I blog regularly at a variety of venues online, hoping to convey sociological research to a wider and non-academic audience. Please email me at tbridges@soc.ucsb.edu. Below is a list of blogs on which my public work is archived and can be accessed, in addition to links to a selection of popular press essays and interviews.
Academic Blogging:
★ Inequality by (Interior) Design
This blog is a public record of much of my online work. With a collection of more than 100 posts, Inequality by (Interior) Design has been linked to in news stories, taught in courses, and is followed by professional and amateur sociologists among others. Follow posts here or on facebook.
★ Feminist Reflections
I collaborated with a group of feminist sociologists to start a new blog at The Society Pages as well. Feminist Reflections is a space where feminist sociologists can reflect on all manner, from the personal, to the pedagogical, to the published, to the political. Follow posts on twitter and facebook.
Essays and Op-Eds:
- Lisa Wade and Tristan Bridges. 2020. “Why We Need a ‘Feminine’ Economic Reopening.” Gender & Society (blog). May 13.
- Tristan Bridges and Tara Leigh Tober. 2019. “How American Culture and a Sense of ‘Aggrieved Entitlement’ in Males Can Lead to Mass Shooters.” Business Insider. September 12.
- Tristan Bridges and Mignon R. Moore. 2019. “23% of Young Black Women Now Identify as Bisexual.” The Conversation (US). June 10.
- Shantel Gabrieal Buggs, Tristan Bridges, and Sarah Miller. 2019. “ASA Adds Pronoun Query to Annual Meeting Registration.” ASA Footnotes 47(1): 6. (Online edition HERE).
- Tristan Bridges and Tara Leigh Tober. 2017. “Masculinity and Violence and the Violence of Masculinity.” Pp. 4-5 in ASA Sex and Gender Section Newsletter, fall 2017. (Shared at Huffington Post HERE).
- Tristan Bridges and Tara Leigh Tober. 2017. “The Sociological Explanation for Why Men in America Turn to Gun Violence.” Quartz. October 7.
- James W. Messerschmidt and Tristan Bridges. 2017. “Trump and the Politics of Fluid Masculinities.” Democratic Socialists of America. July 17.
- Tristan Bridges. 2017. “Political Polarization and Social Inequalities in the U.S.” March 14. (Shared at Business Insider HERE).
- Tristan Bridges. 2017. “Why People Are So Averse to Facts.” Huffington Post. February 27. (Shared at Business Insider HERE).
- Tristan Bridges. 2017. “This May Be the Most Exhaustive Study of Manspreading Ever Conducted.” Pacific Standard. February 9.
- Tristan Bridges. 2017. “Gender Gaps and the Stalled Revolution.” Pacific Standard. January 31.
- Tristan Bridges and Tara Leigh Tober. 2017. “Was the Women’s March the Largest Mass Protest in American History?” Pacific Standard. January 30.
- Tristan Bridges. 2017. “Super Mario and Cultural Gobalization.” Pacific Standard. January 19.
- Tristan Bridges. 2017. “The Changing Gender and Sexual Demographics of the United States.” Pacific Standard. January 17.
- Tristan Bridges and C.J. Pascoe. 2016. “Masculinity, Inequality, and the 2016 Presidential Election.” ASA Footnotes 44 (8): 7, 10. (Online edition HERE, shared at Huffington Post HERE).
- Tristan Bridges. 2016. “Google, Tell Me. Is My Son Gay?” Hippo Reads. August 11.
- Tristan Bridges. 2016 “Masculinity and Son Preference Among Heterosexual Men.” Huffington Post. May 27.
- Tristan Bridges. 2016. “Contrary to Stereotypes, Women Lose More Time in Traffic Than Men.” Pacific Standard. May 24.
- Tristan Bridges and C.J. Pascoe. 2015. “Bro-Porn Revisited: Heterosexualizing Straight White Men’s Anti-homophobia (Again).” Huffington Post. November 12.
- Tara Leigh Tober and Tristan Bridges. 2015. “#AylanKurdi, #RefugeesWelcome, and the Public and Dangerous Giant.” Pacific Standard. September 23.
- Tristan Bridges. 2015. “Is Trump the ‘Ahnold’ of 2016?” CNN.com. September 4.
- Tristan Bridges and Tara Leigh Tober. 2015. “What Makes American Men So Dangerous?” Pacific Standard. August 17.
- Eli Alston-Stepneitz, Tristan Bridges, and Jessica Fields. “A New Logo for Sex and Gender!” Pp. 12-13 in ASA Sex and Gender Section Newsletter, summer 2015.
- Tristan Bridges. 2015. “Lighten Up: Race, Gender, and Skin Color in Comic Books.” Pacific Standard. June 16.
- Tristan Bridges. 2015. “Occupotty and the Gender Politics of Bathrooms.” April 24.
