The Fight For $15

“The Fight For 15” is a flawed attempt to solve the problem of the decoupling of inflation from wages. Minimum wage is always stagnant, with occasional jumps, typically closer to a living wage. A living wage is a wage that is high enough for people to meet their basic needs and survive. This is not… Continue reading The Fight For $15

“Criminal Justice System”

The modern American “criminal justice system” has for centuries been an institution of deliberate systemic oppression. This purpose was greatly expanded in recent decades through the drug wars and through the ignorant actions of armchair broken windows theorists like Joe Biden. This system is designed based on profit incentives. These incentives lead to no consideration… Continue reading “Criminal Justice System”

Socialization and Culture

I feel like I regularly come upon men offering free hugs, especially at queer events such as pride. Often these men identify themselves with clothing and signs offering further qualification such as “Free hugs from an accepting father,” etc. I approach these situations from a queer liberation perspective. I choose not to seek to use… Continue reading Socialization and Culture

Theory Vs Field Research

I marched with Black Lives Matter at Burning Man this year. Burning Man is supposed to be an experiment in building a city the right way. Together, we arrive at the literal blank slate of a dry Pleistocene lakebed in the Black Rock Desert. We build a city called Black Rock City completely from scratch… Continue reading Theory Vs Field Research

Comparing and contrasting Queer Theory and Critical Feminist Theory

Prompt: Compare and contrast the basic premises of any two sociological theories. How do these theories view the construction of gender? According to each of these theories, why does gender inequality exist and why is it maintained? I am comparing and contrasting Queer Theory and Critical Feminist Theory. I will start with the fundamental ideas… Continue reading Comparing and contrasting Queer Theory and Critical Feminist Theory

Fascinating Case Study: Pay-What-You-Want Cafes

Pay-what-you-want cafes are a super fascinating case study at the intersection of many issues related to modern urbanism. Implementing this mission started with food security and grew to touch many other issues from racial sensitivity to consumer behaviors and our deep ethical dissonance around living differently than we believe we should. This story includes themes… Continue reading Fascinating Case Study: Pay-What-You-Want Cafes

Social Problems: Policy Analysis

CJ Trowbridge Professor Jeffrey Sacha SOC 301: Social Problems 2018-12-11 Social Problems: Policy Analysis Midterm Imagine a child being forced to have sex up to twenty times a night by a trusted friend or significant other. This is a very typical situation for thousands of children being sex trafficked on a daily basis throughout California.… Continue reading Social Problems: Policy Analysis

Social Justice: Final Paper

CJ Trowbridge 2018-12-04 SOC 110: Social Justice Social Justice: Final Paper I have talked to many people who feel that their vote doesn’t count. In the words of Rules For Radicals author Saul Alinsky, these people are “copping out” and refusing to participate. A self-fulfilling prophecy of nihilism is their response to troubling social conditions.… Continue reading Social Justice: Final Paper

Topic Paper: Social Justice Pedagogy

CJ Trowbridge 2018-11-06 SOC 110: Social Justice Topic Paper: Social Justice Pedagogy The concept of liberation is interesting and counter-intuitive to me, based on the name. I expected to hear about the liberation of self, but interestingly, as the author puts it, if black people could liberate themselves from racism then they would have. It… Continue reading Topic Paper: Social Justice Pedagogy

Social Problems: Critical Media Analysis

CJ Trowbridge Social Problems 2018-10-30 Social Problems: Critical Media Analysis Midterm Paper The group I studied was Stand Up Placer which is a nonprofit working on the issue of the human trafficking of children, and the victim-centered approach to this issue. Stand Up Placer worked hard to get Placer County and its municipalities to take… Continue reading Social Problems: Critical Media Analysis