Posts created by students in SOC 101 during the Fall 2022 semester.
Ignorance to Incels If only one pretty girl had shown some form of attraction to me, the Day of Retribution would never happen. I’d never even consider it. The Day of Retribution is mainly my war against women for rejecting me and depriving me of sex and love. If only one girl had given me […]
“Rising youth hockey fees are not fair to the hockey society, it leaves youth excluded from playing hockey” (Gretzky, W, 2018) As hockey continues to grow via social media, television and through ticket sales, it is surprising to see hockey registration numbers declining among youth (Hyman, Mark, 2012). Why are youth starting to register for […]
The Next Big Thing Flashy sets, petty drama, tears, flowery confessions of love, and a host with quippy one-liners. Perhaps these tropes are familiar– if so, you might be thinking of a reality dating show. Skyrocketing into its current place atop the reality tv roster, dating shows have become the most widely watched form of […]
Last year I deleted Snapchat and Instagram. I immediately felt a wave of relief. I no longer felt subject to the pressures of consistently posting my life online. I could finally focus on the real world. But after a few weeks, I realized the online world seemed just as real as my day to day […]
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is the long-term neurologic consequences caused by repetitive concussive and subconcussive blows to the brain (Omalu et al. 2010). “99% of the National Football League (NFL) players’ brains showed signs of neurodegenerative disease when autopsied” (Smith 2021: pg 3492). This deadly disease was first discovered in 2002 in the brain of […]
For many sports fans around the world, football is a way of life. A recent FIFA report published in 2019 found that there are five billion football fans around the globe, with more and more people supporting clubs everyday. Many young kids have dreams of playing football for the biggest clubs in the world and […]
The sport of distance running is inherently structured around quantifiable measures. Running times, personal records, hours, mileage, and days – these records, quantify and come to govern runners’ lives. When this repetition, organization, and these performance measures feed into athletes’ lifestyles beyond running, the intensive expectations and culture of distance running can perpetuate a culture […]
Before medical students in the United States can graduate, most are required to recite and abide by the Hippocratic Oath. By swearing upon this oath, doctors promise to uphold ethical standards expected of them and to do no harm. However, a study done by the Pew Research Center in 2019 found that Black patients are […]
It is a gusty rainy night on the streets of central Manhattan. Heat and steam rises up from the sewers. Subways howl with thousands of people traveling underground. Cuddled up in a corner, Ethan is soaked to the bone trying to catch a few winks of sleep without freezing to death. He sees the corner […]
In recent years the future has started to look grim. The fate of humanity is more uncertain with the presence of climate change, loss of biodiversity, fear of AI, and other existential threats (BBC News: 2019). Alongside the rise in existential threats is the rise of nostalgia. Nostalgic movies and shows from people’s childhood and […]
