacist Movements
Hate groups provide violent ideologies for terrorists who have killed dozens of Americans over the last 14 years.
Thirty Under 30: The Top Young Thinkers in Economics, Education, and Political Science
Throughout the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our second-annual list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young people we predict will have an impact on the social, political, and economic issues we make it our mission to cover every day at Pacific Standard.
Beyond Bossy or Brilliant: Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching
We’ve long known that student evaluations of teaching are biased, but what are students really saying when they evaluate their professors in gendered ways?
Would Why You Teach a Class About Miley Cyrus?
Carolyn Chernoff talks about "The Sociology of Miley Cyrus: Race, Class, Gender, and Media," which she'll be teaching this summer at Skidmore College.
The 30 Top Thinkers Under 30: Hollie Nyseth Brehm, 27, Sociology
For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.
Doing Gender With the Face
The “sexy model face” isn’t built into our DNA, bone structure, or psychology, but projected.
Why Pets Should Be Included in Sociological Inquiries
A new paper argues that academics have been missing important connections.
A Social Scientist's Plea for Humor
A new paper provides an epic theoretical defense of humor in sociological research.
Advice for New College Students From Sociologists
College can be a bewildering new challenge, but a bit of advice can go a long way.
In Defense of Diving, Flopping, and Cheating at Sports
When people are paid to win a game with a set of arbitrary rules, people will break the rules. We're almost always OK with that—except for one thing.
Talking With Choire Sicha and Caleb Crain About Their New Books
Choire hopes people hate his book. Caleb just wants people to get his. Jane Hu spoke to the two of them—when they weren't talking to each other.
The Alhambra Source and the Role of Sociology in Journalism
Can a sociologist and a journalist get an ethnically fractured city engaged?
Great White Hoax: Chael Sonnen, Racial Coding, and the UFC
How an average fighter used racially coded language to tap into some dark insecurities and rise through the ranks of the UFC.