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Janet W. Salaff (and the feminists China helped make)
Janet W. Salaff, who passed away last year, was one of a group of early feminist PhDs studying China in the 1970s. Continue reading →
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State v. family care for elders in China
The shallowness of China's economic miracle illustrated by the suicides among its elderly population. Continue reading →
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Chinese: Maternal grandmothers, outside women
China's patrilocal tradition -- embedded in its language -- is especially harmful today. Continue reading →
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Chinese divorce, modern style
Chinese divorce rates have risen to the U.S. rates circa 1940. Continue reading →
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Recent reads: Brazil, China, blogging and the Black middle class
A rundown of some great recent reading. Continue reading →
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A little geographic and demographic awareness might squelch the 1% meme
How the 1% meme works, and how it could be stopped. Here is a typical recent application of the 1% meme -the 30-year rumor that women own only 1% of the world’s property. In a blog post on Ms., Jessica...
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Not your feminist grandmother’s patriarchy
If men don't get their man, is it still a patriarchy? Continue reading →
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Is low fertility America’s problem?
Fertility rates mostly aren't about state policy. Continue reading →
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It’s not the one-child policy, repeated correction edition
The "plunge" from a total fertility rate of 4.77 was mostly before the policy took hold. Continue reading →
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Off gender-script art
Fortunately, the hotel we’re stranded at is only a few blocks from the Art Institute of Chicago. Tooling around the museum I was still thinking about sex dimorphism, especially this piece in Time where...
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International adoption to the US has fallen 75%
Updating the adoption data series. Continue reading →
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Ruth Sidel, appreciated
Awed by her spirit of adventure, the confidence to seize the moment, and the commitment to doing social science for the public interest. Continue reading →
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Don’t flatter yourself, Trump’s America
I bet at least a few people somewhere between Canada and Chile would find a reason to stay in their homes. Continue reading →
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A step toward civilization (and have more children), Shanghai edition
Observations on family and fertility from a visit to China. Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Death of Truth rings true
You may as well read Michiko Kakutani's book in one sitting. Continue reading →
View ArticleFox News took my quotes out of context and added wrong information
One lesson: Just don't say the part you're afraid they'll use by itself. Continue reading →
View ArticleInterview with Judith Stacey on the foundations of feminism in academia
I had the privilege of interviewing Judith Stacey for the Annex Sociology Podcast. Joseph Cohen asked me if I had any ideas for guest hosting the podcast, and this had been on my mind for a while — the...
View ArticleThe one-child policy was bad and so is “One Child Nation”
Nothing against watching it, but it's not good.
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