This is a great example of why sociology /= positivist science. Sociological research is rad and useful, but the scientific method it is not.

Sociology, and all social sciences, have been rightly decoupled from positivism for decades. Sociology is not ‘science’ in the way academic genres ruled by the scientific method are. And that’s a good thing! But it means we can’t lean on sociological conclusions in quite the way you’re arguing.

Seconding another comment: Thank you for this insight!! How do you and other Example 1 metalheads deal with the other variety?

I’m not very clever so I just typed in ‘black lives matter’ to spottify, and it delivered just what I asked for: a playlist called ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’ by Malcolm Davis. The first few tracks are Don’t Shoot (The Game), Glory (Common, from the Selma soundtrack), Deliver (Lupe Fiasco), Feeling Myself (Nicki Minaj)...…

I must warn you, I could talk about this for days.

Beautiful! This describes all the roles he ever should have played.

I must check out Psych just for him. Does he have an awkward American accent?

You said it, sister/brother! Many blessings of Malinowski be upon you.

Wow, what was your upbringing like? I keep my cards really close to my chest when it comes to my own religious/social/political beliefs out here, so I wonder if I’ll have any influence on anyone. Then I worry that it’s wrong for me to want to have influence. Then I meet a kid who’s most likely gay, and I go to…

Oh man, I really like sleep.

To be fair to husband’s friend, she grew up in Ireland so....

I definitely don’t intend to use my work to ‘expose’ anything, as I’m not a journalist, and I don’t get on board with alarmist presentations of other people’s cultures. Plenty of other people have that MO when it comes to conservative religiosity, I’m just doing something different.

That’s a confusing mixture of sad and annoying. Jerk behaviour that clearly comes from a place of pain is really difficult to respond to.

Respecting them is kinda rule 1, because you can’t do good anthropology if you’re sneering at people. It tends to get in the way of whatever you’re trying to figure out, and it’s not a good way to make informant friends. But yup, my people are the kind who might show up on NLQ (or at least some of the books they read,…

Just one more, so! Here she’s recovering from an ear infection, looking like a little lemur-mobile:

Oh lordie. How did your MIL come to Jesus, and in what ways is she trying to push her brand of Christianity on all of you?

Haha! If I had all the moneys I would go to Japan for an extended trip, at least a month. Actually, I would love to so a long train journey across Eurasia and then fly from China to Japan. Maybe when I’m old and insanely rich from inventing a microwave that freezes things instead of heating them:

That is the cutest baby, and I see a lot of babies!

I’ve been thinking about Emily because I live with her twin, Iggy, as we noticed when I posted a pic of her post-spay a few weeks ago. Is that creepy? I hope it’s not creepy.

I’ve been thinking about face wipes a lot, because even though they’re not great for the environment, I love them. I got some crazy charcoal-infused purifying ones, which are probably no better than any other kind, but I was def suckered in by branding. Does anyone else use these?