- Tristan Bridges, Kjerstin Gruys, Christin Munsch, and C.J. Pascoe. 2015. “Beyond Bossy or Brilliant: Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching.” Pacific Standard. March 24. Abbreviated and reprinted in the April 2015 ASA Sex and Gender Newsletter. Pp. 4-5.
- D’Lane Compton and Tristan Bridges. 2015. “Lumbersexuals and White Heteromasculine Pageantry.” Pacific Standard. February 2.
- Tristan Bridges and Melody L. Boyd. 2014. “Where Have All The ‘Marriageable’ Men Gone?” Huffington Post. November 4.
- Tristan Bridges. 2014. “Barrel Chests, Brawn, and Buffoonery: Controlling Images of Masculinity in Pixar Movies.” Huffington Post. September 17.
- Tristan Bridges. 2014. “Are Class Differences in Parenting Style Disappearing?” Huffington Post. May 30.
- Tristan Bridges and C.J. Pascoe. 2014. “Violence, Masculinity Threat, and the Connecticut School Stabbing.”Huffington Post. May 7.
- Tristan Bridges. 2014. “Taking the ‘Care’ out of Care Work? Men in Nursing.” Huffington Post. February 12.
- Tristan Bridges. 2014.”What Research About Transgender People Can Teach Us About Gender and Inequality.” Huffington Post. January 24.
- Tristan Bridges. 2014. “Angry White Men: A Book Review.”Huffington Post. January 16.
- Tristan Bridges and C.J. Pascoe. 2013. “Why We Should Care How Straight Allies Benefit From Their Support.” Slate.com. December 13.
- C.J. Pascoe and Tristan Bridges 2013. “Bro Porn: Heterosexualizing Straight Men’s Anti-Homophobia Stances.” Huffington Post. December 6.
- Tristan Bridges. 2013. “What Wallets and Purses Tell Us About Gender and Privacy.” Pacific Standard. November 20. Reprinted at Huffington Post, November 26.
- Tristan Bridges. 2013. “The Fashion Industry and the Institutionalization of Body Ideals and Feminine Beauty.” Pacific Standard. June 5.
- Tristan Bridges. 2013. “About a Boy: On the Sociological Relevance of Calvin and Hobbes.” ASA Sex and Gender Newsletter. March. Pp. 8-9.
Interviews and Media References:
- Andrea Dukakis. 2023. “Putting a number on mass shootings in America.” 2023. Colorado Public Radio. April 25.
- Jessica Bennett. 2020. “Trump, Biden and the Tough Guy, Nice Guy Politics of 2020.” The New York Times. November 1.
- Canela López. 2020. “The Psychology of Why People join the Proud Boys and Other Extremist Hate Groups.” Insider. October 6.
- Allana Akhtar. 2019. “Psychologists Break Down the Insecurities that Fuel White Supremacists.” Business Insider. August 10.
- Hazel Cills. 2019. “A Short History of Manly Beauty Products for Masculine Men.” Jezebel.com. June 19.
- C. Brian Smith. 2019. “Are Man Caves the Key to Getting Men to Go to the Doctor?” MEL Magazine. May 2.
- Valerie Bauman. 2019. “The Number of American who are Bisexual has Tripled in the Past Decade – and Women are Driving the Increase.” Daily Mail. April 25.
- Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz and Dan Kopf. 2019. “The Rise in Americans Saying they are Bisexual is Driven by Women.” Quartz.com. April 23.
- Lauren Vinopal. 2019. “Is My Son Gay?: Parents Can Learn a Lot from a Google Search.” Fatherly.com. April 10.
- Ben Hoyle. 2019. “What Man Caves Can Tell You about Humans.” The Times. March 9.
- Kaitlyn Tiffany. 2019. “The Rise and Fall of the Man Cave.” Vox.com. March 4.
- Thomas Page McBee. 2019. “Toxic Masculinity is Under Attack. That’s Fine.” Vox.com. January 22.
- Thomas Page McBee. 2018. “Off Topic: What it Means to Be A Man.” Topic.com. December.
- Kaitlyn Tiffany. 2018. “What if Your House is Too Ugly to be Smart?” Vox.com. November 16.
- Thomas Page McBee. 2018. “Amateur: How Do I Reconcile My Masculinity with the Toxicity of Men.” Them. October 5.
- Sarah Stein Kerr and Ainara Tiefenthäler. 2018. “Brett Kavanaugh and ‘Boys Club’ Code.” The New York Times (video). October 4.
- C. Brian Smith. 2018. “The Not-So-Attractive Origins of ‘Tall, Dark and Handsome’.” MEL Magazine. September 6.
- Noor Al-Sibai. 2018. “Meet the ‘Reply Guys’: Obnoxious Twitter Trolls Try to Challenge Prominent Women – and Fail Miserably.” RawStory. July 28.
- Briefing. 2018. “The School Shooting Contagion.” The Week. July 6/July 13.
- Alia Wong. 2018. “The Many Possible Meanings of the ‘Masculinity Crisis’.” The Atlantic. June 26.
