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the nba, the cheesecake factory, and pierre bourdieu
I’m not convinced of either the widespread interest or the sociological value of this story, but it’s too damn interesting to me to not mention it here. Several weeks ago, Henry Abbott, the author of...
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london calling
In the past year, I have read three books and seen a movie that deal with overlapping themes of tribalism in England. Two of the books — Paul Theroux’s The Kingdom by the Sea and Bill Buford’s Among...
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like water for water
Last night, The Colbert Report did a special episode on the growing water crisis. After pissing off the curator of the American Museum of Natural History’s special exhibition on Water, Colbert (in his...
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now i feel bad
Sometimes even the best of ideas don’t work out in practice. Take the motorcycle, for example. Putting a small engine on a bicycle? Genius idea in principle; highly dangerous crotch rocket in practice....
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slow news: big houses, bad neighborhoods
Regular readers of ca will notice that the places and spaces we live in is an issue of great interest to me. So, naturally, I couldn’t resist making “The sociology of the mega-home” by Daniel McGinn...
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america for europeans: t-shirts
I have vivid memory of an incident from my early teen years. At the time, The Gap was all the rage. All the rich kids had stylish Gap clothes — cool t-shirts, colored denim button-ups, and especially...
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why i hate sex and the city
Okay, I guess I get it. Wouldn’t it be nice to be rich and (relatively) young and live in New York and go to cool bars and restaurants and have a close circle of friends to chit-chat with? But here’s...
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