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Studio Setting by Brett Sayles is licensed under CC BY 2.0 in pexels. What does it mean to be authentic? Authenticity is frequently used to describe people or things that are believed to be genuine, sincere, consistent, or original. We evaluate both things (like music, television, or food) and people (ourselves and others) on their authenticity, […]

Patrick Denice, Jake Rosenfeld, and Shengwei Sun, “Pay talk in contemporary workplaces,” Social Forces, 2025 In the United States, most workers abide by an unspoken taboo against discussing pay with coworkers. This cultural norm is paired with explicit, formalized bans on talking about compensation in some workplaces. However, “pay talk” matters.  If workers know how […]

Eman Abdelhadi and Anna Fox, “Walking the Orientalism Tightrope: How Muslim Americans Construct their Gender Ideologies,” Gender and Society, 2024 Abraj Al Bait Towers in Mecca with Crowd by jimmy papaziad is licensed under CC BY 2.0 in pexels. Conversations in American public life can often further negative stereotypes of Islam and Muslim communities as […]

Michael James Walsh , “‘I’m also slightly conscious of how much I’m listening to something’: Music streaming and the transformation of music listening,” Media, Culture & Society, 2023 A phone with earphones plugged in, displaying the Spotify logo. “spotify musique mp3” by downloadsource.fr is licensed under CC BY 2.0. In 2016, Spotify launched a viral […]