In The News: College of Liberal Arts
It may seem surprising in an era of #MeToo and #Times Up, where a national conversation and reckoning is going on with regard to the exploitation of women, but Barbara Brents is bullish on brothels. 鈥淭ime鈥檚 not up for Nevada brothels,鈥 the 性视界传媒 professor and sex-industry researcher says. 鈥淚f anything, the time is now for Nevada brothels.鈥
Technology has made many aspects of daily life much easier. So why do we still feel so overwhelmed?
As Nevada goes, so may go the nation, says 性视界传媒 associate history professor Michael Green.
The marshmallow test is one of the most famous pieces of social-science research: Put a marshmallow in front of a child, tell her that she can have a second one if she can go 15 minutes without eating the first one, and then leave the room. Whether she鈥檚 patient enough to double her payout is supposedly indicative of a willpower that will pay dividends down the line, at school and eventually at work. Passing the test is, to many, a promising signal of future success.
In this 24/7, 鈥渁lways on鈥 age, the prospect of doing nothing might sound unrealistic and unreasonable. But it鈥檚 never been more important.
Our lives are so full of constant alerts and digital intrusion that it may seem like our head is going to explode.
In the 1950s, scholars worried that, thanks to technological innovations, Americans wouldn鈥檛 know what to do with all of their leisure time, says Simon Gottschalk, professor of sociology at 性视界传媒.
On Wednesday, May 30, Kim Kardashian went to the White House to campaign for the early release of Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old woman serving a life sentence in federal prison for a drug-related crime committed over two decades ago. The next day, the president indeed announced plans for a pardon, just for someone else. On Thursday, Trump pardoned Dinesh D'Souza, the right-wing figure famous for his frequent appearances on Fox News and his reputation for being a provocative political commentator.
In the 1950s, scholars worried that, thanks to technological innovations, Americans wouldn鈥檛 know what to do with all of their leisure time.
As images of college graduates walking across that stage in their caps and gowns have dominated our social media feeds over the last few weeks, you might have noticed a trend that鈥檚 taking off. Their graduation caps 鈥 those mortarboards sitting on top of their heads 鈥 are decorated.
鈥淣o little girl grows up wanting to be a prostitute,鈥 declares the homepage of the No Little Girl campaign, a recently launched attempt to criminalize sex work in two of the seven Nevada counties where it鈥檚 currently legal.
Forget 鈥減o-ta-to, po-tat-o鈥 鈥 the age-old question of how to pronounce the starchy vegetable. In the hard-knuckle world of politics, there is a more important tell in how a politician pronounces the name of one state 鈥 Nevada.
