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"Not your professor's sociology blog."

SOS features installments of short-form reads on topics across popular culture, academia, student life, and sociological thinking.

This blog answers questions like:

"Does that really qualify as sociology?"

"Why on earth would you pursue an arts degree while the world is on fire?"

and so much more...

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SOS's mission.

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Latest Articles

The Welcome Back: What is 'important work'?

To time manage or not to time manage, that is the question. In the past couple of months I have not made-good on my promises to post bi-weekly on here. Between grad school applications, final-year sociology classes, my extracurricular school obligations, and my general sanity — I have been quite pre-occupied since launching this blog at the start of September. While I haven’t been posting, though, I have been writing. In my metaphorical ‘vault’ (my Notion folder) there are th

Jan 75 min read

The Painstakingly Examined Life: Adopting a Sociological Imagination

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” Admittedly, the first time I heard this quote I had no idea who it was from. A teacher’s...

Sep 2, 20253 min read

"No woman has ever written enough"

― bell hooks

Instructions for living a life:

Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.

― Mary Oliver

Meet the Contributor

The author of this blog is an undergraduate university student pursuing an Honours Bachelors of Arts degree in Sociology. She has a keen interest in the subdisciplines of media, culture, gender, sexuality, and urban studies.

She hopes to pursue an academic career and a life immersed in sociological reading, writing, dialogue, and community.