- Angela Lashbrook. 2018. “Why Alex Jones, Mike Cernovich, and Joe Rogan Are All Selling Skin Care.” Racked.com. June 12.
- Arwa Mahdawi. 2018. “Has the Term ‘Straight White Male’ become an Insult?” The Guardian. May 22.
- Angelina Chapin. 2018. “These Stock Photos Show that Masculinity is More than Biceps and Beer.” Huffington Post. March 29.
- . 2018. “Academic Efforts to Decode Men Gain Steam in Time of #MeToo.” The New York Times. March 14.
- Sonja Mühlemann. 2018. “In den USA wird die Waffenkultur gefeiert” (Translation: “In the USA, Weapons Culture is Celebrated”). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. February 19.
- C. Brian Smith. 2018. “How Sex Scandals Impact the Popularity of Names.” MEL Magazine. February 1.
- WPR. 2017. “Exploring the Role of Nonsexual Touch in American Male Culture.” Wisconsin Public Radio. December 21.
- C. Brian Smith. 2017. “The One Thing that Connects the Las Vegas Shootings, Hazing Deaths and Sexual Assaults.” MEL Magazine. October 26.
- Kashmira Gander. 2017. “Are Man Caves Sexist?” The Independent. September 15.
- JR Thorpe. 2017. “Why Are Men So Violent?” Bustle.com. August 16.
- Mary Bowerman. 2017. “Survey: What Singles Really Think of Dating Feminist Women.” USA Today. March 8, 2017.
- Tracy Moore. 2017. “How the Couch Became the Doghouse.” MEL Magazine. January 24.
- Christina Cauterucci. 2017. “A 1979 German Photo Book Traces Manspreading Back to Ancient Civilizations.” Slate.com. February 9.
- Diana Tourjee. 2017. “For Some Men, Erectile Dysfunction is Totally Chill.” Broadly. January 17.
- Kashmira Gander. 2017. “What Donald Trump’s ‘Man Cave’ Says About Him According to a Sociologist.” The Independent. January 16.
- Alicia Lue. 2016. “The Evolution of the Man Cave.” Toronto Stories. November 3.
- Diana Tourjee. 2016. “Duke University Opens a New Program for Male Feminists.” Broadly. October 5.
- James Cave. 2016. “Why Are Men Posting Selfies with this Hand Gesture?” (regarding an public awareness promotion campaign surrounding men and suicide). Huffington Post. August 29.
- C. Brian Smith. 2016. “This Guy Studies Man Caves for a Living.” MEL Magazine. August 29.
- C. Brian Smith. 2016. “What it Means to Smell Like a Man.” MEL Magazine. August 10.
- Jeremy Berke. 2016. “There’s a Troubling Connection between the Dallas and Baton Rouge Police Shooters.” Business Insider. July 30.
- Gabby Bess. 2016. “Judge Orders Leonardo DiCaprio to Testify in ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Scandal.” Broadly. June 20.
- Diana Tourjee. 2016. “Women Are Punished More for Being Assholes at Work.” Broadly. June 3.
- Diana Tourjee. 2016. “Why Women Want to Fuck Bad Boys.” Broadly. May 9.
- Cited in: Girl on the Net. 2016. “Science Hasn’t ‘Proved’ that Women Go for Bad Boys.” The Guardian. May 12.
- Diana Tourjee. 2016. “How Rejection Turns Men Violent.” Broadly. April 26.
- Diana Tourjee. 2016. “Why Nerds Are So Sexist.” Broadly. April 13.
- Elissa Strauss. 2016. “Baby Names Can’t Be Stolen – but It’s Not Surprising That Some Parents Think They Can.” Slate. March 16.
- Vicki Larson. 2016. “Is Amy Schumer’s ‘Hot’ New Boyfriend a ‘Marriageable Man’?” Medium.com. January 12.
- Sabri Ben-Achour. 2016. “How It Became OK for Guys to Take Care of Themselves.” NPR. January 6.
- Scaachi Koul. 2015. “The Slick Rise of Vintage Masculinity.” BuzzFeed. November 16.
- Stacy Teicher Khadaroo and Patrik Jonsson. 2015. “Many School Shooters, One Common Factor: A Warped View of Masculinity.” Christian Science Monitor. October 2.
- Roxanne Nelson. 2015. “Pressure to be ‘Manly’ May Lead to Violence.” Reuters. September 25.
- Mack Lamoureaux. 2015. “This Group of Straight Men is Swearing Off Women.” VICE. September 23.
- Nicole Caldwell. 2015. “Lumbersexuals: A Devastating Axe to Masculinity.” Thrillist.com. September 3.
- Susan Clotfelter. 2013. “Garage Makeovers Mine Tricky Relationship Territory.” The Denver Post. July 5.
- Maya Dusenberry. 2013. “What About the Guys Who Do Fit the ‘Gay Stereotype’?” The Atlantic. May 31.
- Leah Eichler. 2012. “Not the End of Men, But a Cultural Shift.” Globe and Mail. September 28.
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