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Chisme Saves Lives: Chisme, and #MeToo as Storytelling Interventions in Sexual Violence
No full textMy work aims to contribute to the ongoing conversations in the field of sexual abuse by demonstrating the ways chisme (or gossiping), and the #MeToo movement serve as active forms of storytelling, the action of telling any story whether fiction or nonfiction, that can be used as a form of healing. This work builds upon the work of scholars like Gloria González-López who utilizes los relatos de vida, rich oral practices of traditional stories and anecdotes in Mexican families as a methodology to emphasize incestual sexual abuse.2 Likewise, I will utilize Gloria Anzaldúa’s autoteoria-historia, or a “personal essay that theorizes,” as a tool to tell my story to amplify my own voice.3 The conceptual framework provided by González-López and Anzaldúa assists me in showcasing how chisme, and the #MeToo movement are relatos de vida and can be used as an important innovation of storytelling
The Zero Forcing Numbers of Peony Graphs and Web Graphs
Get PDFThe concept of zero forcing involves a dynamic coloring process by which blue vertices cause white vertices to become blue, with the goal of forcing the entire graph blue while choosing as few as possible vertices to be initially blue. Past research in this area has focused on structural arguments, with approaches varying from graph substructures to the interplay between local and global graph structures. This paper explores the use of these structural concepts when determining the zero forcing number of complex classes of graphs, specifically two infinite classes of graphs each defined on multiple parameters
Japanese Women and the Nuclear Family: A Historiography
Get PDFThis historiography examines the changes and continuities in the daily lives of Japanese women from before World War II to the postwar period, using scholarly secondary material to question whether a true change can be attributed to the apparent shift from the patrilineal "stem" family structure to the conjugal "nuclear" system in Japan
About My [N]SEE Presidency
No full textMarianna Savoca reflects on her leadership during a period of growth and significant transition
About the Editors
No full textThis is about the editors of the California Sociology Forum Student Journal of Sociology Volume 7 Spring 2025
Proximity and Social Integration
Get PDFResearch has linked integration to student persistence among college students. However, integration tends to be lower among commuter students, who make up a majority of college students. A separate body of research has linked schools to the formation of social ties. However, based on the role of proximity in shaping the likelihood of social tie formation, increased distance may decrease the formation of ties among students. Based on these findings, this study explores if physical proximity to campus influences integration into the campus community among college students. This study collected quantitative data about student participation, interaction, and proximity through a questionnaire distributed to students on a commuter campus. The findings did not support a correlation between proximity and integration. However, the data does show patterns related to these variables that may inform future research
Unhoused African Americans and LGBTQIA+ Youth: Disproportionately Overrepresented Groups in the Unhoused Population
Get PDFOver 75,000 individuals in Los Angeles County are unhoused, representing a crucial issue that needs to be addressed. In addition to stemming from a complex array of historical and societal factors, the unhoused population is further burdened by racial and identity-based inequities, with African Americans and LGBTQIA+ youth representing two disproportionally overrepresented groups in the unhoused population. Thus, more work must be conducted to uncover the systemic injustices that perpetuate homelessness and advocate for more equitable solutions. This analysis explores the historical antecedents leading up to the current housing crisis before drawing from evidence-based studies to frame a set of policy choices and recommendations to address the disproportionate number of homeless African American and LGBTQIA+ youth populations in Los Angeles. I discuss current approaches to resolving the homelessness problem before introducing and advocating for Housing First, an evidence-based approach that seeks to empower unhoused individuals by prioritizing housing from the beginning. Critically, I address specific challenges faced by unhoused African Americans and LGBTQIA+ youth, providing a framework for implementation and recommendations to address such disparities in housing more adequately. As with necessities like food, clothing, and fundamental rights to speech and freedom, housing is a human right
Kimberlé Crenshaw on Intersectionality and Critical Race Theory
Get PDFKimberlé Crenshaw is an American civil rights advocate, a professor at both the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law and Columbia School of Law, and a founding director of the African American Policy Forum. Crenshaw is best known for developing the concept of intersectionality, which examines how different forms of social inequalities intersect and overlap; for example, those experiencing hardships from intersections of race and gender. Most people are subjects of intersectionality, since it is in all aspects of life, but not enough people reflect on how it could be affecting social interactions; therefore, it is important to address and focus on intersectionality more often. Crenshaw has spent her career working to end discrimination against women of color and to promote the interest of marginalized communities. She is also the leading scholar of critical race theory (CRT), an approach to studying U.S. policies and institutions that originated in law schools, as a framework that is used to help people understand why racial inequalities exist in society and how they can be eradicated. The theory rests on the premise that racial bias (intentional or not) is baked into U.S. laws and institutions. Crenshaw has argued that “the black racialist account…portrays racial power…through its impact on African-American males” (Crenshaw et al. 1995:xxxi). This piece is intended to showcase why both Crenshaw and her work are still important today, how the work has impacted society, and how people are still practicing CRT and intersectionality, along with noting the circumstances these ideas are being applied to
Mending Minds and Bodies: Analyzing Immigration Policies & Interviewing Community Members
No full textThrough viewing a case study on the relationship that the United States immigration policy has on undocumented people living in New York, I use root cause analysis to demonstrate that most immigration policies negatively impact immigrants accessibility to living a healthy life. There are different pillars of life that policies impact people in, such as access to health care, the impacts of immigration systems affecting one’s mental health, and the way people’s environments affect their perception of security and support
Gun Control and Violence
No full textEvery gunshot leaves behind pain and calls for change, showing the need to rethink how we view guns and safety. Many people believe owning a gun makes them safer, but research shows it often does the opposite. Homes with guns have more accidents, domestic violence, and suicides compared to homes without them. Over time, laws have tried to balance gun rights with public safety, but challenges remain. This paper looks at the link between gun ownership and safety, using history, data, and real-life events. The findings show that more guns don’t mean more safety—in fact, they often bring more harm. To protect families and communities, stricter gun rules and safer solutions are needed